The Company You Keep

  • 2013


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54 % Rotten
$ 20 Million
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Positive Reviews 47
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Average Rating 3.1/5
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2.5
Advertisement The Company You Keep is more compelling as an autumnal meditation on aging and how our political convictions evolve with time and circum .. Av Club
3.0
The result feels like cinematic health food: vaguely good for you but less than delicious. Av Club
2.0
The movie accepts that these people went to extremes to stop a war. EW
3.1
The top heavy casting almost works against the story, despite the talents of all involved. Rogerebert
3.0
Watch it for the privilege of watching great actors do what they do best. Common Sense Media
3.5
While this isnt Redfords best work by any means, it will still be a hit among certain crowds willing to invest the time and patience into this slower .. We Got This Covered
3.5
It has its kinks, but thanks to a top notch cast and an intriguing mystery that keeps the audience entertained, it ends up being worth the two hour in .. We Got This Covered
3.0
Redfords devotion to old school liberalism and 70s socially informed dramas has been a directorial career constant, and at its best, The Company You K .. Time Out
1.9
The Company You Keep is a lamb in lions clothing, a would be thriller masquerading a long, dry monument to the reliability and comfort of community, b ..
1.5
Technical credits are solid throughout, but in the end this watchable though rather turgidly paced film feels like a mid budget studio film from the 1 .. Screen Daily
2.5
However good your characters and however telling the social and ethical issues your raise, if you aint got tension, you aint got a thriller and its in .. Screen Daily
4.0
The storytelling is nonetheless robust and thematically rich, strengthened by a fine cast. The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Rare in that it offers a wealth of roles for actors around the age of 60, The Company You Keep shouldnt be construed as a geriatric stroll down memory ..
3.3
Here, he has surrounded himself with a pedigreed cast that fails to live up to its billing because this tale of justice and redemption is too convolut .. Paste Magazine
3.5
The Company You Keep is a shrewder, more satisfying piece of filmmaking than weve seen from Redford in a while, though not quite in the league with hi ..
4.0
Clearly this film is meant to be suspenseful in a smart, rather than superficial, way. Ny Daily News
3.1
Thats a big topic with deep roots in the past, and the film itself is a throwback, trying awfully hard to be the sort of grown up picture that exudes .. The Globe And Mail
3.8
Directed in steady fashion by Redford, The Company You Keep manages to keep its multiple strands of plot and the people caught in them from collapsing .. Philly
4.5
Here is an old fashioned drama with hardly any special effects but an intense focus on conscience, idealism, and integrity. Spirituality And Practice
2.0
But it lacks the visceral energy that would raise it from the level of a curiously humdrum political thriller. One Guys Opinion
3.1
Thirty years ago would not fit in the last the latest of the trials of that era, nor would it accurately reflect the ages of the mostly aged cast.Redf .. Rogers Movie Nation
3.2
An old fashioned political drama thats well intentioned and heartfelt . Sover
2.0
Its a smart move, providing a sense of stability with this labyrinthine tale of aging radicals, weighty secrets, and dubious journalism, with the tale .. Blu Ray
3.0
Theres the usual handwringing about whether the ends justified the means, tarted up with a little Occupy Wall Street rhetoric; the high celebrity quot .. Chicago Reader
2.5
The movie wants to have it both ways and, as a result, manages to contradict itself at almost every turn, never finding its own way. Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
Director/star Robert Redford has gathered an enviable cast for a radical Big Chill which makes this middling, timeline trouncing effort worthwhile.
3.0
The Company You Keep feels generic from start to finish. The great cast of characters, though, raises this up a notch.
3.8
Though it makes a few missteps, its marked by top notch performances by a terrific ensemble cast, headed by Redford. Usa Today
3.8
The Iceman ultimately does fizzle out to a fairly demonstrable degree, yet this isnt quite enough to diminish the movies place as a solid and consiste .. Reel Film Reviews
3.5
Normally, I bristle when screenwriters throw a random kid into the mix of a thriller to goose up the tension. Screen It
1.5
Redford elicits a handful of memorable performances from his cast this ranks among LaBeoufs finest work, for whatever thats worth but it feels like a .. The Wrap
3.8
The film offers a lot to chew on for boomers and for aging punks and indie rockers who may still be wondering whether they made a separate peace with .. News Day
2.0
Equal parts preachy and melodramatic, The Company You Keep never quite figures out what it wants to be. Cs Monitor
2.5
The Company You Keep consistently stretches credulity way past the breaking point in its depiction of journalism, police procedure and political activ .. New York Post
3.5
Performances are fine, scenery looks authentic (if largely Canadian), and script and direction are solid. Film Journal International ..
