Synopsis
A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
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Cast
- Ryan PhillippeMilo Hoffman
- Rachael Leigh CookLisa Calighan
- Tim RobbinsGary Winston
- Claire ForlaniAlice Poulson
- Richard RoundtreeLyle Barton
- Tygh RunyanLarry Banks
- Ned BellamyPhil Grimes
- Tyler LabineRedmond Schmeichel
- Yee Jee TsoTeddy Chin
- Nate DushkuBrian Bissel
Recommendations
- 60
Village Voice
It's a kick to see the Tim Robbins version of the man recently described by the Microsoft trial judge as "Napoleonic" installed in a disgustingly opulent Bond-villain HQ/pad, and the overwrought Boiler Room-meets-The Game scenario is not without its own schlocky pleasures. - 60
Wall Street Journal
I do wish Mr. Robbins's one-note co-stars had been worthy of his performance, and that some of the melodramatics hadn't been quite so slapdash. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
While Robbins has a good time playing the boyish devil, the rest of the principals transmit on an awfully low baud rate. - 50
Boston Globe
An example of a film that begins with a provocative idea and then runs itself into the ground with clumsy structuring. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Ironically, the filmmakers seem to think the audience for this movie about super-smart people is super-dumb. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
They might have been able to make a nice little thriller out of Antitrust if they'd kept one eye on the Goofy Meter. - 38
New York Post
An inferior factory product, cranked out with little care and less imagination, that seems all the dumber because it's pretending to be smart and topical. - 20
Slate
Libel on one of the true visionaries of American business in the 20th century, a man unfairly demonized for doing what others strove to do but doing it faster and better.
