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The Company

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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.

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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. Go to Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/28/2010
4/5
Excellent look at what goes into creating ballet. Go to Full Review Angie Errigo Empire Magazine 05/14/2004
3/5
The venerable Altman's distinctive eye remains undimmed. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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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 See more Brad S. R @RT07389644 03/28/2025 A captivating and gorgeous portrait of a fictionalized Joffrey Ballet. See more 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. See more 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. See more 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. See more 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. See more Read all reviews
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Robert Altman

Director

Neve Campbell

Ry

Malcolm McDowell

Alberto Antonell

James Franco

Josh

Barbara E. Robertson

Harriet

William Dick

Edouard

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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