
"Rigoletto" retold at Christmas time in Manhattan's corporate world. Rick, an executive at Image, is a jerk to a woman applying for a job. That evening, he's out for drinks with his much younger boss, Duke, and the same women is their waitress. Rick's continued rudeness leads to her getting fired. She puts a curse on him. A potential rift with Duke quickly surfaces. Rick is approached by the hail-fellow Buck, who runs his own company, offering to rid Rick of Duke. At dinner l... (Full plot summary below)
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"Rigoletto" retold at Christmas time in Manhattan's corporate world. Rick, an executive at Image, is a jerk to a woman applying for a job. That evening, he's out for drinks with his much younger boss, Duke, and the same women is their waitress. Rick's continued rudeness leads to her getting fired. She puts a curse on him. A potential rift with Duke quickly surfaces. Rick is approached by the hail-fellow Buck, who runs his own company, offering to rid Rick of Duke. At dinner later that night, Rick and Duke's paths cross again. This time Rick is with his stunning and beloved daughter, Eve, a student who has a secret relationship with Duke. All paths lead to the office holiday party.
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| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaJulgando que ambientar Rigoletto nos dias atuais é o bastante para ser aplaudido, o filme erra nos diálogos e no tom da narrativa, tornando-se insípido e descartável. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawA new mythology with new morals for a rough, uncertain age. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansWcreenwriter Daniel Handler [(a.k.a. Lemony Snicket)] employs an O. Henry-like twist of irony that first-time director Curtiss Clayton telegraphs long before it strikes. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonald[The] story and emotions seem a little too big for the frame. |
| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThis impressive - and utterly depressing - feature debut is another in the current rush of testaments to the power of the new corporation to suck the goodness from its employees and all who have the misfortune to enter its orbit. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[M]alicious, ironic cruelty dealt with a deft and subtle hand... |
| Boston HeraldPaul ShermanSometimes it's hard to hear the dialogue because the gears of the plot are trying so hard and creaking so loudly. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrEverything about this curio is claustrophobic. |
| San Francisco ChronicleJoshua KosmanSeems to want to be a fierce satire of corporate culture. But by hewing so faithfully to their source, the creators don't let the material pursue its own direction, and the result feels dramatically arbitrary. |
| Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoFeels like it was written by an oddball artist-temp type with an ax to grind - which, as it happens, it was. |