IN GOOD COMPANY
2004 | 109 min | USA
Release Date:
December 6, 2004
Directed by:
Paul Weitz
Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Tag:
He's rich, young and handsome. He's in love with you and he's your dad's boss.
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 Kimberley (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.
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Cast
Dennis Quaid ... Dan Foreman
Topher Grace ... Carter Duryea
Scarlett Johansson ... Alex Foreman
Marg Helgenberger ... Ann Foreman
David Paymer ... Morty Wexler
Clark Gregg ... Mark Steckle
Philip Baker Hall ... Eugene Kalb
Selma Blair ... Kimberly
Frankie Faison ... Corwin
Entire castlist @
IMDB
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Kimberly
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Selma
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+ Reviews
Received 66 metascore out of
100 based on 40 reviews @
Metacritic.com
Overall grade
breakdown: A's: 130 30.0%B's: 205 47.2%
Entertainment Weekly
Rolling Stone
Newsweek
More @
Rotten Tomatoes
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Quotes
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DVD Info
Released:
May 10, 2005
Available in DVD Widescreen & DVD
Full Frama
Bonus Materials
- Stars
- Youth
- Getting Older
- Real Life
- New York Locations
- Editing
- Story
- Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Director Paul Weitz
- Feature Commentary with Director Paul Weitz and Star Topher Grace
- Cast and Filmmakers
More info?
+ Money
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Domestic Total
Gross: $45,806,659
Foreign Total Gross: $15,508,556
Opening Weekend: $151,750
Widest Release: 1,963
theaters
Production Budget: N/A
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Box Office Mojo
+ Nominations
- 2005
Paul Weitz Nomination - Golden Berlin Bear -
Berlin
International Film Festival
- 2005 Best Feature Film Casting - Comedy Nomination - Artios -
Casting Society of America, USA
- 2005 Best Family Feature Film - Drama Nomination - Young Artist Award
- Young Artist Awards
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Links
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Official Site
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Wikipedia
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