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Company, The
MINISERIES: TNT, begins Sunday 8/5 at 8:00p
Starring
Chris O'Donnell,
Alfred Molina,
Michael Keaton,
Alessandro Nivola,
Rory Cochrane,
Tom Hollander,
and
Ulrich Thomsen
Chris O' Donnell and Michael Keaton as spies during the Cold War.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama,
History,
Mystery & Thriller
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| CREATED BY: |
Robert Littell
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| FIRST AIR DATE: |
August 5, 2007 |
| LAST AIR DATE: |
August 19, 2007 |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
New York Daily News David Hinckley
With strong performances by a cast that includes Alfred Molina, Michael Keaton, Rory Cochrane and Chris O'Donnell, this adaptation of a Robert Ludlum novel reels you right in.
88
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
It evokes an era worth revisiting, reconsiders a time that was an important chapter in our history and gives us a monumental performance by Keaton.
88
New York Post Linda Stasi
Watch for the smart dialogue and the sweep of historical events. But mostly watch for Keaton in a career-best performance. You won't forget it.
83
Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
LeCarré-like in its disillusionment with power, this is good historical fiction for warm August nights.
83
Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn
Meaty, gorgeous and sometimes soapy. [10 Aug 2007, p.58]
80
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
This spy drama is not as dense and psychologically intricate, but it has compensations, most notably the placement of fictional characters like McAuliffe and Torriti alongside real-life figures like Angleton and Philby, and inside real-life crises like the 1956 Hungarian uprising.
80
TV Guide Matt Roush
This darkly engrossing and quietly suspenseful six-hour miniseries packages its chilly, cynical overview of international Cold War espionage in a brisk parade of sumptuously produced historical set pieces.
80
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Bleak but intriguing, Company is a brilliant reflection of the mind-set that dominated world politics for a half century. Solid performances are the rule, with special applause for Molina and Keaton. Director Mikael Salomon effectively uses darkness and shadows to illustrate the clandestine environment as well as metaphors for this grim historical era.
80
Washington Post Tom Shales
Here and there, The Company is so evocatively dark and creepy it approaches the artistry of a John le Carré thriller, at least as adapted for TV back in the '80s and '90s.
80
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
The Company is a gripping requiem for the Cold War and the men who fought it.
75
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
Thanks to sleek production values, a generally top-notch cast and an absorbing overall story that smartly mixes explosive action with quieter moments of sinister intrigue, The Company delivers a refreshingly solid jolt of summertime Big Event drama.
70
LA Weekly Robert Abele
It’s at its best when it sweats the small stuff of things like "barium meals" (purposefully fake directives designed to smoke out double agents) and the moves and countermoves of smart men trying to outwit each other.
70
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
The Company starts slowly and somewhat confused, but eventually it chugs its way to coherence as it becomes a decent little drama.
70
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
So much of it is striking, particularly the work of two of the leads, Alfred Molina (The Da Vinci Code, Frida) and Michael Keaton (Batman, Live From Baghdad), who play CIA men with antithetical spy styles.
60
Newsday Diane Werts
If only the delicacy of these two character actors [Alfred Molina and Michael Keaton], were matched by that of The Company's central figures and the production's overall arc.
50
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
The spy story, wartime bullets and intrigue carry The Company, though the writing and story are unnecessarily obvious.
50
USA Today Robert Bianco
Unfortunately, the project is too short to do its subject matter justice and too long and clumsy to keep us involved--a problem compounded by Chris O'Donnell's boyishly bland performance as The Company's central agent.
50
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
Some of it is very enjoyable, some of it is silly but still enjoyable, some of it is too silly to be enjoyable, some of it is not silly enough to be enjoyable, and some of it is neither here nor there.
40
New York Magazine John Leonard
We go on watching because of Keaton.... Otherwise, The Company is both surprisingly slow and remarkably tendentious.
40
Variety Brian Lowry
There's no nice way to state the obvious--that despite the creative stamp of producers Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and John Calley, stars Chris O'Donnell, Alfred Molina and Michael Keaton simply don't work in their roles, obscuring the solid supporting work, especially by Tom Hollander.
40
Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
If you can view The Company's as a basic thriller, and ignore its gaffes, you'll find entertainment here.
40
Time James Poniewozik
This sometimes thought-provoking drama may be too familiar and slack for all but the most spy-struck.
40
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
The Company delivers no real chills, just a quaint Cold War amusement park ride.
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