Product Details

• Actors: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Keith David
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 28, 1994
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301857429
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,321 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review: Proving that a little success can be a dangerous thing, Emilio Estevez parlayed his early-'80s "brat-pack" fame into a dubious directorial career, beginning with 1986's Wisdom (in which Estevez costarred with then-fiancée Demi Moore), and resuming with this sophomore-effort 1990 comedy that benefits most from Emilio's teaming with brother Charlie Sheen. (Close your eyes and listen: their voices sound like their dad Martin Sheen after inhaling helium.) The brothers play a pair of garbage collectors who discover a body on their daily rounds, and the corpse draws them into a scheme involving corrupt politics, illegal hazardous-waste dumping, and a lovely neighbor (Leslie Hope) with connections to the dead guy. Add a wacko Vietnam vet (Keith David), an unsuspecting pizza deliverer (Dean Cameron), and a pair of overzealous cops, and you've got a comedy that lazily rambles from one lightweight scene to another. It's way too loose to have any noteworthy quality, but that's also part of the movie's low-brow appeal: Estevez and Sheen play well together, and this is just their way of goofing off with Hollywood money. With a sharper script and an experienced director, Men at Work could have paid off handsomely. As it is, these sibling antics are amiable enough, and the early-'90s fashion crimes (like Charlie's "dork knob" ponytail) offer an amusing diversion from the lamest gags. -- Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never look at bicycle cops the same way again, May 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Men at Work [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is too funny to explain. Stupid, too, so you're sort of ashamed of laughing so hard. A masterpiece in its own right...

5.0 out of 5 stars If You're From So Calif - Ya Gotta See This Movie !, December 3, 2001

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Seashells4u-com (North County, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Men at Work [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Is this an Academy Award winner? NO! But it's a fun and silly and meaningless story that showcases Charlie & Emilio's very dry sense of humor. The real reason to see it and buy it is if you live in Southern California - LA region. Excluding indoor scenes, the entire movie was filmed all around the South Bay, from Palos Verdes to Venice Beach and inland as far as Torrance and Hawthorne. Watch the boys have a beer at Good Stuff in Hermosa....toss garbage cans on Avenue C & the Esplanade.....get into trouble with bad guys late at night, at a faux park staged at Torrance Beach.....fun to see your neighborhood highlighted! I rate it highly and recommend it if you know these towns.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some adult viewing appeal, September 9, 2003

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John R. Bridell (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Men at Work [VHS] (VHS Tape)

MEN AT WORK has some adult viewing appeal. It begins with a plausible plot, some well-timed humor, and sharp lines of dialogue. Where did it go wrong? At a point when the writers decided to make idiots out of two patrolmen, it would seem. From that point the movie became a formula effort--the meaningless effort to hide a corpse, the ridiculous kidnapping of a pizza deliveryman, the absurd hitmen who can't hit--oh yes, the car chases. The humor became simply juvenile. In spite of its'shortcomings, the movie was entertaining. Sheen and Estevez are fun to watch. There are some adult gags mixed in with the junior high school bathroom humor. I'd watch this again, but not if a Woody Allen flic were handy.