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In Good Company (2004)

In Good Company (2004)
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A middle-aged man finds a callow twentysomething usurping his professional life and worming his way into his family in this alternately funny and poignant comedy drama. Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is a middle-aged man who has spent 20 years as the head of advertising sales for "Sports America," a leading athletics magazine. Dan is happily married to Ann (Marg Helgenberger) and has a college-age daughter, Alex (Scarlett Johansson), whom he dotes on, but Dan's comfortable life is given a major shake-up when a large multimedia firm buys the magazine. Seen as a bit long in the tooth to be truly competitive, Dan is demoted to second in command of advertising, and his position is handed over to Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), a 26-year-old who talks a good game about sales but has no practical experience in the field. Dan's wounded ego makes working with the arrogant Carter an uphill battle, but when he learns that Ann is expecting another baby, Dan is in no position to quit. Before long, Dan becomes aware of Carter's intense insecurities about his new job as the younger man reaches out to him for guidance, but this doesn't make Dan any less angry when Carter begins a romance with Alex after his marriage to Kimberly (Selma Blair) crashes and burns. In Good Company marked the solo directorial debut of Paul Weitz; he previously worked in collaboration with his brother Chris Weitz, who serves as producer on this film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, (more)
Director(s):
Paul Weitz
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
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DVD
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Synopsis of In Good Company

A middle-aged man finds a callow twentysomething usurping his professional life and worming his way into his family in this alternately funny and poignant comedy drama. Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is a middle-aged man who has spent 20 years as the head of advertising sales for "Sports America," a leading athletics magazine. Dan is happily married to Ann (Marg Helgenberger) and has a college-age daughter, Alex (Scarlett Johansson), whom he dotes on, but Dan's comfortable life is given a major shake-up when a large multimedia firm buys the magazine. Seen as a bit long in the tooth to be truly competitive, Dan is demoted to second in command of advertising, and his position is handed over to Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), a 26-year-old who talks a good game about sales but has no practical experience in the field. Dan's wounded ego makes working with the arrogant Carter an uphill battle, but when he learns that Ann is expecting another baby, Dan is in no position to quit. Before long, Dan becomes aware of Carter's intense insecurities about his new job as the younger man reaches out to him for guidance, but this doesn't make Dan any less angry when Carter begins a romance with Alex after his marriage to Kimberly (Selma Blair) crashes and burns. In Good Company marked the solo directorial debut of Paul Weitz; he previously worked in collaboration with his brother Chris Weitz, who serves as producer on this film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
110 mins

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Director(s):
Paul Weitz
Writer(s):
Paul Weitz
Producer(s):
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13(Sexual Situations, Adult Language, Suitable for Teens)
In Good Company Awards:
  • 2004 - National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance - Male
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    Linda D.

    Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace were both great; but somehow something about this film didn't quite gel. A little slow moving - a little too long, often the soundtrack was a little trudging along as well - I'd like to rate this higher just on performances (which were good) but the movie itself is fair at best. Little fish / big fish tale that could have been better served.

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    Deepak K.

    This is definitely a film worth seeing. Overall it is a feel good movie with good humor and decent storyline. Topher Grace was surprisingly good and held his own against Scarlett Johansen and Dennis Quaid.

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    Thalia and Karl C.

    if you have lost your job recently, this is not the movie for you. Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) finds out his company bought and they are bringing in a younger guy to replace him and they fire alot of his team leaders and to boot, his wife just finds out she is pregnant and his daughter has left for college and sleeping with "guess who", you got it, his new boss. If you have nothing better to do - watch this.

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