Man About Town

Man About Town (2005)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 33% of users liked it
    (5,434 ratings)

An unscrupulous Hollywood agent seeks to balance the success of his professional status with the abysmal reality of his personal life in director Mike Binder's existential comedy drama. When it comes to playing the Hollywood game, no one does it better than Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck). Yet… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Mike Binder
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 7, 2006 Wide
Media 8 Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

    Man About Town is frustratingly manic in its tone... the unevenness wears too thin too quickly.

  • Scott Weinberg, DVD Clinic

    Binder's made some really fine movies and some curiously weak ones; my opinion is that this one falls firmly in the latter group.

  • Brian Orndorf, DVDTalk.com

    How dense is Binder? He uses an acoustic version of Our Lips Are Sealed to underscore a tender moment Jack recalls from his childhood. Because nothing says 1976 quite like an iconic song from 1981.

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    has enough of a sense of humor to overcome the Affleck-induced malaise that you might otherwise be expecting

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...Binder's reliance on increasingly melodramatic elements effectively negates the film's few positive attributes...

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • William G


    Rather inert both comedically and dramatically. Affleck tries.

  • Jason R


    One of the best performances in recent memory from Ben Affleck. The movie is all over the place as far as the plot goes, just a lot of stuff going on in this movie. But, it meshes fairly well and in the end. Man About Town is worthy of your precious time.

  • John M


    It is ok to check it if there is nothing else to watch but it is a movie that I would not recomment. It has some positive dialogues and some funny situation.

  • Chosen 7


    Good film, great writing and acting.

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