The Company

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The Company

PG-13

2003

1h 52m

Drama

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Loretta "Ry" Ryan (Neve Campbell) is an aspiring ballerina performing with the renowned Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. As she struggles with the demands of being a dancer, she also begins a relationship with the handsome Josh (James Franco), who isn't involved in that insular world. The drama looks at the lives of others in the company, including the passionate artistic director, Alberto Antonelli (Malcolm McDowell), and features many actual Joffrey dancers.

Critics Consensus

Its deliberately unfocused narrative may frustrate some viewers, but The Company finds Altman gracefully applying his distinctive eye to the world of dance.

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Antonia Quirke

London Evening Standard

12/15/2017

This is Altman at his easiest, his most unruffled, and complete.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/28/2010

4/5

Excellent look at what goes into creating ballet.

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Angie Errigo

Empire Magazine

05/14/2004

3/5

The venerable Altman's distinctive eye remains undimmed.

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Joan Acocella

The New York Review of Books

08/15/2018

A film drama that, for the first time in my experience, shows ballet dancers not as wounded birds, but as normal, serious working people.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

03/23/2013

C+

A minor work in the oeuvre of Altman or producer Vachon, this behind the scenes dance film exhibits the director's stylisic devices but lacks fresh and poignant insights.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

05/04/2009

B

Dance sequences, both in the studio and in performance, make up the symbolic and potent thrust of this enjoyable yet confined movie.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Oct 3

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Brad S. R

@RT07389644 03/28/2025

A captivating and gorgeous portrait of a fictionalized Joffrey Ballet.

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steve d

@RT35616104 02/01/2023

Far too much time trying to look like a documentary when it should have been worried about a plot.

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09/12/2018

It’s a beautiful homage to ballet; but, seriously, what was the point of this film? Brava to Campbell and the dance company, but jeers to Altman and his writers for forgetting to write a PLOT. Unsung heroes: the poor bastards who had to try to market this film.

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kirby p

@RT22297428 02/09/2018

This movie blows so hard I couldn't watch it. Gave up after a half hour and fast-forwarded through the rest. It didn't get any better.

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Fong Kok Hoong F

@RT29722865 08/02/2015

Altman's signature fly-on-the-wall modus operandi on the ins and outs of a ballet company makes great infotainment and the purposeless story is just a pathetic backdrop.

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Synopsis

Loretta "Ry" Ryan (Neve Campbell) is an aspiring ballerina performing with the renowned Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. As she struggles with the demands of being a dancer, she also begins a relationship with the handsome Josh (James Franco), who isn't involved in that insular world. The drama looks at the lives of others in the company, including the passionate artistic director, Alberto Antonelli (Malcolm McDowell), and features many actual Joffrey dancers.

Director: Robert Altman
Producer: Joshua Astrachan
Screenwriter: Barbara Turner
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: John Wells Productions, Marly Pictures Inc., Sony Pictures Classics, Capitol Films, Sandcastle 5 Productions, Killer Films, First Snow Production
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.3M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Surround