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The Business of Strangers
Directed by
Patrick Stettner
R
2001
84m
Drama
,
Thriller
6.3
81%
51%
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A dark thriller about a successful businesswoman and her young assistant who toy with a slow-witted businessman while stuck at an airport hotel.
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Cast of The Business of Strangers
Stockard Channing
Julie Styron
Julia Stiles
Paula Murphy
Frederick Weller
Nick Harris
Mary Testa
Receptionist
Jack Hallett
Mr. Fostwick
Marcus Giamatti
Robert
Buddy Fitzpatrick
Waiter
Salem Ludwig
Man at Pool
Shelagh Ratner
Airport Announcer
The Business of Strangers Ratings & Reviews
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Boasts barbed-wire performances from both actresses.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It has almost nothing to do with women; it's about men's fantasies of women.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
It does at least float a few ideas worth discussing, and it's kept interesting by the powerful performances of Channing and Stiles.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Channing and Stiles are the right choices for these roles. They zero in on each other like heat-seeking missiles.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
The dynamic between [Stockard] Channing and [Julia] Stiles is as compelling as a freeway wreck.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
In that millisecond glower is all the fear, frustration, pent-up emotion, aggression and pure unadulterated self-loathing imaginable and it says volumes about where Strangers is heading.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
This is an impressive debut for Stettner and an even more impressive showcase for Channing and Stiles.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
It's all a tour de force for Channing, who hasn't had a movie role this meaty in years.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
This is writer-director Patrick Stettner's first film and, though modest in scale, it is uncommonly well-constructed and rich.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
It's grim out there, to be sure, but it is in many ways a riveting spectacle to survey from the safety and comfort of the movie theater.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
All that prevents Julie from turning into a stock-ticker symbol and Paula from being the poster girl for provocateurs are Channing and Stiles, who appear to draw on their own experiences.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
With any luck, it should earn Ms. Channing an Oscar nomination and mark Mr. Stettner as an astute observer of cultural mores.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Mostly smart, spring-taut, low-budget indie drama.
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
At 83 minutes the movie is without a wasted movement.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
[P]acks a big punch.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
A showcase for three diamond-solid actors.
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
[Stettner's] dialogue is cutting, often surprising ... and deals with male power and female resentment in tough, non-simplistic terms.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Incorporates a range of genres -- black comedy, thriller, psychological drama -- and emerges more powerful for it.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Very darkly funny, commenting on the corporate world in ways that seem fresh and original.
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