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In Good Company (2004): Dir: Paul Weitz / Cast: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger, Zena Grey: Light comedy that addresses both corporate and family relationships. Dennis Quaid plays an ad executive who learns that his new boss is less than half his age. What really complicates matters is that he is dating Quaid's eighteen year old daughter. Results are often funny yet provocative comedy that only disappoints in its conclusion when it seems unclear where one character is headed. Directed by Paul Weitz famous for American Pie as well as About a Boy and the dreadful unfunny Down to Earth. Quaid delivers one of his better performances as a guy uneasy with his boss, and learns that his wife is pregnant. Topher Grace is hilarious as Quaid's new boss whose relationship with the daughter only fuels the fire. Scarlett Johansson is wonderful as Quaid's daughter who aims to be a writer. Her relationship with Grace carries predictable elements but done with honesty. Zena Grey plays Quaid's youngest daughter who provides the wit often accompanying young actors in comic family roles. Marg Helgenberger plays Quaid's stressed wife in what is more or less a predictable function. Not big with locations and the screenplay certainly has its faults but it does contain a strong message regarding family and relationships and the importance of unity. Score: 7 ½ / 10

Dennis Quaid is an actor I've pretty much tried to ignore over the years. It may be that the movies he selected to appear in did not usually appeal to me. However, there have been a couple of films lately -- including this film -- that has made me re-look at Quaid...and I'm becoming more and more impressed.Also, I looked at Topher Grace as that kid on a television series I didn't care for. But I'm impressed with him here. Gotta reexamine that too! Scarlett Johansson is lovely and a fine actress. Just 20 when she made this film, she is racking up quite a list of films to her credit. I can see why.Clark Gregg is good here as a sort of shyster executive. And I always appreciate David Paymer...here as a down-and-out (or is he) ad man.In terms of the story, it's a pretty decent one. A new company buys up a sports magazine and put Topher Grace in charge, even though he's younger and not very experience. Upheavals come, and he begins to look at one of the old-timers (although he's only 52 in the move...Quaid) as a father figure...but also falls in love with Quaid's daughter. Quite a dilemma for Quaid. The one thing in this movie that I really fault is whether it would be very likely that Quaid's character would be quite so abrasive and on the verge of quitting when he has just taken out a second mortgage on his house and his wife is having a baby; not very likely...although it makes the story work.Recommended. I really enjoyed it.

Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Marg Helgenberger, Scarlett Johannson, and David Paymer are "In Good Company" in this 2000 film written and directed by Paul Weitz.Quaid plays Dan, a salesman for a sports magazine, which is bought by another company. Unlike others, he doesn't lose his job, but he is no longer the head of his division. His new boss, Carter (Topher Grace) is half his age.On the home front, Dan finds a used pregnancy test and suspects it could have been taken by his daughter Alex (Johannson). But no, it was his wife! Alex has decided to switch to NYU and live in New York City - big expenses, and a second mortgage. Then the final blow: his boss falls in love with Alex.This is a good film where you care about the characters. Not only that, it's realistic as today's bosses are sometimes younger than the employees, and long-held jobs are in jeopardy as businesses try to cut costs. Dan's financial crunch is realistic as well.Dennis Quaid does a good job as the harried executive, and Topher Grace is appealing as the young boss trying to create "synergy" as he tries to deal with the fact that his wife has left him and he's falling for someone else. Scarlett Johansson is lovely as the noncommittal Alex, who has a close relationship with her dad that is threatened by her burgeoning romance. Marg Helgenberger is a good choice as Dan's wife; they seem like a real couple.Thanks to the warmth of the performances and the direction, "In Good Company" is a sweet film, a light drama with some comedy thrown in - or maybe it's supposed to be the other way around. Not sure. It works, though.

On a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 10 considering the fact that it is very unpredictable. The plot description doesn't do this film justice.The acting is great, Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Scarlett Johannson all deliver. The script is great and the comedy is enough without being too severe where one wouldn't take the film seriously.I give it a 10 because of the unpredictability of the film. Now-a-days, every film has a small twist in it, but this film seems to take out the concept of twists and sticks to reality. If you want to watch a film that will take you away from real life, this is not the film for you. But if you want a film that makes as much sense on screen as it would in real life, this is the film for you.Superb film.