In the Company of Men

In the Company of Men is a 1997 feature film black comedy written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy and Stacy Edwards. The film, which was adapted from a play written by LaBute, and served as his feature film debut, won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. A commentary on modern misogyny and corporate culture, the film revolves around two male coworkers, Chad (Eckhart), and Howard (Malloy),... more

In the Company of Men is a 1997 feature film black comedy written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy and Stacy Edwards. The film, which was adapted from a play written by LaBute, and served as his feature film debut, won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. A commentary on modern misogyny and corporate culture, the film revolves around two male coworkers, Chad (Eckhart), and Howard (Malloy), who, angry and frustrated with women in general, plot to toy maliciously with the emotions of a deaf female subordinate. Chad (Eckhart) and Howard (Malloy) are two middle management employees at a corporation, temporarily assigned to a branch office away from home for several weeks. Embittered by bad experiences with women, they form a revenge scheme to find an insecure woman, romance her simultaneously, and then break up with her at the same time. Chad, who is cruel, manipulative, duplicitous, and abusive to his subordinates, is the... less