Men At Work

Men At Work (1990)

  • 30% of critics liked it
    (23 reviews)

  • 44% of users liked it
    (33,580 ratings)

A pair of garbage workers (Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez) are shocked to find the body of a city councilman in one of their trash cans. With help from a supervisor (Keith David), the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops. Estevez also directed… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 24, 1990 Wide
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • , Time Out

    The grotesque practical jokes perpetrated against two interfering bumblers are genuinely funny, while Estevez and Sheen remain cutely goofy even when indulging themselves in this adolescent idiocy.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    The movie's desire to please is tireless, also engaging. Mr. Estevez's screenplay is not entirely coherent, but it has a number of comically crackpot lines.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    Like the jokes, the brothers' rapport seems recycled from childhood. Sheen and Estevez are hardly working.

  • Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

    It's just not much of a motion picture, dropping the potential of a unique workplace perspective to deliver static monkey business, streaked with leftover clown make-up from Weekend at Bernie's.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Lame trash men comedy, early Estevez and Sheen.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    If you always wanted to see brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez together in a film, watch this movie. It's a story you may have seen before, but it's still fun and exciting and it's got the two of them, so why not. I liked it.

  • David L


    A true guilty pleasure, Men at Work sees Carl (Charlie Sheen) and James (Emilio Estevez) as two no hope surfers/garbage men who pipe dream about opening their own surf shop. Carl has a slightly disturbed habit of spying on his neighbors with binoculars and "seriously aggravating… More

  • Wahida K


    Men at Work is one of my Favourite Movies. It has many LOLs moments.

  • Phil H


    An amusing little flick that is only good really cos of the Sheen brothers. They work well of each other and do produce some funny moments. Its very cheesey and predictable, the plot is sooo daft, almost like a cartoon lol but there aren't many flicks out there about trashmen… More

  • Summer W


    I loved this when I was younger, and I remember it fondly even though it's probably crap.

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