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Posted at September 27, 2013, 11:05 pm: In Good Compan There was once this show about the 70s. It starred a guy named Ashten who blew into this international superstar. Meanwhile, a scrawy guy stayed in the background and honed his craft. Then in 2004, he starred in a movie with Dennis "Hit or Miss" Quaid. And he performed better than Ashten could ever hope too In Good Company is the story of Dan Foreman (Quaid) who has been demoted in favor of Carter (Topher Grace), a man half his age. Dan has a great wife (Marg Helgenberger) and two daughters. The oldest (the stunning Scarlet Johansen) becomes romantically involved with Carter. Chaos ensues Acting: Quaid had a "hit" and Johansen was awesome as usual. The surprise for me was Grace. My family seemed to think Carter was simply Eric Foreman on the big screen, but I saw so much more. Grace filled Carter with so many layers I needed an orange peeler to get through them. He was a happy sad professional loving person who simply looked for someone or something to attach himself too. Brilliant performance by Grace Directing: B Holy Meaningful Cuts Batman. Carter's and Dan's lives were seen in constant comparison. It worked farily well, but I got a little sick of it. Each hard cut and cross fade had meaning (never did it seem he was doing it to prove he could do it) but I feel Weitz could have done it a little less. He showed it could be done. In a particular shot we see Carter and Dan worrying in thier respective offices, but the view is from outside the building. From this angle we saw, two men acting alone while together. I would have liked to have seen a little more of that, and a little less fading. Yet, Weitz did a good job. He put a lot of directorial enery succesfully into a romantic comedy--a genre where he could have gotten away with doing less Writing: The dialogue was exceptional. The characters spoke like (get this) real people. We never had to sit through the intellectual soliloquy on relationship and interaction. We saw interaction. Awesome. So why only a B? Well, the plot kind of sucked. It was too predictable and a little contrived. The writing is really saved by the dialouge, but they could have spent more time at the story board Special Effects: N/ Overall: 7/1 I thought In Good Company was solid. Totally worth the five bucks to rent it. Probably not the $20 to buy it Original of the message was taken from http://www.movieforums.com/community/ Replies:I have this movie, but have not yet seen it.Good movie with some very strong acting ur review is right on and... your review is pretty accurate. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I should begin by offering tha... Lady in the Water A few days ago, I began a thread about failing to... Let me begin with saying I enjoy Richard Linklater. Other Topics of Movie Forums:Movie Battle ThreadHalloween box set? Is anyone doing NaNoWriMo?? Next Gen DVD in trouble? Fast Film Stainless Steel Rat Did Anyone See BRAVO'S 100 Funniest Movies? Is Anyone Pi**ed Off? I love Jack, I'm not lion...(The Wild) Actors Playing Recurring Roles my very own "short reviews" thread India's 'Superman' - Krishna leaps into action Sin City: Recut & Extended Acronym Identification Which Movie Poster Should I Hang On The Wall? Movie Club: The New Batch Insult Game! The Ultimate Showdown The Religion thread The Movie Club Selection Poll The Visual Number Game! What is the dumber alien from movies? A Bowling for Columbine Review Video Game Hint/Tip Thread Memento Scary Movie 4 Halloween: 25 Years of Terror on DVD July 25th Trailer Park Boys Teaser and Synoposis I just have to say it Security Software.... Is it racist to laugh at ethnic jokes? The Devil Wears Prada Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Keira Knightley to star in 'Pride and Prejudice' God Said No Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thieves, and Italian Neo-Realism in general The Fog made me cry with anger Silent Hill Trailer women directors? Best Science Fiction Movie - All Time Um a little help here please? Stupid Comedies? Military Service Dissect your favorite actor/actress |