Spotswood (The Efficiency Expert) (1991)
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67% of critics liked it
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43% of users liked it
(948 ratings)
Also released as Spotswood, The Efficiency Expert stars Anthony Hopkins as Wallace, a cold-blooded management consultant, infamous for radically "downsizing" every firm he comes in contact with. Wallace's latest assignment is to streamline a small, family-owned shoe factory in… More Also released as Spotswood, The Efficiency Expert stars Anthony Hopkins as Wallace, a cold-blooded management consultant, infamous for radically "downsizing" every firm he comes in contact with. Wallace's latest assignment is to streamline a small, family-owned shoe factory in Australia. As he gets to know the eccentric (and endearingly inefficient) factory workers, Wallace undergoes a slow-but-sure "humanizing" process. Eventually realizing that he can simultaneously cut costs and preserve the dignity of the workers, he finds a way to modernize the operation without a single firing. In traditional fashion, the main story shares screen time with a romantic subplot involving the factory-owner's son and a female employee. Characterized by many critics as "Capraesque," The Efficiency Expert also bears trace of all those Ealing comedies of the 1950s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mark Joffe
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Nov 6, 1992 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax
Critic Reviews
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Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
The eccentricities of the characters and the nostalgia emanating from the wonderfully evocative production design by Chris Kennedy all add up to a charming film of considerable entertainment value. It is a minor classic of Australian cinema.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This is a minor comedy, in the style of Ealing films from the 1950s, of the little man against the bureaucrats.
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Cast
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Anthony Hopkins
as Errol Wallace, Wallace
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Ben Mendelsohn
as Carey
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Alwyn Kurts
as Mr. Ball
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Bruno Lawrence
as Robert
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John Walton
as Finn
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Rebecca Rigg
as Cheryl
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Toni Collette
as Wendy
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Russell Crowe
as Kim
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Daniel Wyllie
as Frank Fletcher
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John Flaus
as Gordon
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Jeff Truman
as Ron
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Gary Adams
as Kevin
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Leslie David Baker
as Gwen
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Randall Berger
as Amos
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Max Fairchild
as Wendys Father
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Jacob Kino
as Marvin
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Conor McDermottroe
as Salesman 2
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Robert Noble
as Union Official
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Desiree Smith
as Shirley
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James Condon
as Executive 1
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Judith Graham
as Jean
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Esme Melville
as Rose
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Geoff Brooks
as Salesman 1
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Angela Punch McGregor
as Caroline
