A slacker is forced to work for his father-in-law after his pregnant wife steps away from her high-paying job.
Director:
Jesse Peretz
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| Yaffit Hallely | ... |
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In Manhattan, Sofia's an attorney and Tom's a cook who has a hard time holding a job. When their first child is born, they agree that she'll be a full-time mom and he'll get a promotion. When he gets fired, he takes a job in Ohio working at the ad agency where her father is assistant director. Tom's assigned to report to Chip, a competitive, hard-driving guy who's in a wheelchair and who's Sofia's ex-boyfriend - from high school. Chip still carries a torch for her, so he connives to make Tom's work life miserable. As Tom's frustrations mount, it may be that Sofia will take Chip's side. Is Tom doomed to fail yet again? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Credit-grabbing, back-stabbing, wife-nabbing. Just another day at the office. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
11 May 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Ex See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$1,394,229 (USA) (11 May 2007)Gross:
$3,091,922 (USA) (6 July 2007)Company Credits
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(European Film Market) | (unrated)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Written by Romeo Stodart and Michele Stodart
Performed by The Magic Numbers
Published by Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (ASCAP)/Copyright Control
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
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In an interview with Creative Screenwriting magazine, the screenwriters, David Guion and Michael Handelman, virtually disowned the film. Guion said "That movie was a bit of a cautionary story for screenwriters in terms of that it was a movie that struggled a little bit and didn't test well initially, and the financiers panicked and said, 'We better show a lot of people getting hit in the balls' It was unfortunate because the director, Jesse Peretz, is great and very talented, but the movie was ultimately taken out of his hands." See more »Goofs
Bob tells Tom that he moved his family a 1000 miles, but the trip from NYC, NY to Columbus, OH is only about 550. See more »Crazy Credits
"Harold and the Purple Crayon" by Crockett Johnson is published by HarperCollins, but the credits write it as "Harpers Collins." See more »Soundtracks
Mornings ElevenWritten by Romeo Stodart and Michele Stodart
Performed by The Magic Numbers
Published by Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (ASCAP)/Copyright Control
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The movie doesn't move anywhere plot-wise. Everyone apart from the guy which is disabled seem to range from dumb to very dumb.
Tom's in-laws are very naive. Tom isn't intelligent either. Most of the people lack common sense. His wife never supports him and Tom doesn't does anything to improve his life either at work or at home. i feel i wasted 100 minutes of my life by watching this movie.
NEVER watch this movie, unless you have NOTHING, by nothing i mean it. Even staring out of your window can be an interesting thing to do than watching this movie.
NEVER NEVER watch this movie.