Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)

A graduate student (Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.

Director:

John Krasinski

Writers:

John Krasinski (screenplay), David Foster Wallace (story)

Stars:

Julianne Nicholson, Ben Shenkman, Timothy Hutton

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julianne Nicholson	...	Sara Quinn
Ben Shenkman	...	Subject #14
Timothy Hutton	...	Professor Adams / Subject #30
Michael Cerveris	...	Subject #15
Corey Stoll	...	Subject #51
Chris Messina	...	Subject #19
Max Minghella	...	Kevin / Subject #28
Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Evan / Subject #28
Will Arnett	...	Subject #11
John Krasinski	...	Ryan / Subject #20
Will Forte	...	Subject #72
Joey Slotnick	...	Tad / Subject #59
Clarke Peters	...	Subject #31
Dominic Cooper	...	Daniel / Subject #46
Benjamin Gibbard	...	Harry / Subject #20 (as Ben Gibbard)

Storyline

A graduate student (Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.

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Plot Keywords:

interview | airport terminal | grad student | sex talk | dating | 

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Taglines:

Don't say you weren't warned... listen in.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Breves Diálogos com Homens Horríveis

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$18,510 (USA) (25 September 2009)

Gross:

$27,935 (USA) (2 October 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Salty Features, Woodshed Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During a scene in Professor Adams' office you can see a copy of the David Foster Wallace's most famous work, 'Infinite Jest', sitting on the top of a pile of books in the background

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Quotes

Ryan: I'm aware of how all this sounds and can well imagine the judgments you're forming, but if I'm really to explain this to you then I have no choice but to be... candid.
[sighs]
Ryan: Yes, it was a pickup. Plain and simple. And she was what one might call a granola cruncher. A hippy. And she was straight out of Central casting: the sandals, flamboyantly long hair, financial support from parents she reviled, and some professed membership in an apostrophe-heavy Eastern religion that I defy anyone to ...
[...]

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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 26 September 2009 (2009)

User Reviews

Hideous? Oh yes.

I'm sorry, but this was the most self-absorbed, void of emotion movie I've every seen. Monologues were WAY too long and had NOTHING to do with the supposed subject and story of the movie. It felt like it was drama written for drama's sake by a Yale lit major. The idea was worthwhile (but didn't deliver any message), and some of the editing was very good and interesting, but it was so jumbled in it's presentation, that I have no idea what I'm supposed to extract from this.

I couldn't wait for it to end and shuffled through the gentlemen going on and on about his father's job and through Krasinski's over-detailed description of the hippie girl's rape. It all felt like psychiatric deflection to me. And our protagonist said NOTHING. This movie wasn't about anyone or anything. I've not read any of the author's books, but somehow I can't believe the book had so little to say.