Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

NateWatchesCoolMovies In Good Company is light, pleasantly satirical, and pokes fun at its characters not to be mean or for dark comedy's sake, but because it cares about them, and knows that catharsis can be found through irony, awkwardness and humour. The script never laughs at them, but rather with them. It's a nicely done little look at family, middle age, office politics and how they relate via a trio of characters all going through various stages of their professional and personal lives. Dan (Dennis Quaid) is an executive in a suit and tie world of big business, his career more than half over and his faith in the all American work force starting to dwindle. His company is run in a slapdash, arbitrary, almost Gilliam-esque fashion and he's dead tired of it. His new boss Carter (Topher Grace) is less than half his age, a clueless, happy go lucky nice guy whose given the keys to the kingdom without an instruction manual. He's good natured and open towards Dan, who is understandably grouchy at the position they're in. It doesn't help that Carter has begun to date his daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson) as well. He begins to feel both alienation and absurd upheaval in his life, which so far has been as linear and right angled as the photo copier paper in his office. It's fascinating seeing Quaid explore this. He's a borderline old timer who's being treated like the dinosaur in a millennial world, given the option to adapt or be phased out. The other side of the coin is just as interesting: Carter is the green eared upstart, thrust into a corporate thresher armed with little more than a meager college education and his good will. Both learn life lessons that are written and performed with just the right mixture of comedy and droll seriousness. There's fine supporting work from Kevin Chapman, David Paymer, Philip Baker Hall, Marg Helgenberger, Selma Blair, Clark Gregg in a priceless turn as the office's resident cutthroat lunatic, and a perfectly smarmy cameo from Malcolm McDowell as the slick regional CEO Teddy K. It's lighter fare that still urges you to walk away with something learned, a nice blend of comedy and drama, that doesn't always spell out which of the two it's presenting you at any given time.

Robert J. Maxwell I wasn't able to sit through the entire film, so these comments are qualified.The story is that the corporation in which Dennis Quaid, at the age of 51, is head of the magazine advertising department. The company is undergoing some downsizing and employees all have the jitters about being fired or reduced in rank -- "Let go," as the expression has it. Quaid is dismayed when he's told that he'll be demoted to assistant chief executive deputy of magazine advertising. "You're not LETTING me go!," he exclaims. "I don't WANT to go; you're firing me!" An amusing rhetorical point.When he meets the new chief of magazine advertising, Topher Grace, his jaw drops. "How old are you?" "Twenty-six," replies Grace. "I'm 51 and you're going to be my boss." It's a humiliating experience. I was 49 with four college degrees behind me when I applied for a job as a pizza delivery boy, one of those kids who wears a colorful Edwardian outfit and shouts, "Look out -- hot stuff!" My boss would have been 21, but I didn't get the job after I replied to his query, "Got any delivery experience, sir?" Poor Dennis Quaid.The movie has some virtues aside from these incongruous juxtapositions. The teen-aged Scarlett Johansson is one of them. Topher Grace understandably is smitten by her.But Topher Grace's character is not one of the virtues. He's an innocent-looking guy, kind of appealing, but his character as written is a mess. He's supposed to be a whiz kid, but the examples of his genius that we see don't elevate him in my esteem. Most cell phones are bought by kids, so let's manufacture them in the shape of dinosaurs and instead of ringing, they'll roar.It's hard to know what they were getting at when the part was written. He constantly confesses to being nervous, and yet he's adamantine at work. It's as if we were learning that Idi Amin was nervous. I suppose his confession is designed to make us feel empathic towards him, the poor kid. He's 26, making a million dollars a year and is bursting with social status and power, and we feel sorry because he's nervous.I have a feeling that I know what the tale was getting at -- all these status discrepancies -- but the way they're treated resembles the failed pilot of a TV situation comedy. It was a disappointment because, well, comedy NOW -- more than ever! And there have been some good ones -- "The In Laws," "Analyze This!", and "The Freshman." But I wouldn't include "In Good Company" on that list.

Desertman84 In Good Company is a film about a middle-aged man finds a callow twenty- something usurping his professional life and worming his way into his family in this alternately funny and poignant comedy drama that is written and directed by Paul Weitz.It stars Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson together with Marg Helgenberger, Clark Gregg, and Selma Blair.Dan Foreman is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Carter Duryea, is half his age and a business school prodigy who preaches corporate synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Carter cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and Krispity Krunch, an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella. Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters, Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16, and is shocked when his wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Carter, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Carter's uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Carter falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's daughter Alex.This film has a so-so script but great performances of the cast managed to elevate this film from a level of mediocrity. But nevertheless,it offers laughs at the expense of corporate culture.Also,it could be considered a "grown-up" film for many.

Matthias Ayala Honest. Unpredictable... not neat and tidy like many romantic comedies. Outside of one Steely Dan song, the soundtrack makes the movie feel a bit slow-- however... the one liners make up for it. Carter (Grace) has one line to Alex (Johannson) while in her dorm room that is just awesome... think As Good as it Gets awesome... will purchase this one... It had a Good Will Hunting (one of my faves) feel to it... those are rare. Great date movie as well. It is more than a renter. See this one in the theater. Simply put, a great flick. It is so often that one (me anyway) sits in a theater able to predict the next line, action, etc. It is refreshing to walk away satisfied with an ending one could not have guessed.