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Middle Men (2009)

★ 6.5 · 348 ratings on TMDB

Business is a lot like sex ... getting in is easy, pulling out is hard.

Middle Men poster★ 6.5

Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

DirectorGeorge Gallo
CastGabriel Macht, Giovanni Ribisi, Jacinda Barrett, James Caan, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Pollak
GenresComedy, Crime, Drama
The emergence reading

Middle Men keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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