The Business of Strangers

Two women on different ends of the spectrum of corporate power come together with explosive results in this drama. Julie Styron (Stockard Channing) is a successful executive with a major international corporation who is starting to feel the pressure of her position; she has few friends and no family ...more

Widely dubbed "In the Company of Women" (in reference to Neil LaBute's ode to the dysfunctional psyche of corporate men), Patrick Stettner's debut feature offers up some interesting queries about the nature of women in such positions. But the filmmaking is less assured than LaBute's acidic, often darkly humorous look at the coldness in men's hearts, and despite the film's intriguing intentions, it doesn't take them anywhere terribly inventive. The film's success coasts on the bright, resourceful ...more