Review of The Business of Strangers
Year: 2001 Reviewer: Chris Docker
(6/10) Starts very promisingly. Great sweeping modern architecture are impressive camera work are a great medium for a tale of corporate ladder climbing and the stresses and tribulations that gives - admirably depicted by Stockard Channing's character. We also see the young Julia Stiles tackling a more substantial role than she had in Save the Last Dance and the swathe of teen comedies like 10 Things I Hate About You that she is better known for. What follows is quite a powerful drama that might work well on the stage, yet the power plays of the two women and the struggles with events with weak or despicable men fail to realise the philosophical questions about gender one might have hoped the film would tackle.
Rating: 6/10
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