Dennis Quaid .... Dan Foreman
Topher Grace .... Tom Duryea
Scarlett Johansson .... Alex Foreman
Selma Blair
Clark Gregg
Philip Baker Hall
Marg Helgenberger
David Paymer
'American Pie' og 'About a Boy' er produktioner, som kan skrives på Weitz-brødrenes
konto. I 'In Good Company' har de taget det bedste fra begge film og skabt et
solidt drama blandet med et godt grin. 'In Good Company' er et snapshot af en
marketingskultur i en take-over og fusionstidsalder, hvor det grå guld
overhales indenom af grønne business school-stjerner, der i en lind strøm
ryster 'smart-i-en-fart' synergi-mantraer ud af ærmet. Dan Foreman (Dennis
Quaid) er marketingschef på det populære tidsskrift Sports Weekly,
da firmaet opsluges af en mediemastodont med det ganske sigende navn Globecom.
Dan mister sine vinduesfag til Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), der kun er halvt
så gammel som han selv. For at føje spot til skade får Dans
datter, Alex (Scarlett Johansson), pludselig et godt øje til Carter,
og så må Dan beslutte, hvad han sætter højst: Tryghed
i ansættelsen eller et - efter alle soletegn at dømme - ødelæggende
opgør med sin purunge chef. Den bitre veteran er en rolle, der ligger
godt til Quaid, mens Johansson imponerer med den samme afslappede magnetisme,
som vi oplevede i 'Lost in Translation'. 'In Good Company' er - sine komiske
elementer til trods - et skræmmende præcist portræt af den
moderne virksomhedskultur og de absurde, ydmygende situationer, den fører
med sig.
Inst. Paul Weitz
Spilletid : 109 min.
Studio : Universale
Biografpremiere : 20-5-05
Teaser/Trailer : Imdb.com, ingoodcompanymovie.com
Website : ingoodcompanymovie.com
Anmeldelser : Aicn, Rottentomatoes, Scope.dk
Bemærkning :
Filmen som har fået strålende anmeldelser har skiftet titel fra Synergy til In Good Company.
Quaid er ellers en travl mand, der senest har medvirket i Cold
Creek Manor og snart kan ses i The Alamo.
Weitz-brødrene – der også regner med at være producere
på Synergy – arbejder også på
Meet the Fokkers, en fortsættelse
af Meet the Parents.
Instruktørbrødrene Chris Weitz og Paul Weitz gav os sidst About a Boy
Engelsk :
Filmmaker and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Paul Weitz (About a Boy) turns his complex sense of humor on Synergy, an insightful comedy about the relationship between a 50-year-old businessman and his new, 26-year-old boss.
Dan Foreman (played by Dennis Quaid) is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Tom (played by Topher Grace) is half his age--a business school prodigy who preaches corporate Synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Tom cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and "Krispity Krunch," an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella.
Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters--Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16--and is shocked when his wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Between college tuition, the mortgage and a new baby, Dan can't afford to lose his job in the wave of corporate layoffs. Tom, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Tom's uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Tom falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson). Weitz's examination of life's surprises, ironies and coincidences combine to form Synergy.
