Men at Work

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Men at Work

PG-13

1990

1h 38m

Comedy

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Carl Taylor (Charlie Sheen) and James St. James (Emilio Estevez) are garbage men who spend their workdays goofing around and disrupting the quiet on the streets of their town. But their good-natured fun comes to an abrupt halt when they discover a local politician's corpse in one of their cans. Determined that this is their chance to be more than trash collectors, this snarky pair of amateur detectives decide to solve the case on their own and so become entangled in a toxic waste cover-up.

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Odie Henderson

House Next Door

08/28/2015

Men at Work is patient zero for the plague of Charlie Sheen movies that infected the 1990s.

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Time Out

06/24/2006

The grotesque practical jokes perpetrated against two interfering bumblers are genuinely funny, while Estevez and Sheen remain cutely goofy even when indulging themselves in this adolescent idiocy.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

05/20/2003

3/5

The movie's desire to please is tireless, also engaging. Mr. Estevez's screenplay is not entirely coherent, but it has a number of comically crackpot lines.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

02/08/2023

2/4

Estevez tries hard (as usual, Sheen just shows up), but the laughs simply aren't there.

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

01/24/2023

It may not be as funny as it once was, but it reminds fans of Estevez, Sheen, and David that these actors were some of the best at the time. Thankfully, there is current evidence of at least Estevez and David that this remains to be true.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

04/05/2020

2.5/4

There's little doubt that Men at Work fares best in its freewheeling, agreeably lighthearted opening stretch...

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Keith B.

@Okbullard Jun 15

Was it the best comedy I've ever seen; not by a long shot but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I thought it was a decent job by Emilio Estevez writing, directing and starring in his film.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Jun 1

Estevez writes, directs and stars in this movie that's about 2 garbage men caught up in a political killing. Not a ton of laughs - but decent.

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thiago S

@Thiagostone May 2

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Christian L

@Krykry Dec 23

De esas películas que envejecieron malito

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Charlie T

@RT53790442 Sep 23

If you enjoy irreverent stories that go off the rails at the worst possible moments, this is an excellent example. Estevez and Sheen execute perfect portraits of intelligent, but unmotivated slackers caught up in something larger than themselves — where they actually belong. Keith David's intensity fully drives the story way past the typical bumbling buddy movie. And Leslie Hope's believable free spirit provides a respite of peace where needed. It's not perfect in 2025, but it is memorably funny with the perfect radio show epilogue.

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Omid S

@movieCRITIC247 07/21/2025

This movie is absolutely great nine out of 10. It should be at least 75 or 80% on rotten tomatoes. People are stupid. They don’t appreciate the 90s movies. If you love these two actors and a few other amazing actors and you love this movie don’t listen to rotten tomato all the time they’re dumb and they’re only for new age movies Free on Tubi

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Carl Taylor

Emilio Estevez

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Leslie Hope

Susan Wilkins

Keith David

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Carl Taylor (Charlie Sheen) and James St. James (Emilio Estevez) are garbage men who spend their workdays goofing around and disrupting the quiet on the streets of their town. But their good-natured fun comes to an abrupt halt when they discover a local politician's corpse in one of their cans. Determined that this is their chance to be more than trash collectors, this snarky pair of amateur detectives decide to solve the case on their own and so become entangled in a toxic waste cover-up.

Director: Emilio Estevez
Producer: Cassian Elwes, Barbara Stordahl
Screenwriter: Emilio Estevez
Production Co: Epic Productions, Euphoria Films Production
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.1M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround