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In Good Company
Universal Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some sexual content and drug references
Starring
Dennis Quaid,
Topher Grace,
Scarlett Johansson,
Marg Helgenberger,
David Paymer,
Clark Gregg,
Philip Baker Hall,
and
Selma Blair
A very human story of the unlikely relationship between two men who find their satisfying, status quo existences disrupted by the startling truth that they no longer have any control over both the professional and personal sides of their lives. (Universal)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Paul Weitz
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Paul Weitz
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 10, 2005
Video: May 10, 2005
Theatrical: December 29, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
110 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor (Grace), 2004 National Board of Review

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
88
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Fresh comic thinking spices up this smart cookie of a satire from director-writer Paul Weitz (About a Boy). He makes it sexually provocative and subversively hilarious.

88
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt
Grace and Quaid imbue what could have been caricatures--with heart, intelligence and great comic timing.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The denouement of the movie is as preposterously happy as a children's fairy tale. But the moral is ageless.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
A smart, savvy and satisfying Hollywood comedy.

80
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
The film is ultimately so extraordinary because it deals with something so ordinary: the desire to be better than we are, without knowing how to do it.

80
Newsweek
David Ansen
A smooth mixture of satire and sentiment that owes an obvious debt to "The Apartment," not to mention "Jerry Maguire."

80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Genial, generous-spirited and unmistakably entertaining.

80
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Weitz's dialogue has sparkle and snap.

80
Empire
Olly Richards
Clever, original and terrifically witty.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Has two strengths to recommend it: strong character interaction and a viciously accurate depiction of the modern corporate philosophy.

75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
An amusing and unusually compassionate look at today's corporate culture.

75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A star is born in In Good Company, which showcases Topher Grace.

75
USA Today
Mike Clark
Gives Dennis Quaid one of his best screen showcases.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
The comic spirit in this type of picture is wonderfully democratic, and so is the result.

75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Lively acting and timely humor are the main assets of this garden-variety comedy.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
While Weitz's story is diverting, the performances cut deeper than the film.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
In Good Company is a rare species: a feel-good movie about big business. It's about a corporate culture that tries to be evil and fails.

75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Engaging and enjoyable.

75
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
A modest movie full of decent pop songs, three-dimensional humans and sharp observations about the male mind. It's also full of funny little ironies.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
A richly satisfying and darkly funny movie.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
A missed opportunity, though as usual Quaid is dazzling.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Isn't scintillating, but it's sort of embraceably funny.

70
Film Threat
Don R. Lewis
The guy (Grace) simply steals the show here. He's at once goofy and hammy, yet so lost, sad and sensitive you buy into his performance from the get go.

70
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
How, then, does "In Good Company" turn out for the better in spite of itself? No mystery at all. Whatever the fate of old media, or new media, for that matter, winning performances are here to stay.
70
Time
Richard Schickel
Leaves a quiz show's quantity of unanswered questions. But it has the optimism and determination of a corporate whistle-blower. It makes us believe, for a moment, that it's possible to end-run the spirit of Enron.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Weitz gives all his actors room to shine.

70
Variety
Todd McCarthy
An often lively comedy-drama that lands some nice jabs at the mega-corp ethos, In Good Company makes for pretty good company until going soft when it counts.

70
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
In Good Company lacks both the emotional sting and the bright pop-culture snap of "About a Boy," as well as Mr. Hornby's carefully cultivated irony, but it makes for an agreeable solo directing debut.

70
Slate
David Edelstein
It manages to be funny and charming while capturing a lot of disturbing things about the way we live now.

63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Weitz has done one remarkable thing in "Company" that doesn't strike you until later: He's given us a functional family that overcomes difficulties with patience and effort.

63
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Cheerful and easy to watch but surprisingly inept in the telling.

60
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
The scenario is stale but the actors are faultless.

60
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Pleasurable.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
If the movie overall had the bitter brio of Malcolm McDowell's brief turn as Globecom guru Teddy K, a Franken-mogul stitched together from bits of Richard Branson, Barry Diller and Rupert Murdoch, it would be a pointed black comedy.

50
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas
It's "Rain Man" with ageism substituted for autism.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Only when it wraps up all its loose ends with a feel-good sitcom conclusion does it finally reveal itself: It's an interesting failure rendered all the more disappointing for veering so close to success.

50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Has its heart in the right place, and could have been an insightful rumination on corporate shortsightedness and mid-life obsolescence. Instead, it's another one of those Hollywood films whose feel for the workingman's life seems to come exclusively from other movies.

50
Premiere
Glenn Kenny
The movie has some pleasures, but can be heartily recommended only to those who like their entertainments equally inoffensive and inconsequential.

50
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Good points aside, In Good Company is a bland, occasionally phlegmatic pastiche of cliches and dull encounters.

40
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Grace and Johannson's courtship has all the heat of a wet wipe and, worse yet, leaves Quaid offscreen for long stretches.


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