Synopsis
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
- Stockard ChanningJulie Styron
- Julia StilesPaula Murphy
- Frederick WellerNick Harris
- Mary TestaReceptionist
- Jack HallettMr. Fostwick
- Marcus GiamattiRobert
- Buddy FitzpatrickWaiter
- Salem LudwigMan at Pool
- Shelagh RatnerAirport Announcer
Recommendations
- 83
Portland Oregonian
Intriguingly puts two distinct, strong women together as if to pose the question, just what is a strong woman? By the film's end, that question is tough to answer. - 80
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Stettner has a serious subject here -- how the hurts that women suffer at the hands of men can be internalized more deeply than the victims know -- and his film is graced with a stunning performance by Ms. Channing. - 80
The New Yorker
Looking back at the film, I don't buy all this, but no matter; Channing is so stormy, so keen to unleash her resentments, that for an hour or so you do believe in Julie. [17 Dec 2001, p.98] - 75
USA Today
Incorporates a range of genres -- black comedy, thriller, psychological drama -- and emerges more powerful for it. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Stettner approaches this material with a playwright's incisiveness and structural sense. His dialogue is cutting, often surprising. - 63
Chicago Tribune
This is a movie that really has little to offer but performances and ideas. For a while, that's enough. - 63
Boston Globe
Isn't much more than ''Baise-Moi'' in business suits as they deconstruct sisterhood with an expense account, but their duets sizzle. - 63
Miami Herald
Even though The Business of Strangers loses its nerve in the third act -- you'll wish Stettner had dared to push things further.
