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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Why no one has wrote about this film until now is beyond me.
The brothers sheen & estevez are yet to be credited for this comedy duo master piece.
They are dustbin men, find a body, get into a scrape. It will never win an oscar, but relax and enjoy dry wit from sheen that was 15 years before the office
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Men at Work is written and directed by Emilio Estevez, who also co-stars with brother Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Leslie Hope, Dean Cameron and John Getz. Music is by Stewart Copeland and photography out on locations that include beaches at Redondo and Hermosa, is by Tim Suhrstedt. Plot finds Estevez (James) and Sheen (Carl) as two carefree garbage collectors who find a dead body in a barrel during their rounds. Trouble is, is that the dead guy is the man Sheen shot with his pellet gun the previous evening. Thinking they might be responsible for his death, and prompted by their newly acquired chaperone, cop hating Louis Fedders (David), they unwisely decide not to call in the cops. So with an unhinged Vietnam War vet and a dead body on their hands, Carl and James are in big trouble.
Undemanding picture that's more enjoyable if you happen to be a fan of either Sheen or Estevez, Men at Work is often struggling for laughs but lit up by the odd humorous moment with dashes of cool. There's a little drama in the mix, and even a delicate hint of social commentary via the illegal toxic waste dumping core that the frivolity is wrapped around. But really this is all about the two Brat Packers running free and Keith David superbly stealing the movie from the both of them.When the "we got a dead body to keep from the cops" comedy runs out of steam, and it does a little too early in the piece, it's left to David to bring the laughs with his cop hating rants and coiled spring like intensity ready to unleash on anyone who gets in the way or dares to eat his fries. Hope is amiable and pretty, though she only serves as a love interest for Sheen, while Getz isn't in it much and the two hitmen on the boys' tail don't bring anything new to that well trodden comedy table.
It's often funny (golf clap, the nasty, human waste exploding balloons, Keith David), but these moments only serve to highlight the scripts shortcomings elsewhere. 6/10
Undemanding picture that's more enjoyable if you happen to be a fan of either Sheen or Estevez, Men at Work is often struggling for laughs but lit up by the odd humorous moment with dashes of cool. There's a little drama in the mix, and even a delicate hint of social commentary via the illegal toxic waste dumping core that the frivolity is wrapped around. But really this is all about the two Brat Packers running free and Keith David superbly stealing the movie from the both of them.When the "we got a dead body to keep from the cops" comedy runs out of steam, and it does a little too early in the piece, it's left to David to bring the laughs with his cop hating rants and coiled spring like intensity ready to unleash on anyone who gets in the way or dares to eat his fries. Hope is amiable and pretty, though she only serves as a love interest for Sheen, while Getz isn't in it much and the two hitmen on the boys' tail don't bring anything new to that well trodden comedy table.
It's often funny (golf clap, the nasty, human waste exploding balloons, Keith David), but these moments only serve to highlight the scripts shortcomings elsewhere. 6/10
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
this is one of those simple but very entertaining 80s movies about two normal guys that just have to mess about at any chance.
dustmen, dustvan, dustbins and a heap load of toxic crap bein dumbed by an evil company, oh what could go wrong.
Charlie Sheen and Emilio are fantastic with some very funny one liners and some hilarious scenes, an easy great fun movie.
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still funny
This may be an old film and a rare one where the 2 brothers star together,,but its still funny.. Charlie & Emilo work well with the comedy routine...
Published on 15 July 2009 by Michael Wilden
Let's do the nasty!
Watched this movie for the first time last night (I know, I know!). Thoroughly enjoyable and tickled me in the right places, provoking many-a-guffaw. Read more
Published on 21 April 2008 by Mr. Jacob John Almond
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