Company Business
Seen it?1991 | 98 min | Action, Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With mixed reviews and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 17K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
- Gene HackmanSam Boyd
- Mikhail BaryshnikovPyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
- Kurtwood SmithElliot Jaffe
- Terry O'QuinnColonel Pierce Grissom
- Daniel von BargenMike Flinn
- Oleg RudnikColonel Grigori Golitsin
- Géraldine DanonNatasha Grimaud
- Nadim SawalhaFaisal
- Howard McGillinBruce Wilson
- Louis EppolitoPaco Gonzalez