Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Studios
EAN: 9781417018352
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1417018356
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: 025192583322
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Running Time: 109 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 14, 2005

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
IN GOOD COMPANY (DVD) (WS/DOL DIG 5.1 SUR/ENG/SPAN

Amazon.com:
Nowadays it's 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) finds 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 Dan's house to escape his loneliness, where he meets Dan's 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 plot, 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 aren't 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 writer's 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 isn't likely to win any awards, but it's honest and honorable; there's a core of truth to its characters and their problems aren't resolved too neatly. Sometimes, that's worth watching. --Bret Fetzer

Average Rating:

Rating: - Pointless
I hate to pan something that Dennis Quaid (one of my favorite actors) has done but I really have to. Oh, he was fine, as usual. All of the actors did a good job but the problem is that the movie has no point other than that sometimes bigger companies buy up smaller ones and then make poor business decisions. So, like, so what?

The movie was really about the effect it all had on Quaid and his daughter, which wound up being just about nothing. The new, young guy comes in, takes over ... Read More

Rating: - Great movie
This is a great film. I added it to my collection because I feel it's entertaining enough to watch again and again.

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Rating: - 2.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:

In Good Company is a rather forgettable movie; it doesn't do itself any favors by eschewing the primary romantic plot halfway through in favor of male bonding between Topher Grace and an annoying Dennis Quaid.

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Rating: - You will love this
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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Rating: - Morality lessons in a feel good movie
Today's Hollywood produces movie after movie about humanity's negativity and our inevitable dystopian future. If not that, then the movie is an obvious homage to something so outlandish that it's not to be taken realistically. In Good Company, however, takes the opposite approach, showing genuine familial, work, and romantic relationships. With nearly no twists or surprises, almost no exaggeration whatsoever, this movie delivers as intended.

Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is the director ... Read More