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Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Scott LeBrun Zach Braff and Amanda Peet play Tom and Sofia, a young couple about to welcome their first child into the world. Unfortunately, they're going to need an income very quickly since she's left her job to become a full time mom and he's just lost his job as a chef. So he goes to work with her dad Bob (Charles Grodin) at a wacky advertising agency, run by mellow dude Don Wollebin (Donal Logue). Almost immediately he realizes he has an enemy in his new supervisor, Chip Sanders (Jason Bateman), a paraplegic who has designs on Sofia (with whom he once had a sexual fling).This is one of those cases of solid performers bringing life to less than stellar material. It's all pleasant enough, even in its unrated incarnation (it's never really that nasty or raunchy), but it's also patently predictable. At best, it may induce some smiles, but it never does produce belly laughs. It creates some very mild chuckles with the way it takes jabs at modern motherhood and Toms' new workplace, but doesn't ever kick into a high gear. It's up to the actors to sell it, and they do, up to a point. The stars are likable, as are their characters, and you can't help but feel some sympathy towards Tom as he tries to expose a physically disabled person as being a scumbag - which, of course, makes HIM look bad.Lots of familiar faces here: Mia Farrow (as Sofias' mom), Fred Armisen, Bob Stephenson, Josh Charles, Marin Hinkle, Paul Rudd, Robert John Burke, Romany Malco, Amy Adams, John Benjamin Hickey. Lucian Maisel is appealing as neighborhood kid Wesley, whose talent for stuffing whole burgers into his mouth is exploited by Tom. It's especially nice to see Grodin again, as at this time he hadn't been in a feature film for 13 years. His son Nick plays the small role of Summers."Fast Track" a.k.a. "The Ex" is the kind of thing most people would probably watch once and then forget.Five out of 10.

Desertman84 The Ex is a comedy that stars Zach Braff, Amanda Peet and Jason Bateman. The cast also includes Charles Grodin,Mia Farrow,Donal Logue,Amy Poehler,Amy Adams and Fred Armisen.It is directed by Jesse Peretz. Living in Manhattan, Tom is a cook who has a hard time holding down his job. His wife,Sofia, is an attorney. When their first child is born, they agree that she will be a full-time mom and he will work to get a promotion. When Tom gets fired over defending his friend Paco, he takes a job in Ohio working at the ad agency where his father-in-law is the assistant director. Tom is assigned to report to Chip. Chip is a competitive and hard-driving wheelchair-using man who is coincidentally Sofia's ex-boyfriend from high school. Chip still carries a desire for her, so he conspires to make Tom's work life miserable. As Tom's frustrations mount, Chip begins to sway Sofia to his side. Suddenly, Tom finds himself sabotaged by Chip at every step as the nefarious paraplegic schemes to steal Sofia from him and destroy any chance he might have of success at the agency.Delayed, re-titled and presumably at least partially re-shot, Jesse Peretz's troubled office-bound romantic comedy is as half-baked as you'd expect it to be.It should be good as it has a well-known and talented cast from top to bottom.Also,the subject of ex-boyfriends is limitless.Unfortunately,the screenplay is stupid, far-fetched and annoying things to do that it loses credibility quickly.The whole movie is so generic feeling and such a blatant waste of precious smart-comedy resources.I can't advise anyone to see it.

scarletminded First off, The Ex, re-titling of this film isn't accurate. The main woman has sex with Chip's character once and they weren't dating, so he isn't an ex.Different versions of this film are out there. I've seen the version with most of the scenes others said were deleted. I liked this film and it is funny, if only for the character of Chip. He is in a wheelchair, but he's totally a jerk. It is what gives the movie it's meat. Zach Braff plays the straight man to Jason Bateman's cynically funny handicapped role.It has some original ideas, like Chip running the Barcelona running of the bulls in a wheelchair and I liked the kid who could eat a hamburger whole. There were a couple SNL people around, but they didn't add much to the plot, which was disappointing, because they could have. The parents were a bit one dimensional, but I still enjoyed the film.It was witty, mean spirited and not PC. Maybe that is why people didn't like it. I laughed a lot and felt it was a good use of 90 or so minutes. I would recommend it to others to rent.

Chrysanthepop Jesse Peretz's 'Fast Track' is a hilarious comedy. Most of the humour is situational and there are some funny lines but it is mainly the cast that makes it work. It boasts of an ensemble of comedic talents that include Zach Braff as a man of honour, Amanda Peet as the new stay at home mom, Jason Bateman as the evil ex, Charles Grodin as the well-intentioned dad, Mia Farrow as the squeaky mom, Amy Poehler as the helpful colleague, Amy Adams as the annoying ex-classmate and Paul Rudd as the jerk of a boss. It was great to see these people work together. Who could ask for a better cast? However, many of these talented actors, especially Poehler, Adams and Farrow, have been criminally underused. 'Fast Track' belongs to Braff, Bateman and Peet. Zach Braff and Jason Bateman's on screen banter produces some of the best laugh out loud moment that makes Stiller and De Niro (in 'Meet the Parents') look stale. Amanda Peet gives Sofia a strong identity that makes her much more than the typical stay-at-home mom on the verge of becoming a desperate housewife. In terms of execution, 'Fast Track' isn't bad but I thought the story could have been a little better developed. The film would have ended up being an-average-at-best-movie if it weren't for the cast.