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Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But ... See full summary »
Straight-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.
A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
Director:
Alexander Payne
Stars:
Paul Giamatti,
Thomas Haden Church,
Virginia Madsen
Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter who is 26 replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters and his wife is expecting another, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Carter's wife leaves him, later he meets Alex whom unknown to him is Dan's daughter. They have a relationship, until Dan finds out. Written by
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When Alex (Scarlett Johansson) is moving in to the NYU dorm, she and Dan (Dennis Quaid) walk past a poster in the dorm hallway. Showing an enormous marijuana leaf, the full text of the poster reads "Marijuana. Because Your Friends Just Aren't Very Funny." See more »
Goofs
When Carter and Dan are having lunch in the sushi restaurant, there is a point where Carter offers Dan sushi. In two sequential shots of Dan, meant to be in sequence, the same woman in red enters from the right and walks behind Dan. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Anchorwoman:
After months of speculation, analysts expect an announcement this week that GlobeCom International will acquire Waterman Publishing and its flagship magazine, Sports America. The man at the helm of GlobeCom, billionaire media magnate Teddy K., has been on a spending spree recently, acquiring a food service company, a cable operator, and two telecommunications providers in deals totaling more than $13 billion. And how did one lucky ferret owner come to own the largest dog treat ...
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When a sports magazine gets bought out, Dave Foreman, an ad sales executive (Dennis Quaid) finds himself playing second-in-command to Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), a hotshot barely half his age.
Dave becomes both a rival and father figure to Carter as the two struggle to get through life.
Carter invites himself over to Dave's house to escape his loneliness, where he meets Dave's daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson).
The movie is more about emotion than plot. The acting comes across so genuine and moving.
Viewers of all ages would enjoy this movie, not just fans of Topher Grace.
It has a rather unusual ending which adds to the movie's touching nature.
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This movie is one of my new favorites.
When a sports magazine gets bought out, Dave Foreman, an ad sales executive (Dennis Quaid) finds himself playing second-in-command to Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), a hotshot barely half his age.
Dave becomes both a rival and father figure to Carter as the two struggle to get through life.
Carter invites himself over to Dave's house to escape his loneliness, where he meets Dave's daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson).
The movie is more about emotion than plot. The acting comes across so genuine and moving.
Viewers of all ages would enjoy this movie, not just fans of Topher Grace.
It has a rather unusual ending which adds to the movie's touching nature.