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In Good Company

  • 20042004
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 49m
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6.5/10
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Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Scarlett Johansson in In Good Company (2004)
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ComedyDramaRomance
A middle-aged ad exec is faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age... and who also happens to be sleeping with his daughter.A middle-aged ad exec is faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age... and who also happens to be sleeping with his daughter.A middle-aged ad exec is faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age... and who also happens to be sleeping with his daughter.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
56K
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    • Paul Weitz
    • Paul Weitz
  • Stars
    • Dennis Quaid
    • Topher Grace
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Paul Weitz
    • Paul Weitz
  • Stars
    • Dennis Quaid
    • Topher Grace
    • Scarlett Johansson
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    • 222User reviews
    • 137Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    Dennis Quaid and Marg Helgenberger in In Good Company (2004)
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    Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace in In Good Company (2004)
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    Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace in In Good Company (2004)
    Scarlett Johansson and Paul Weitz in In Good Company (2004)
    Topher Grace and Scarlett Johansson in In Good Company (2004)
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    Dennis Quaid
    Dennis Quaid
    • Dan
    Topher Grace
    Topher Grace
    • Carter
    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Alex
    Marg Helgenberger
    Marg Helgenberger
    • Ann
    David Paymer
    David Paymer
    • Morty
    Clark Gregg
    Clark Gregg
    • Steckle
    Philip Baker Hall
    Philip Baker Hall
    • Eugene Kalb
    Selma Blair
    Selma Blair
    • Kimberly
    Frankie Faison
    Frankie Faison
    • Corwin
    Ty Burrell
    Ty Burrell
    • Enrique Colon
    Kevin Chapman
    Kevin Chapman
    • Lou
    Amy Aquino
    Amy Aquino
    • Alicia
    Zena Grey
    Zena Grey
    • Jana
    Colleen Camp
    Colleen Camp
    • Receptionist
    Lauren Tom
    Lauren Tom
    • Obstetrician
    Ron Bottitta
    Ron Bottitta
    • Porsche Dealer
    Jon Collin Barclay
    Jon Collin Barclay
    • Waiter
    • (as Jon Collin)
    Shishir Kurup
    Shishir Kurup
    • Maitre d'
      • Paul Weitz
      • Paul Weitz
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    • Trivia
      The studio wanted someone from the cast of That '70s Show (1998) for the role of Carter and had originally given it to Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher dropped out due to creative differences, and Topher Grace auditioned and got the part. Grace had auditioned four times for the role, and had to convince producer Paul Weitz that he was right for the role, by highlighting his raising by his father, a businessman with sharp negotiation skills.
    • Goofs
      When Carter Duryea is first meeting his staff, the boom microphone operator is reflected in the windows behind him.
    • Quotes

      Carter Duryea: Dan, you seem to have the perfect marriage. How do you do it?

      Dan Foreman: You just pick the right one to be in the foxhole with, and then when you're outside of the foxhole you keep your dick in your pants.

      Carter Duryea: That's poetic.

    • Connections
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    • Soundtracks
      Glass, Concrete & Stone
      Written by David Byrne

      Performed by David Byrne

      Courtesy of Nonesuch Records

      By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

    User reviews222

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    9/10
    Sprightly, Well-Acted Comedy/Drama That Overcomes the Threat of Predictability
    Director/scriptwriter Paul Weitz was blessed with a top cast for his comedy/drama "In Good Company." Here's a film that in some ways resembles and is a bit of a genre successor to "The Graduate," that 1960s iconoclastic gem. Even the new songs complement the story in the same way Simon and Garfunkel's lyrics melded with the story line in "The Graduate." Dennis Quaid as Dan Foreman is in his early fifties, a contented manager of a sports mag's ad department. His home life seems almost too good to be true. He loves his wife, Ann (Marg Helgenbergen) and gets on well with his two teenage daughters. The older one, Alex (Scarlett Johansson, in another deep and convincing performance), has a tennis scholarship to a New York State public university where the tuition isn't exactly sky high. But she wants to transfer to New York University in Greenwich Village to study creative writing where the cost is very, very steep.

    Almost before you can get into your tub of popcorn Dan is struck with multiple whammies. His magazine is taken over by a mega-corporate raider, Teddy K, and a new ad department honcho, Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), only twenty-six years young, bounces Dan from his executive office while also anointing him as his designated "wingman." Earnest, inexperienced, foppish, supercilious and dangerous in that special way the inept invariably are, he poses a real threat to Dan's future. And Dan is worried about his future because Ann announces she's having a change-of-life baby.

    And then Scarlett meets Carter. You need me to tell you what Dan's next mid-life crisis will be? "In Good Company" could have been just a mildly amusing sitcom. The fast-paced acting and the excellence of the cast - especially Quaid and young (she's still a teen) Johansson - kept me glued to the screen for the whole showing. And I admit to being troubled by the issues underlying and scenes showing peremptory firings. There's some ambiguity here - is that the only way for a prosperous corporation to go? Dan's pain at losing long-time co-workers is deeply etched on his face but is he more sentimental and loyal than realistic? I don't know. From the vantage point of a tenured academic with lifetime employment I found myself dragged into questions that I think Weitz meant to raise. Well, he did anyway.

    Small roles are well performed by David Paymer as one of Dan's subordinates and Selma Blair who briefly shows up in the beginning as Carter's new wife, Kimberly. I always enjoy seeing this fine actress but her talent is wasted in brief roles.

    And Manhattan restaurants where I eat and stores where I shop are all over the well-shot scenes and that always makes me happy.

    A very good film.

    9/10
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    • Jan 17, 2005

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      • January 14, 2005 (United States)
      • United States
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      • 7th & Hope Streets, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
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      • Universal Pictures
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