1.5
The wheezy script gives everyone plenty of chances to ponder if they made the right choices, but it feels stagy and artificial. Az Central
3.1
And the fact that Nicks hands may not have gotten dirty in that robbery keeps the film from attaining additional layers of complexity.Even after all t .. Boston
2.5
But despite all that star power, whats emerged is an unsatisfying movie about a journalist chasing a story that turns out not to be all that interesti .. Npr
4.0
Theres even a hint of the stolen kid thriller Gone Baby Gone in a fairly predictable plot twist. Npr
2.5
But watching the film, I got tired, and I sense that Redford the filmmaker did, too. Star Tribune
3.8
Redford directs and stars in this dramatic thriller tightly written by Lem Dobbs and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Neil Gordon about ide .. Toronto Star
3.5
Susan Grangers review of The Company You Keep (Sony/Voltage Pictures) The good news is that Robert Redford is not only directing again but also starri .. Susang Ranger
5.0
Robert Redford is back, as producer, director and star of The Company You Keep, and he must keep his talent preserved in a drawer with his old socks, .. Observer
1.5
Is it okay to leave your family and friends behind just to cover your tracks and save your own ass Movies
2.0
LaBeoufs character never connects effectively with the storys central themes, and he comes off as more weaselly than dogged. Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
The Haunting of Hill House ending explained everything you need to know after watching Feature The Haunting of Hill House ending leaves a lot of quest .. Total Film
4.0
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach. Tony Medley
3.0
This guy is consistently sharp with his reviews and he clearly loves film. Coles Mithey
3.5
The Bottom Line: Proof that Robert Redford has become a stronger filmmaker than he is as an actor, this political conspiracy thriller benefits from it ..
3.1
Its fun, in a very old school way, but feels a little out of place in a modern, LexisNexis world. Nj
2.0
What transpires is less a reckoning for old sins than a tour of crow eyed monuments to character acting. Oregon Live
4.0
Good stuff in adult entertainment and well worth the ticket price. Varia Gate
2.0
By the end of the movie youll have forgotten Anna Kendrick was actually in it. Flicks
3.1
**1/2 (out of four) Taking a break from being a tabloid punchline, Shia LaBeouf stars in The Company You Keep with an all star team of veterans: Rober .. Red Eye Chicago
2.5
The project is based on the 2003 novel by Neil Gordon, adapted for the screen by Lem Dobbs (2012s Haywire ), but all of it simply becomes too much of .. Dustin Put Man
4.4
Redfords direction feels tighter and and less ruminative than it has in years, and his acting is still marked by a kind of intelligent alertness. Ar Kansas Online
3.5
Unfortunately for this film (as with Redfords bitterly underappreciated 2007 film Lions for Lambs), cynicism seems to be winning.The story, such as it .. Hollywood And Fine
3.9
Despite those shortcomings, The Company You Keep, is much more intelligent than your average modern day thriller because it favors character developme .. Nyc Movie Guru
3.1
The narrative is plodding and Redfords visual style is stodgy and uncinematic. Js Online
4.0
I floated in and out of states that included suspense, surprise, delight and shock, all of them adding up to steady state enjoyment. Wsj
1.5
Robert Redford who once was an active liberal is now a tired capitalist. Hes also a worn out egotist. Tony Mack
4.5
With a welcome mixture of juice and grit, the movie dramatizes the lingering conundrums of young people in the time of the Vietnam morass. Entertainment Time
1.5
Perrys movies have become so thematically grandiose, visually incoherent, and self defensively bourgeois that the only way to receive them lately is a .. Grant Land
2.5
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3.5
Redfords idealism is at the forefront of The Company You Keep, but its the portrayal of decades old friendships and trust by an ensemble of some of ci .. The Diva Review
4.0
But these things shouldnt detract from your overall enjoyment of this slow burning thriller. Standard Net Au
2.5
This is good for the Socratic side of the movie, but it sucks away at the entertainment value because without judgment and a sense of moral traction, .. O Canada
5.0
Rather than perishing in a hail of bulletsdefiant to the endstoic honesty finally pays off, perfectly balancing the sub mantra of both films that Diss .. James Wegg Review
2.0
Its a big thing done in mediocre fashion, with a mystifying contempt for the audiences intelligence and faith. Events Austin 360
3.5
When I review a narrative film, it is often about one made in a neorealist style with nonprofessional actors. Louis Proyect Word Press
1.5
Viewers old enough to remember these stars in their youth will be fascinated by the different ways theyve aged.Sarandon is stunningly well preserved. Bloom Berg
3.1
Instead, its an intriguing thriller with a heavyweight cast from top to bottom that only intermittently realizes its potential. Madison Movie
2.5
But Redford manages instead to defang the idea of resistance altogether. In These Times
2.5
Mavens NestReel Life: Flick Pix Old time radicals on the run in even older bodiesBy Nora Lee MandelTHE COMPANY YOU KEEP Directed by Robert Redford Pro .. Mavens Nest



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