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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWith Men at Work actor-writer-director Emilio Estevez has turned out a pleasant, knockabout comedy for himself and brother Charlie Sheen. While it may not be the funniest picture you'll see all year, it is fresh, inventive and has very few moments when it's not generating laughs. [27 Aug 1990, p.F10]
- 63The Seattle TimesThe Seattle TimesIt has some great laughs and real screwball energy. It also has its heart in the right place, with Emilio Estevez's environmental concerns figuring prominently in the plot. [24 Aug 1990, p.28]
- 60The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyA good-natured lowbrow farce about two southern California garbage men who dream of opening their own surf shop.
- 60Time OutTime OutThe 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.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineDespite its ample flaws, Men at Work is never boring and often is a lot of fun; however, it would have benefitted from the pruning of a few of its misfired visual gags, particularly those involving excrement.
- 50Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyLike the jokes, the brothers' rapport seems recycled from childhood. Sheen and Estevez are hardly working.
- 38St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-DispatchEstevez couldn't decide what he wanted: a doofus comedy, a serious political statement, a mystery, a Bowery Boys' knock-off. The result is sophomoric. [27 Aug 1990, p.5D]
- 25Miami HeraldJuan Carlos CotoMiami HeraldJuan Carlos CotoEstevez is a self-important performer and his cockiness mutes most of the movie's laughs. If not for Sheen, a much more appealing comic actor than his brother, Men at Work would hardly be palatable. [29 Aug 1990, p.D5]
- 25Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrA movie about a pair of garbagemen that falls into the general category of refuse. [28 Aug 1990, p.4C]
- 16Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBottom-of-the-garbage-barrel comedy.