In Good Company (2004)

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• Coxxie M

  
  how can you not love Topher?

• Lenny M

  
  Good film and script, don't really like Scarlett Johansson in this one but the plot is interesting and Dennis Quaid and Topher do a good job.

• Al S

  
  A smart, witty, compelling and very entertaining mixture of comedy and drama. Satisfying and engagging. Dennis Quaid is at the top of his game, giving a great, subtle and excellent performance. Topher Grace is teriffic, he proves he has a future in film. It's well-crafted,… More
  A smart, witty, compelling and very entertaining mixture of comedy and drama. Satisfying and engagging. Dennis Quaid is at the top of his game, giving a great, subtle and excellent performance. Topher Grace is teriffic, he proves he has a future in film. It's well-crafted, heartfelt and wonderful throughout. Theres plenty of heart and intelligent laughs.

• Jens S

  
  This romantic business comedy actually makes the best of its unusual initial ideas: a business man is replaced by someone half his age who additionally starts to date his daughter. That doesn't exactly cause an exciting, unforgettable ride but a pretty entertaining, sometimes… More
  This romantic business comedy actually makes the best of its unusual initial ideas: a business man is replaced by someone half his age who additionally starts to date his daughter. That doesn't exactly cause an exciting, unforgettable ride but a pretty entertaining, sometimes funny, sometimes touching movie with all around convincing performances. Nothing to be ashamed of. Really fine choice of songs, too.

• Kalel J

  
  Coupling a poignant screenplay with smart direction, In Good Company alleviates itself from predictability into an intelligent, enjoyable, and emotional experience told through the situations of commercial coldness. The film exterior has a morose, almost downbeat tone as we trudge… More
  Coupling a poignant screenplay with smart direction, In Good Company alleviates itself from predictability into an intelligent, enjoyable, and emotional experience told through the situations of commercial coldness. The film exterior has a morose, almost downbeat tone as we trudge through stale depression with our characters, yet it's constant inflictions of subtle humour and social commentary make it stand out from it's genre. With captivating wry smiles in awkward situations, the settings for the film act as a board with many scribbled notes of the corporate culture. The notion of societal evolution versus corporate benefit is etched to us on the screen through the inter-relationships of these characters and their lives in this ever changing world and it's industries. The presented concepts lay foundation to an analysis, and humourful provocation, of how business is growing more into an inhumane machine focused solely on monetary benefits without care for the workers who obtain said benefits. In essence, In Good Company utilizes it's characters to fortify this backdrop of the corporate culture through the reflections of the hierarchy in business - the relationship between managerial positions and class workers - with a presented company that proves to be good indeed. Dennis Quaid steps into a role of the yesteryear - a man with a balance for work, family, friends and regular ideals, and a performance reflecting these traits with a comforting tenderness and striking dominating presence. Topher Grace suits up with the weight of the world on his character's shoulders, slumping and selling through work and life with an unknown, faded path ahead. A character embodying the prevalent changes in a profit hungry world, yet with lessons to learn from the harsh wisdoms of the past. A morose level under depression can often be felt throughout the picture, as lives become easily destroyed due to the decisions of high end employers. But it is the humourful interjections throughout mirror-like scenes of authenticity throughout the relationships of love, knowledge, and friendship outside of the chilly office atmosphere that bring light to this otherwise dreary subject. The screenplay is often able to make the sad into the melancholic, which suits the picture beautifully. In Good Company is never meant to be a roaring pleasure of laughs, and never acts as a sweetener of romance, but rather delves into the real aspects of life through an everyday environment of this foodchain. The film is about synergy, and with a truth from it's departments that never try to outshine each other, In Good Company is a strangely touching and striking picture that breaks bounds while never entirely entering new grounds - and it works a treat.

• Michael S

  
  Underrated gem. Witty and funny.

• Jason S

  
  This movie didn't know what it wanted to be. Was it funny? Dramatic? Confused. Could have been a lot better.

• danny d

  
  i love the ending, not typical hollywood at all, scarlett was great

• Dean M

  
  Great relaxed comedy-drama as Scarlett Johansson is one of my fans in this film.

• Leigh R

  
  Not too shabby.

• James A

  
  Thank you Kirsten for another bad chick flick and I mean CHICK FLICK! The only way a person can enjoy a movie like this is if they have a 12 year old vagina (Travis).

• Mike N

  
  Had a bottlenecking of relevant thought on my commute home tonight. It's funny how thoughts, in their idle conception and initial self-diagnosed insignificance, can unexpectedly resurface with all new meaning. This also happens with thoughts that I resolve to be incomplete, and… More
  Had a bottlenecking of relevant thought on my commute home tonight. It's funny how thoughts, in their idle conception and initial self-diagnosed insignificance, can unexpectedly resurface with all new meaning. This also happens with thoughts that I resolve to be incomplete, and later come to realize that they are more whole and finished than I first knew. But it was one of those fabled 'moments of clarity,' where I caught a glimpse of everything. It was illuminating. Meanwhile, songs happened. They're always happening. Lyrics came to me, and every word felt as if it applied to my thoughts. I unconsciously sang along to the lyrics I knew, while appreciating those that I knew not. The sun has been shining a lot lately. [img]http://images.art.com/images/products/large/10088000/10088827.jpg[/img] I'm buying this soon.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic][color=darkgreen]"In Good Company" is a movie about a 51 year old sales executive named Dan Foreman(played by Dennis Quaid who is very good) who finds out almost simultaneously that his company has been swallowed up by a huge corporate conglomerate and… More
  [font=Century Gothic][color=darkgreen]"In Good Company" is a movie about a 51 year old sales executive named Dan Foreman(played by Dennis Quaid who is very good) who finds out almost simultaneously that his company has been swallowed up by a huge corporate conglomerate and that his wife is expecting a baby. Adding to that, is his new boss, Carter Duryea(played by Topher Grace) who is young enough to be his son. The first time we see Duryea is when he is proposing a way of selling cell phones to five-year olds which cannot be a good thing. (We learn that Duryea never knew his father and is perhaps in desperate need of a father figure who could show him the ropes, like teaching him how to drive.) "In Good Company" has some funny moments and a good criticism of corporate culture even if it is not entirely successful. It also seems to say that it is alright for young adults to be given the freedom to spend some time to find their calling.[/color][/font] [font=Century Gothic][color=#006400][/color][/font] [font=Century Gothic][color=navy]Since last week's episode of Alias got me thinking of Kurt Vonnegut, I decided it was finally time to check out the movie version of one his novels - "Breakfast of Champions" which is a rather odd movie. It's about a suicidal car salesman played by Bruce Willis and a reclusive novelist played by Albert Finney. There's not a lot of plot to speak of, just people acting very, very strangely. And I was surprised to find that Nick Nolte has the legs to wear women's lingerie. [/color][/font]

• Stephen E

  
  Despite the predictability, In Good Company means well, and is a sweet little film with a couple of good performances scattered throughout.

• ashley h

  
  I thought this was a great movie,where they both learn something

• Jason S

  
  Although its never quite sure if its a satire on corporate business or a family affair, In Good Company is enjoyably fun romantic outing with plenty of laughs and lots of heart. Definatly recommended.

• Andrew F

  
  I loved the first half, but the end was just okay. The situational irony is hilarious.

• Stephen E

  
  Despite the predictability, In Good Company means well, and is a sweet little film with a couple of good performances scattered throughout.

• Sunil J

  
  Everyone one is good in this great silly dramedy.

• Kevin L

  
  Topher Grace was so funny in this movie. I loved it!

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