Man About Town (2005)
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38% of critics liked it
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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 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 despite having a high-powered job, money to spare, and a beautiful wife, Jack slowly begins to suspect that something is missing from his glitz and glamour life. After enrolling in a journal-writing class in hopes of gaining a deeper understanding of his feelings, the man who has it all is shocked to learn that his wife Nina (Rebecca Romijn) has entered into a heated affair with his biggest client. Though at first Jack takes solace in the fact that he is able to express his inner pain through his writing, his entire future is brought into question when ambitious journalist Barbi (Bai Ling) steals his diary in hopes of landing the year's biggest scoop. Not only does the diary contain sensitive personal information, but crucial information about his high-profile clients as well. Now, as Jack fights against insurmountable odds just to hold his life together, the man who once placed priority on power and material possessions realizes that the only path to true happiness is by spending precious time with family. John Cleese, Kal Penn, Jerry O'Connell, and Adam Goldberg star in a soul-searching comedy that explores the relationship between career success and personal fulfillment. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mike Binder
- Written By
- Mike Binder
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Feb 7, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Media 8 Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
Man About Town is frustratingly manic in its tone... the unevenness wears too thin too quickly.
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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.
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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.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
has enough of a sense of humor to overcome the Affleck-induced malaise that you might otherwise be expecting
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...Binder's reliance on increasingly melodramatic elements effectively negates the film's few positive attributes...
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Cast
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Ben Affleck
as Jack
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Rebecca Romijn
as Nina
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John Cleese
as Dr. Primkin
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Samuel Ball
as Jimmy
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Mike Binder
as Morty
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Gina Gershon
as Arlene
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Adam Goldberg
as Phil
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Howard Hesseman
as Ben
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Ling Bai
as Barbi
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Jerry O'Connell
as David Lilly
- Sam Seder
- Amber Valletta
- Kal Penn
- Damien Dante Wayans
- Laura Soltis
- Spencer Forbes
