In Good Company [HD DVD] starring
Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett
Johansson, Marg Helgenberger,
David Paymer
You Will Love This
Nowadays its rare to find a movie that pays attention to human weakness
as well as strength, and that sees a whole person as having both. When a
sports magazine gets bought by a media conglomerate, an ad sales
executive named Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid, The Rookie) find s himself
playing second-in-command to Carter Duryea, a hotshot barely half his
age (Topher Grace, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!) whose marriage has
just fallen apart. One evening Carter invites himself over to Dans house to
escape his loneliness, where he meets Dans daughter Alex (Scarlett
Johansson, Lost in Translation). The two strike immediate sparks and
when they run into each other later in the city, a relationship begins--which
they discreetly keep from Dan. But the heart of the movie is not in its p lot,
but in the way that Dan responds to the news that his wife is pregnant, or
how Carter tries to fortify his self-image with a new car. These arent jokes;
the actors inhabit these moments fully and turn them into psychological
events. Quaid plays Dan as a simple man, but his straightforwardness
feels genuine (rather than a failure of the writers imagination). Grace and
Johansson have terrific chemistry as lovers, but so do Grace and Quaid,
both as rivals and as a substitute father and son. In Good Company isnt
likely to win any awards, but its honest and honorable; theres a core of
truth to its characters and their problems arent resolved too neatly.
Sometimes, thats worth watching. --Bret Fetzer
Personal Review: In Good Company [HD DVD] starring Dennis
Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger,
David Paymer
This is a thoroughly enjoyable movie, from start to finish. Perfect acting,
direction, dialogue, shots, editing. The music was icing on the cake. In a
way, it sort of reminded me of "The Graduate", back in the day, with Dustin
Hoffman. Not in the story, but the feel, and lessons learned. Light hearted,
but serious. A film an adult will appreciate. Highly recommended.
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