People I Know

Al Pacino, displays perhaps the worst southern accent I have ever heard in this movie. Despite having a near all star cast, this is a flop and throughout the film I kept wondering when it would 'get good'. It never did.... Full review

Don't believe the negative reviews for this film. Every negative review seems to miss the point. This is a character study about an idealist whose lost his way. It's got drugs and hookers and a subplot that could've hijacked this... Full review

I do not agree with the platitude that this is simply about Narcissistic Personality Disorder. This film is very broad in scope, reflecting the complex world of public relations, politicians, actors and disappointments.Pacino is Eli Wurman, a PR man who... Full review

A public relations agent in New York (Al Pacino) tries to recapture his misplaced ideals by organizing an event in response to the mayor's crackdown on crime, a crackdown which results in widespread arrests and deportations. Years of drugs have diminished... Full review

People I Know is a sad movie. It's tedious. It's boring. It's depressing. It's STUPID. Pacino has to take some of the blame for this one too. First of all he took this loser role and he had to have read... Full review

Pacino at his worst.The hair,the John Lennon glasses and the worst s his horrible southern- Jewish accent.All he does is drink,pop pills and bitch and moan through the whole film.What's it about anyway?There's no action,no humor...nothing but his tired bitching and... Full review

this movie is so bad that i would watch zoolander even before thinking of putting this movie in the player..so bad that i would burn my asia miles to kick my nephew's ass for giving us this movie.. my regret is... Full review

My wife rented this because Pacino was on cover and figured how could one lose? Yet, I had never heard of this movie. Now I know why. I have absolutely no clue what this movie was supposed to be about. What... Full review

I rented this movie in anticipation of a typical gangster, car chasing movie night. I have been living with the character portrayed by Eli for so long, I had no idea I would then go on to see this person... Full review

Al Pacino is one of the respected actor...this movie has a good title but when you watch it..I don't like , it's sad ..A movie that you want to forget..... Full review

I took that as an indication that I'd be seeing an intelligent, well-plotted film. Unfortunately, the truth is that People I Know is a muddled piece that doesn't go anywhere for the simple reason that it really doesn't know where it's trying to go. ... Full Review

With an unforgettable performance critics are calling one of Al Pacino's best, you won't want to miss a minute of this gripping motion picture. When Eli's best client (Ryan O'Neal -- MALIBU'S MOST WANTED) and his starlet girlfriend (Tea Leoni -- HOLLYWOOD ENDING) become tangled in a particularly messy situation, Eli ends up seeing more than he's supposed to. ... Full Review

Dull, slow, tedious film with a bizarre, yet strangely compelling performance from Al Pacino -....Having said that, Pacino is always watchable....when he's awful (see also The Recruit ) and he's bizarrely compelling here.....it's dull where it should be exciting and tedious where it should be moving.....Film Never Takes Off Despite a strong supporting cast, the film never really takes off..... ... Full Review

The main problem, then, is that People I Know is a hodge-podge of past pictures. You know somethings missing when a movie keeps reminding you of other, better films. ... Full Review

It robs Pacino's powerhouse performance of a proper context and leaves this potentially intelligent thriller looking slightly gormless.....Disappointly, though, the script's weakness lies in its all-too-obvious intrigues.....Harking back to the star's own glorious acting past, director Daniel Algrant stages the talky plot.... ... Full Review

Apr 25, 2003 | "People I Know" is about corruption, about how the new ways of doing things always crash roughly against the old ones, about how our bodies often give out before our minds or our spirits do --... ... Full Article

Arriving less than a year after 2002s Insomnia and Simone , People I Know completes Al Pacinos recent trilogy of weariness.Here he plays Eli Wurman, an aging publicist sleepwalking through 24 hectic hours in shadowy Manhattan. ... Full Article

A powerful behind-the-scenes man in politics and show business finds himself skidding into a very public scandal in this taut drama. Eli Wurman (Al Pacino) was raised in the deep South, attended Harvard Law School, and has devoted his spare... ... Full Article

Plot After years of looking after the great and the good, press agent Eli Wurman (Pacino) finds it increasingly difficult to take care of himself, much to the chagrin of his sometime girlfriend (Basinger). ... Full Article

Stax here with a look at the screenplay for People I Know ! This new independent drama stars Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Tea Leoni ( Jurassic Park III ), Ryan ONeal ( The Zero Effect ), Richard Schiff (TVs The... ... Full Article

Information based on site traffic today.Updated: 16:12 Pacino plays Eli Wurer, an ageing New York publicist whose best days are behind him. His remaining big-shot client is a movie star with political aspirations, Carey Launer (Ryan ONeal, oozing smarm),... ... Full Article