People I Know

People I Know (2002)

  • 43% of critics liked it
    (51 reviews)

  • 34% of users liked it
    (6,667 ratings)

A powerful behind-the-scenes man in politics and show business finds himself skidding into a very public scandal in this taut drama. Eli Wurman (Al Pacino) was raised in the deep South, attended Harvard Law School, and has devoted his spare time to progressive political causes since working… More

R, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
Daniel Algrant
Written By
Jon Robin Baitz
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Apr 25, 2003 Wide
On DVD
Jul 20, 2004
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

    The movie is weighted down with an excess of plot points that fail to coalesce.

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    Watchable but dramatically scattered.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    Dropped into this ocean of bathos, even Al can't tread water -- at that precise moment, he and his performance drown.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    Trashy and lurid as this movie is, it's certainly not boring, and it keeps its star in hog heaven throughout.

  • Jan Stuart, Newsday

    Al Pacino gives a career-crowning performance under Dan Algrant's perceptive direction.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stephen M


    Though the films themselves stylistically are completely different, the basic plots of "People I Know" and "Carlito's Way" are the same. Here, rather than a gangster, Pacino plays a burnt-out publicist eager to escape his shady way of life but, like Carlito,… More

  • Lesley N


    Oh Al.

  • Leo L


    An interesting film.

  • Kevin "


    Man, didn't have high hopes for this movie which was a good thing. This is one of the lesser known Pacino movies and for a good reason; it wasn't any good. Pacino did some okay acting, nice to see him play the old helpless role, but nothing really to see here, from anyone.

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