Stephen Belber’s new film Management effectively blends “whimsical quirkiness, straight-faced absurdity, and affecting melancholy,” said Joe Leydon in Variety. This “dramedy” about an underachiever (Steve Zahn) who lucks into a one-night stand with a beautiful guest (Jennifer Aniston) at his mom’s motel, then flies across the country to try to pursue a relationship with her, features great performances by the leads and is highly “likable.” (watch the trailer for Management)
Aniston and Zahn do “endow their screwballish characters with emotional conviction in the midst of the chaos and uncertainty of their tangled relationship,” said Andrew Sarris in The New York Observer. Still, although Management “offers a bit of sunny but not entirely silly escapism,” the film’s “narrative is nothing if not far-fetched.”
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