Monday, January 24, 2005

From the desk of The Movie Snob:

In Good Company (B). Not a bad little movie. Dennis Quaid plays Dan Foreman, the head of advertising sales for the number one sports magazine in the company, and a happily married man with one daughter in college and another apparently in high school. His comfortable existence is thrown into turmoil by two unexpected events: his wife gets pregnant, and his employer is bought by a corporate mogul along the lines of Rupert Murdoch (cameo by Malcolm McDowell). This results in Dan's getting demoted to the number two sales spot, and a 26-year-old hotshot named Carter Duryea (Topher Grace) becomes his boss. To make matters even worse, Carter gets romantically involved with Dan's older daughter Alex (Scarlett Johanssen). The depiction of corporate life in modern America is the most arresting part of the movie, as the magazine's new owner immediately starts to identify and fire longtime employees in the interest of improving the bottom line. And there are some surprisingly touching moments along the way. Worth a look.

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