Management (2008)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Stephen Belber

Writer (WGA):

Stephen Belber (written by)

Release Date:

21 May 2009 (Israel)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A touching comedy

Plot:

A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.

Plot Keywords:

Motel | Champagne | One Word Title | Skydiving | Quirky

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Sue Claussen
Steve Zahn	...	Mike
Margo Martindale	...	Trish
Fred Ward	...	Jerry
James Hiroyuki Liao	...	Al (as James Liao)
Woody Harrelson	...	Jango
Katie O'Grady	...	Corporate Bliss Receptionist
Yolanda Suarez	...	Marissa
Kevin Heffernan	...	Jed
Don Burns	...	Businessman (as Don Stewart Burns)
Kimberly Howard	...	Colleague
Collin Crowley	...	Wally
Gilberto Martin del Campo	...	Priest
Mark Boone Junior	...	Jack
Garfield Wedderburn	...	Bus Driver

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

USA:94 min | Canada:93 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44651) | Netherlands:9 | Iceland:10 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

Madras, Oregon, USA

Company:

Image Entertainment

Quotes:

Mike: What about kids? Do you want to have kids?
Sue Claussen: [avoiding the question] You know what was really great about that Yoga class?
Mike: ?
Sue Claussen: It was the breathing stuff. I don't do that.
Mike: Breathe?
Sue Claussen: There are days where I have to instruct my heart to request additional air
[takes a deep breath]
Sue Claussen: and I have to tell myself "Breathe, Sue. Just keep breathing."
[exhales]
Sue Claussen: Yes, I want kids.

Movie Connections:

References An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Soundtrack:

Feel Like Makin' Love

really good film with maybe the worst trailer, ever.

the trailer led me to believe this would be a 'charming stalker' movie, and that's about it. but the story and characters are deeper and richer than that, their motivations are realized beautifully, and the conclusion, if not real-life, makes sense. remember the ending of 'annie hall' and Woody Allen's explanation for why we create works of art. so, this isn't, y'know, 'rules of the game' or anything, but it's nice to see Jennifer Aniston playing a real, live person, lonely, uptight, scared, and aspiring to be a good person. Steve Zahn has a hard job, making his character likable and a reasonable facsimile of a guy desperately in love, but without much grounding in why he's stuck on this woman, except it's sort of the closest thing he's got to having a shot, however remote and unattainable. the soundtrack features great songs, well- placed, from the new pornographers, and the supporting cast is really strong. not a Woody Harrelson fan, and he's a bit of a cartoon here, but the script covers him and as unlikely as it seems every step of the way, it works as a journey of two good, lonely people learning to lean on each other and taking risks that have no guarantees. in spite of having lots of opportunities to totally go off the tracks, the filmmakers manage to make it work start to finish.