neil labute in the company of men be an amazing motion picture and one of the best film of 1997 and a shocking indictment of the ego drive corporate world in which we live . on the surface and the film and expertly write by neil labute in his first feature effort and seem to be a cruel tale of misogyny . lurk beneath the surface and however and be the film true message and one which depict the business world a a battle of survival of the fit and a harsh world where men sacrifice their integrity and compassion in favor of oneupsmanship and greed . feed up with their failure with member of the opposite sex and two co worker and chad ( aaron eckhart ) and howard ( matt malloy ) decide to play a cruel prank on an unsuspecting female victim . they will both date her and and then after a six week period and they will dump her and a plan they have devise after year of be torment and unlucky with woman . they eventually choose their prey and a deaf typist name christine ( stacy edward ) and begin their quest and ask her for date and send her flower and and share intimate moment . all this seem like a pleasant surprise to christine after year of no dating but and of course and she doesn not know the plan the men have hatch . i do not want to reveal too much more about the plot than this . i will say that the film have two climactic scene and one expect and the other inevitable in retrospect . the first climax make the movie a success and the second make the film great only then do we see labute true intent . labute cast of no name be uniformly excellent . eckhart and who have since become a labute staple and deliver a fascinating performance a a truly despicable character and the smooth and fast talk chad . matt malloy be excellent a howard and the weaker of the two men and and edward be great a the hapless deaf typist and present her character a likable and intelligent and and sensitive and not just a stereotypical handicapped woman . but the real star of the film be labute script . judging by this and and his three more recent film ( your friend and neighbor and nurse betty and and possession all quality film ) and labute be a writer director to monitor for year to come . a noteworthy comment about in the company of men be that it have be market a a comedy . those of you expect slapstick humor and romantic charm might be good serve see another movie . in the company of men be not comedy . there be element of black humor and especially one particularly deprave scene involve one of the men and an office intern . however and in the company of men be more tragic than comic and a look into the tarnished male psyche bring on by year of corporate stress and paranoia . i couldn not help but think of david mamet glengarry glen ross and another film about corporate greed in today world when i be watch this one . however and while glengarry play a more of a character drive mystery and morality play and in the company of men be much more insidious and and it offer no solution in the end . in fact and the final shot of the film be and in my mind and one of the most memorable in modern cinema . just who exactly have the upper hand . positive .