Management

This movie gets better as it goes along, the start being somewhat improbable. The humor was mostly understated, (the Chinese character was great), but the drama improved. It is definitely a love story but it worked.

This movie just felt a little wierd. While I appreciate the detraction from the usual RomCom antics, I never really felt like I understood the progression of the narrative. Overall though it was decently funny, due mainly to Zahn, Ward, and Liao. Also Aniston was tolerable...I haven't ever encountered that before.

Kind of creepy and a bit drawn out but still not that bad, but not that great either. You could see that ending coming from so far away though. Steve Zahn is likable but this needed more Fred Ward.

Who thought these characters were interesting enough to carry this film? They weren't, and there wasn't much going on with the plot either. And yet.. it didn't offend me, the blandness was kind of soothing. So, not a completely bad score.

Management blew me away with how cute and funny the story turned out. I thought that it was going to be a cookie-cutter romantic comedy but it was really so much more. I should have known that it would have some quirky humor because Steve Zahn is made for that kind of roll but I wasn't ready for how funnyt he movie got during the second half. Sure, Zahn's character is a chump and creepy but that is what makes the character so loveable. He doesn't care that he is creepy because he is resolute.

Surprisingly heart-warming. One of Jennifer's best performances on screen. Steve Zahn always plays this type of role well. Kind of quirky at times but a very good love story. The only thing that doesn't really work for this film is the title. I thought a very poor choice which maybe is the reason alot of people didn't get to see this film. If it wasn't for Netflix I may have missed this one.

Surprisingly decent.

Odd, quirky, slow, warm-hearted, with elements of "Napoleon Dynamite" on top of serious romantic-drama elements... "Management" is a tough one to pigeonhole. The characters that Aniston and Zahn play are rather interesting, but the movie seems to have come down from Planet 9. On a certain mild-mannered level, I did enjoy it. But it was far too slow, simple and a bit of a head-scratcher to fully recommend.

Revisited (3+)

A couple-of-gags-for-the-trailer-so-we-can-pretend-it's-a-comedy, watered-down (Hollywood-ised mumblecore?) Forrest Gump-y romantic drama. May have been the beers but, surprisingly, I thought it was okay.

Wow! A movie that Jennifer Aniston in it that has some depth to it. I'm a big fan of Steve Zahn and he did not disappoint along with the rest of the cast. Much better than I thought it would be.

Steve Zahn plays a stalker with a heart of gold. Jennifer Aniston plays a woman who is perceived as terrible because she doesn't immediately fall in love with a stalker. Woody Harrelson play a character that is 100% unrealistic in a movie with characters that are supposed to be realistic.

Gave up halfway through. Super awkward, but not in a funny awkward way, or a funny cringey way, just in a boring way.

A movie with Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson, and Fred Ward should be a lot better than this. It wasn't really that funny, Harrelson's character is terrible, and you just wonder why Aniston puts up with Zahn's shit for as long as she does. It's pretty mind-boggling, and the movie just feels uneven.

"To the annals of romantic stalker comedies, the appallingly creepy Management adds pretension and may blaze new, jaw-dropping territory: the predatory Beast totally rehabilitates Beauty." - Bill Weber

Management remains for the most part as endearing as its leads. Steve Zahn is a wonderful actor who's spent too long in the "hey, it's that guy" best-friend role.

Not so good

Woody is wonderful

At first with the way this unfolded, I found myself thinking that this was just another piece of garbage RC with a plot I'd seen a million times before. As it went along, though, I found myself becoming immersed in the characters and actually found the film to be quite different, unusual, and refreshingly original. All in all, I rate this an above average RC.

Starts out promising. Becomes very cheesy, though. Mostly due to the score, which coudln't be more bland and generic. Retains some depth and authenticity, though, due to some neat ideas and a great cast.

Very soft movie talks about lonely people and their problems in life in funny way

Liked this more than I probably should, but whatever. Plus there's a Mark Mulcahy song at the end and that made me happy.

This film is very weak. As comedy, it is not so funny. Like romance and drama is unconvincing, no thrill in any time. The performances are also below average (Zahn is ok). Well, is not the worst movie in the world, but still not good enough.