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The Company You Keep

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Decades after an ill-fated robbery, a former member (Susan Sarandon) of the Weather Underground turns herself in to authorities. While covering the story, reporter Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf) discovers that recently widowed lawyer Jim Grant (Robert Redford) was also a member of that particular group. Grant slips by the FBI agents tracking him and goes on the run, hoping to track down his former lover, Mimi (Julie Christie), who's still underground and fighting for the cause.
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The Company You Keep is a (frustratingly) slow-burning thriller about very contemporary issues.

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Wesley Morris Grantland 01/03/2014
This is the most depressing movie ever made about radicalism. Go to Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 04/26/2013
3/5
This chase film combines elements of the thriller and newspaper procedural to create a contemporary saga about political idealism, stone-cold realities, and the repercussions of past deeds on future innocents. Go to Full Review Rick Groen Globe and Mail 04/26/2013
2.5/4
You can't help but applaud the effort, even as it falls short. Go to Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 18
4/5
"The Company You Keep" is an impressive political and journalism thriller that keeps its story at an approachable and realistic level without evolving into wild disbelief like so many other fictional films in this genre. Go to Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension 03/17/2021
It ultimately settles, like many of its characters did, for pleasant mediocrity. Go to Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) 08/05/2020
3/5
Quality political thriller starring (and also directed by) Robert Redford. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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E G @edygie 5d Quietly elegant. There is a an eery aura about this movie, that will hold strong and for a long time after you see it. Maybe it has to do with amount of rain and green or depiction of pararel world with more sense and values to it. Very cozy. See more Irene M @igawel Oct 6 Watched after Robert Redford's passing, given he both directed and acted in it. The concept was gripping, the cast strong, albeit the script was weak in places. Glad I saw it! See more Pongo K @RT48921889 Oct 4 This is a GOOD movie! Not much action, but drama, suspence, thriller, mystery, and feel good. I highly recommend it. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Sep 16 Success in 2 hours and 1 minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ages 17 and older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $5,100,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Thomas P @RT42669395 03/17/2025 Star studded cast….and I wanted every one to lose. None of the characters have redeeming qualities. I was rooting against them all. See more RICHARD S @RT70538590 03/16/2025 Initially, has the feel of an authentic docu-drama, but phony character names give it away as fiction. Redford, charming as ever, looks about 20 years older than character he plays, although he performs excellently as a widowed dad of a ten-year-old girl. By midway, the story begins to lack authenticity in the way the plot and actions evolve. Still, a pretty good piece of entertainment. Spoiler: I liked the hollywood ending! See more Read all reviews
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Robert Redford

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Robert Redford

Jim Grant

Shia LaBeouf

Ben Shepard

Julie Christie

Mimi Lurie

Susan Sarandon

Sharon Solarz

Nick Nolte

Donal Fitzgerald

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Synopsis Decades after an ill-fated robbery, a former member (Susan Sarandon) of the Weather Underground turns herself in to authorities. While covering the story, reporter Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf) discovers that recently widowed lawyer Jim Grant (Robert Redford) was also a member of that particular group. Grant slips by the FBI agents tracking him and goes on the run, hoping to track down his former lover, Mimi (Julie Christie), who's still underground and fighting for the cause.
Director
Robert Redford
Producer
Nicolas Chartier, Robert Redford, Bill Holderman
Screenwriter
Lem Dobbs
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Wildwood Enterprises, Voltage Pictures
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 5, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 13, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.1M
Runtime
2h 5m
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