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Company Man

2000 · 86 min

A silly, fast-paced spy spoof that coasts on goofy mistaken-identity gags and a game cast, never taking itself seriously.

Directed by: Douglas McGrath, Peter Askin
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Douglas McGrath, John Turturro, Alan Cumming

Tagline: International intelligence just got dumber.
Overview: In the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.

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Directed by: Douglas McGrath, Peter Askin
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Douglas McGrath, John Turturro, Alan Cumming

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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
identity
politics
family
ambition
Places: big city
school
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	8
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	2

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