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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

Play trailer Poster for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men Released Sep 25, 2009,  1h 20m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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After being dumped by her boyfriend, Ryan (John Krasinski), for no discernible reason, graduate student Sara Quinn (Julianne Nicholson) searches for answers by embarking on a unique research project. She interviews a variety of men about their impulses, motives and relationships with women. But, as she probes the perplexing psyches of unfaithful, womanizing and embittered males, she's unprepared for their often disturbing responses -- and what they say about the truth of human behavior.
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Ambitious but uneven, John Krasinski's adaptation of David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men tries hard but doesn't match the depth of the book.

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Ian Buckwalter NPR Faced with the unenviable choice between honoring his daunting inspiration and telling his own story, the director shoots straight down the middle -- and misses both targets. Rated: 4/10 •  Jul 4, 2010 Full Review Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle Krasinski re-creates the interviews using Wallace's original, but this isn't exactly a letter-of-the-law adaptation -- he tightens the interviews and defangs some of the language. Rated: 2/5 •  Nov 13, 2009 Full Review

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jacinto g What a waste of resources. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Boring and tedious. Skipped to the actor whose segment I watched this for and returned to to the library. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review
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John Krasinski

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Julianne Nicholson

Sara Quinn

Timothy Hutton

Professor Adams

Ben Shenkman

Subject 14

Christopher Meloni

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Frankie Faison

Subject 42

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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

Dominic Cooper as Daniel/Subject 46 in "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men." (L-R) Julianne Nicholson as Sara and Michael Cerveris as Subject 15 in "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men." (L-R) Julianne Nicholson as Sara and Timothy Hutton as Prof. Adams/Subject 30 in "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men." (Right) Josh Charles as Subject 2 in "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men."

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Synopsis After being dumped by her boyfriend, Ryan (John Krasinski), for no discernible reason, graduate student Sara Quinn (Julianne Nicholson) searches for answers by embarking on a unique research project. She interviews a variety of men about their impulses, motives and relationships with women. But, as she probes the perplexing psyches of unfaithful, womanizing and embittered males, she's unprepared for their often disturbing responses -- and what they say about the truth of human behavior.
Director
John Krasinski
Producer
Eva Kolodner, John Krasinski, Yael Melamede, James Suskin
Screenwriter
John Krasinski
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Salty Features, Sunday Night
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 25, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$27.9K
Runtime
1h 20m