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• Steven C

  
  "The Company" is Robert Altman's most naturalistic and expressive film. The thing you have to understand about the picture is that Altman is not concerned with crafting a structured narrative. He is concerned with observing. "The Company" is a fly on the wall… More
  "The Company" is Robert Altman's most naturalistic and expressive film. The thing you have to understand about the picture is that Altman is not concerned with crafting a structured narrative. He is concerned with observing. "The Company" is a fly on the wall peek into the world of a ballet company (a fictional one of course). The behind the scenes-esque approach is intercut with beautiful dance sequences. Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell and James Franco bring a human, organic touch to the film. "The Company" is not for everyone. Your tolerance of the film will stem from your relationship to dance and your ability to be a voyeur in this world and not an active participant. In his penultimate feature film, Robert Altman was still finding new and interesting ways to tell a cinematic story.

• Jennifer X

  
  This was a really bad movie, I'm sort of ashamed that Robert Altman was connected to this project. Then why did I give it three stars? Mainly because the ballet sequences were stunning. When everybody just shut their mouths and started spinning, it was just magic.

• Arash X

  
  Uninteresting, I really expected more from Altman, Just a showcase of dance pieces & I never liked dance movies

• Alice S

  
  Very odd. Not bad, just odd, which I have come to expect from Altman's films. There is no cohesive plot and no real character development. Neve Campbell is a wonderful dancer and does not oversell her role. Altman's signature camera really tells the story - long takes,… More
  Very odd. Not bad, just odd, which I have come to expect from Altman's films. There is no cohesive plot and no real character development. Neve Campbell is a wonderful dancer and does not oversell her role. Altman's signature camera really tells the story - long takes, wide shots, awkward placement.

• Dean M

  
  This ballet movie with Neve Campbell (she's a real-life one-time ballerina) doesn't seems really interested to me, but the dance sequences in the ballet scenes are quite okay.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]"The Company" is a docudrama about the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, as led by their legendary artistic director, Alberto Antonelli(Malcolm McDowell). The movie is directed by Robert Altman in a verite style, even the sequences about the dancers'… More
  [font=Century Gothic]"The Company" is a docudrama about the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, as led by their legendary artistic director, Alberto Antonelli(Malcolm McDowell). The movie is directed by Robert Altman in a verite style, even the sequences about the dancers' private lives. It follows the dancers from the ballet proposal to rehearsal to backstage to performance. Two of the ballets stand out as exceptional - an outdoor performance and the one that climaxes the film.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]My main question about "The Company", is if you're going to make a film with this approach, why not make a documentary? Well, you would miss out on Malcolm McDowell's very entertaining performance...but as a drama, the movie lacks any real storylines. There are themes explored like what dancers(particularly the women) have to sacrifice in order to have a career dancing(And is it possible to have a movie about ballet that would not have that debate?) and the low pay of the dancers. For example, one apartment has dancers sleeping on the floor from wall to wall and one dancer makes ends meet as a waitress while living in an apartment next to the El tracks.(Location notwithstanding, it is a very cool apartment.)[/font]

• Yinalí R

  
  Uhh, well the art is good and all, but the movie was utterly boring.

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