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The Business of Strangers

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  • 1h 24m
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6.3/10
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The Business of Strangers (2001)
DramaThriller
Two businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist.Two businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist.Two businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist.
IMDb RATING
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3.8K
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    • Patrick Stettner
    • Patrick Stettner
  • Stars
    • Stockard Channing
    • Julia Stiles
    • Frederick Weller
    • Patrick Stettner
    • Patrick Stettner
  • Stars
    • Stockard Channing
    • Julia Stiles
    • Frederick Weller
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    • 78User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    Stockard Channing in The Business of Strangers (2001)
    Julia Stiles in The Business of Strangers (2001)
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    Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, and Frederick Weller in The Business of Strangers (2001)
    Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles in The Business of Strangers (2001)
    Director Patrick Stettner (center)
    Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles at an event for The Business of Strangers (2001)
    Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles at an event for The Business of Strangers (2001)
    Julia Stiles at an event for The Business of Strangers (2001)
    Julia Stiles at an event for The Business of Strangers (2001)
    Julia Stiles at an event for The Business of Strangers (2001)
    Julia Stiles at an event for The Business of Strangers (2001)

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    Stockard Channing
    Stockard Channing
    • Julie Styron
    Julia Stiles
    Julia Stiles
    • Paula Murphy
    Frederick Weller
    Frederick Weller
    • Nick Harris
    Mary Testa
    Mary Testa
    • Receptionist
    Jack Hallett
    Jack Hallett
    • Mr. Fostwick
    Marcus Giamatti
    Marcus Giamatti
    • Robert
    Buddy Fitzpatrick
    Buddy Fitzpatrick
    • Waiter
    Salem Ludwig
    • Man at Pool
    Shelagh Ratner
    Shelagh Ratner
    • Airport Announcer
    Tony Devon
    Tony Devon
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      • Patrick Stettner
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    • Goofs
      When the three are in the hotel room together, it is obviously dark outside and the time is even stated at being "midnight". However, when the television is turned on, the news channel is running live stock quotes (something that would only happen during the day) and the time on the television reads "1:30PM"
    • Quotes

      Julie: I've just been made Chief Executive Officer.

      Nick: No shit. Congrats. Hey, we can leverage this for that Pacific Net job.

      Julie: I thought you said they were about to go belly-up.

      Nick: With all due respect, I wasn't talking to CEO material before.

      Julie: Listen, I was a bit harsh on you before...let me buy you a drink.

      Paula: OK.

      [to waiter]

      Paula: Martell XO supreme.

      Waiter: That's twenty dollars a glass.

      Paula: I'll have a double.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Ocean's Eleven/The Business of Strangers/The Independent (2001)

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    Could have been an interestng film.
    This could have been a very interesting film. Stockard Channing turns in her usual phenomenal performance, but even her formidable skills can't save this one. It begins as a fascinating character study of a woman at the top (Channing) with very little to show for it, and had it remained Channing's story, it might have worked. However, the very forced introduction of a vaguely threatening younger woman takes the script into an plot filled with implausible choices and sometimes laughable dialogue - at the very moments when it should be most dramatic. This film could have seethed with undercurrents and subtle sexual tension. Instead, we're hit over the head repeatedly with "tension" so overt it renders any chemistry between the two actresses absolutely lifeless. Too bad - this film could've had a good thing going.
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    • Sep 9, 2002

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 2001 (United States)
      • United States
      • MGM
      • English
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      • JFK International Airport, Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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      • Headquarters (III)
      • i5 Films
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    • 1 hour 24 minutes
      • Dolby Digital

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