With ‘Corner Office,’ Is Jon Hamm Trying To Move Beyond Don Draper?

Even moviegoers who take pleasure in the most affected precincts of indiedom will likely wonder just what it was that drew the actor to this neo-Kafkaesque meditation on corporate life.

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Jon Hamm in 'Corner Office.' Via Lionsgate

What, you might ask, is Jon Hamm doing in the new film by Joachim Back, “Corner Office,” a picture that all but dares the audience to withstand its dry-as-dust longueurs? Even moviegoers who take pleasure in the most affected precincts of indiedom will likely wonder just what it was that drew Mr. Hamm to this neo-Kafkaesque meditation on corporate life. 

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