Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

2009 | Comedy, Drama

Synopsis

A graduate student (Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.

Scores

Overall Score
28.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
32.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
18.3%
Review Aggregate
40.7

Critic Consensus

41.0% Fresh • 39 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 41% of 39 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, suspenseful, dark. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotsuspensefuldarkromanticpsychologicalfunnygrittyvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Will Arnett2009$0$0(est)
Bobby Cannavale2009$0$0(est)
Josh Charles2009$0$0(est)
Dominic Cooper2009$0$0(est)
Frankie Faison2009$0$0(est)
Will Forte2009$0$0(est)
Timothy Hutton2009$0$0(est)
John Krasinski2009$0$0(est)
Christopher Meloni2009$0$0(est)
Chris Messina2009$0$0(est)
Max Minghella2009$0$0(est)
Clarke Peters2009$0$0(est)
Lou Taylor Pucci2009$0$0(est)
Ben Shenkman2009$0$0(est)
Julianne Nicholson2009$0$0(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score40.0
RT critic review count40
Rotten Tomatoes audience score32.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating5.4
IMDb votes3,749

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2009$33,745$49,351
International2009N/AN/A
Worldwide2009$33,745$49,351

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2009$16,872$24,676
Digital Rentals ?2009$576,000$842,383
Digital Purchases ?2009$185,000$270,557
Physical Rentals ?2009$2,351,000$3,438,269
Physical Purchases ?2009$5,024,000$7,347,454
TV & Streaming Revenue2009$75,000$109,685
Total Revenues2009$8,227,872$12,033,024
Expenses
Budget ?2009$250,000 (est)$365,618 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2009$80,000 (est)$116,998 (est)
Participations2009$329,000$481,153
Residuals ?2009$571,000$835,071
Interest & Overhead2009$50,000$73,124
Total Expenses2009$1,280,000$1,871,963
Movie Net Profit or Loss2009$6,947,872$10,161,061

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