Management

After a one-night fling, a motel manager (Steve Zahn) impulsively follows a small-time art dealer (Jennifer Aniston) across the country in this romantic comedy from playwright-turned-director Stephen Belber. Woody Harrelson co-stars as Aniston's wealthy boyfriend in the MGM production. ~ Jeremy ...more

At its confused core, Management is neither the opening low-key romantic comedy nor the second-act slapstick farce it pretends to be. Ignore the unconvincing attempts at sweetness and the gently acoustic soundtrack cues, and the movie turns out to be a psychological horror flick with identity issues. Maybe writer and first-time feature director Stephen Belber was too close to the material to realize his lead character is more chilling than charming. Steve Zahn plays Mike, the socially inept ...more

Management starts out with some promise. Faced with hotel night manager Mike's (Steve Zahn) desperate persistence, traveling saleswoman Sue (Jennifer Aniston) questions his pathetic M.O., he admits that it never works, and she (being impulsive only in her benevolence) charitably asks him, "What would constitute having it work?" It's not like we haven't seen a shaggy man-child character like Mike before. Zahn has even played one or two. He's good at it. And it's not really a big surprise that an ...more