the executive chad ( aaron eckhart ) and howard ( matt malloy ) have just be reject by their mate . while travel for a six week temporary assignment in another office and they plot an evil game to get even with woman . they plan to seduce a vulnerable woman and dump her with her feeling and self esteem completely destroy . when they meet the deaf secretary cristina ( stacy edward ) and they find their perfect victim . however and thing get complicate when howard fall in love for cristina . the first time i saw in the company of men on 08 april 2000 and i be really disturb with this movie and which have be recently elect the number 28 in the ranking of the best fifty independent movie promote by a cinema magazine . i decide to reevaluate my fist view and and i do not change my original opinion that it be a gem of cruelty . the character of chad be actually the personification of evil and not those caricature that we usually see in other movie and but a very real one that we face in our work and club or social life . chad be charm and handsome and charismatic on his outside and but rotten and cold and malevolent inside and manipulating and destroy other people for his self satisfaction . howard be also a very real character and that type of stupid guy with lack of personality and self esteem that be easily use by others and become a loser in the end . and the poor cristina be the innocent victim of this nasty game with her initial pure and later broken heart . the performance of stacy edward and convince that she be actually deaf and and aaron eckhart and with his cynical character and deserve a nomination to the oscar . the debut of neil labute could not be good . for those who like this film and i recommend the shape of thing ( 2003 ) and from the same director . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent na companhia de homens ( in the company of men ) .