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  Review by sophie b ★½ 2

  This movie accomplished the rare feat of making me wish I was watching Argo

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  Review by Nightwing04 ★★★★ 5

  Wow! Talk about a hidden gem. When I added this to my watchlist I figured that it would some barely watchable thriller but boy was I wrong. 

  The company you keep is a story about an intrepid reporter trying to uncover the truth surrounding a group of radical activists. One side is telling him they are murders and the other is saying they are saints. It’s up to him to uncover the truth. 

  This reporter is played by Shia LaBeouf, and he puts in a great performance. The activist is played by Robert Redford who is also the director. There are so many familiar faces in this film including Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte and Brendan Gleason. Each and everyone of…

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  Review by maneleeo ★★½

  Robert Redford knows how to direct actors, that is a known fact. He can also make scenes interesting, especially the ones his character is in dominance. But "The Company You Keep" lacks the exciting and captivating element of other investigative journalism that makes the story something we want to unravel.

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  Review by panos75 ★★★

  When a 60s activist, wanted for bank robbery, surrenders to the FBI, that sets in motion a chain of events that blows the cover of one of her comrades who is accused of murder. Now the latter is forced to go on the run, determined to find proof of his innocence.

  While Robert Redford still knows how to make an engaging film, and his heart is always at the right place, "The Company You Keep" proves that his days as a creative force are coming to an end. This is very much an old man's movie, lacking both the energy and the urgency of his previous, better efforts. That said, there are still a lot of things to like here.…

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  Review by Matt ★★

  The only interesting thing about this is how they managed to take such a starry cast and make such a bland film.

  Stupidly overlong and the story just wasn't interesting. Robert Redford is an absolute movie star, but this was far from the greatest work of a distinguished career.

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  Review by 𝐂.𝐁 ★★★½

  A terrific cast worth watching for, but this does leave plenty to chew one. There’s so many familiar faces most just kind of pop up and don’t do a whole lot but they helped flesh out the story I guess. I think Redford did a fine job in front and behind the camera. Definitely worth a look.

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  Review by col_plimp ★★½

  Die Akte Grant

  Viele alte Hollywood-Größen stolpern in diesem dialoglastigen und eher unkreativen/routinierten Polit-Thriller über ihre reaktionär-radikale Vergangenheit.
  Leider reicht auch LaBeoufs Leistung bei seiner journalistische "Hetzjagd" meistens nicht aus, dass behäbige Tempo von Redfords wohl letzter Regiearbeit anzuheben und erhöhte Spannung zu erzeugen.

  PS: Irgendwo hinter selbstreflektierenden Gesprächen und geballter Starpower versteckt sich sogar ein gutes (wahrscheinlich besseres) Drama über Idealismus und Wiedergutmachung.

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  Review by Andy Summers ★★★

  Robert Redford has always been worth watching when in front of the screen, but when he doubles up as director he sometimes gives himself too much to do, and that's just one of the issues with his 2012 film, The Company You Keep. A political thriller with a surprisingly diverse cast, some of this shines a light on a struggle that as a non-American I knew little about. The Weather Underground sounds like a nightclub rather than a radical militant organisation that took drastic steps including the bombing of Government buildings in opposition to America's involvement in Vietnam. Redford's film is fictional, but gives us an insight into the motivations of some of their members, and more importantly the guilt…

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  Review by mattmav45 ★★

  Starts out decent enough before spiraling into a whirlpool of nonsense.

  The first half hour is pretty damn good. The characters are introduced, and the story begins to unravel in a way that makes the viewer want to know more. The characters aren't necessarily developed in any clear way, but it doesn't really matter. The beginning of the film was all about the story and everything else served to propel and complement it. The pace was slow, but it was perfectly suited to the style on display.

  Unfortunately, all begins to change after the first half hour. The story begins to dwell far too much into the characters and meanders quite a bit. The story is halted at times. All…

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  Review by Noel Penaflor ★★★

  Oddly square political drama with Shia Le Beouf an in intrepid reporter in a character lifted from 70s movies.

  An all star cast keeps you interested, but the mystery and the journey to get to it is less interesting as the film progresses.

  One of Le Bouf's best performances as I'm guessing director Redford sat on him to play everything straight.

  Julie Christie and Brit Marling make their mark on a film that should be more indelible than it is.

  Keep this company or something.

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  Review by Fint ★★★★

  I guess it was around the turn of the millennium that Hollywood films started to dispense with not only credit sequences but opening credits altogether. After the profileration of production company logos, each lasting 5-10 seconds, we would be granted the title of the film - and on particularly annoying occasions, not even that. I'm old school (you might just have gathered as much by the films I watch) and this was not a welcome development. The days of colourful and inventive credit sequences from the likes of Saul Bass and Maurice Binder had been consigned to the waste bin a few decades before, but now I would start watching a film, not always forearmed with the knowledge of who…

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  Review by Mark Cunliffe 🇵🇸 ★★★

  Robert Redford. Julie Christie. Susan Sarandon. Sam Elliott. Chris Cooper. Richard Jenkins. Nick Nolte. Wow, what an incredible cast. Then add Stanley Tucci and Brendan Gleeson. Brit Marling, Terrence Howard and Anna Kendrick too. It seems like every five minutes another brilliant actor or big name just appears. It's a real testament to Redford, the movie's director and star, that such esteemed names wanted to be a part of this. It's also fitting too, that a film that concerns itself with the radical generation of the 60s and 70s should have some of its finest acting talent represent such characters.

  Unfortunately, the material kind of lets them down. Not that The Company You Keep isn't a bad movie per se.…