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In Good Company

   5 July 2005, the wee hours

I woke up Sunday morning with nothing to do and a stack of DVDs. I had been meaning to see In Good Company for quite some time, but no one I knew ever wanted to rent it. I watched it by myself, and thought it was quite nice. The movie is a comedy about an older man who is demoted when his company gets bought by some huge mega-corp; his replacement is a boy half his age. Dennis Quaid plays the old man, and Topher Grace plays the young man; they were pretty hilarious together. The film is charming at times. Topher Grace’s character is thoroughly pitiable; he’s kind of like a lost puppy dog, you just feel bad for him throughout the whole film. The movie takes a look at what it means to be happy. The atypical ending was a nice touch.

The official In Good Company web site.

 

Comments

  1. He gets Scarlett Johanson, so it cannot be all bad.

    by Sunny on July 5 2005, 12:49 am   #

  2. He did not! Anyways, he didn’t have her for very long. :s

    by sh!ma on July 5 2005, 12:53 am   #

  3. dude, forget the ending. the credits plays iron&wine’s fan-fucking-tastic 9-minute “trapeze swinger”.

    by rooney on July 7 2005, 12:02 am   #

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