Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

2009,

1h 20m,

Drama

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40%

40 Reviews

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32%

2,500+ Ratings

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40%

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40 Reviews

32%

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2,500+ Ratings

After being dumped by her boyfriend, Ryan, for no discernible reason, graduate student Sara Quinn searches for answers by embarking on a unique research project. She interviews a variety of men about their impulses, motives and relationships with women. But, as she probes the perplexing psyches of unfaithful, womanizing and embittered males, she's unprepared for their often disturbing responses -- and what they say about the truth of human behavior.

Critics Consensus

Ambitious but uneven, John Krasinski's adaptation of David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men tries hard but doesn't match the depth of the book.

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Ian Buckwalter

NPR

Jul 4, 2010

4/10

Faced with the unenviable choice between honoring his daunting inspiration and telling his own story, the director shoots straight down the middle -- and misses both targets.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Nov 13, 2009

2/5

Krasinski re-creates the interviews using Wallace's original, but this isn't exactly a letter-of-the-law adaptation -- he tightens the interviews and defangs some of the language.

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Nov 12, 2009

2/4

Offers is the opportunity for a bunch of actors, many of them tethered to TV series, to deliver theatrical monologues pulsing with misogyny and narcissism. It's like second-rate Neil Labute.

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Troy Patterson

Spin

Oct 25, 2019

2.5/4

The urgency of the tales gets lost along the way, weighed down by staginess and an inconsistent tone, although Krasinski's ambition suggests a noble failure.

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Mark Asch

Stop Smiling

Dec 12, 2015

[Brief Interviews] is within the limits of the medium, a rigorous record of the process of thought.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Dec 9, 2011

1.5/4

...far more successful as an actor's showcase than as a fully-realized movie...

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Synopsis

After being dumped by her boyfriend, Ryan, for no discernible reason, graduate student Sara Quinn searches for answers by embarking on a unique research project. She interviews a variety of men about their impulses, motives and relationships with women. But, as she probes the perplexing psyches of unfaithful, womanizing and embittered males, she's unprepared for their often disturbing responses -- and what they say about the truth of human behavior.

Director: John Krasinski
Producer: Eva Kolodner, John Krasinski, Yael Melamede, James Suskin
Screenwriter: John Krasinski
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Salty Features, Sunday Night
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.9K
Runtime: 1h 20m

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