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Tell Others About This Page By Using This Button "IN GOOD COMPANY" (2004) (Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace) (PG-13) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Moderate Minor Heavy None None Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Mild None None *None Moderate Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Heavy Minor Moderate Moderate Mild QUICK TAKE: Drama: A middle-aged man must deal with his new 26-year-old boss taking over his job and then secretly dating his daughter. PLOT: Dan Foreman (DENNIS QUAID) is a content, 51-year-old head of sales for the weekly magazine, "Sports America" who runs a staff of equally content employees, including Morty Wexler (DAVID PAYMER). Things are about to change in various unexpected ways for Dan, however, in both his personal and professional lives. It seems that corporate giant Globecom -- run by the energetic if enigmatic Teddy K (MALCOLM McDOWELL) -- has just bought Sports America's parent company. Accordingly, one of its executives has decided that the perfect person for Dan's job would be up and coming whiz kid Carter Duryea (TOPHER GRACE), not worrying that the 26-year-old has no prior experience in ad sales. Things would seem to be great for Carter, but his wife of less than a year, Kimberly (SELMA BLAIR), isn't happy and leaves him, and none of his new employees, including Dan, particularly like him. The situation is worse for the veteran who's just been kicked out of his office. Not only has his oldest daughter, Alex (SCARLETT JOHANSSON), just moved out to go to an expensive college in the city, but also his wife, Ann (MARG HELGENBERGER), is unexpectedly pregnant. Thus, he has to swallow his pride and accept the change at work since he needs the money. As the two men try to work around their differences, their tenuous relationship is threatened when Carter starts secretly seeing Alex on the side, hoping that his much older subordinate doesn't discover he's dating his daughter. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Some teens might be interested in it, but unless they're fans of someone in the cast, it's unlikely many others will. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For some sexual content and drug references. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: DENNIS QUAID plays a middle-aged ad salesman for a sports magazine who finds his life upended when he suddenly becomes Carter's subordinate after being the boss. He then tries to keep his cool in order to keep his job since his wife is pregnant and his daughter is now in college. He drinks some and uses some profanity. TOPHER GRACE plays the 26-year-old executive chosen to replace him despite knowing nothing about ad sales. As he tries to learn the ropes, he ends up falling for and bedding Alex (Dan's college-age daughter). He drinks some, keeps that romance secret from Dan as long as possible, and uses some profanity. SCARLETT JOHANSSON plays Dan's daughter who moves into the city to go to college. She ends up having a fling with Carter, keeping it secret from her dad. She sleeps with Carter and uses some profanity. SELMA BLAIR plays Carter's wife of seven months who moves out and then divorces him. MALCOLM McDOWELL plays the big boss whose corporate takeover causes all of the office strife. DAVID PAYMER plays a worker who worries about his job. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this drama that's been rated PG-13. Profanity consists of at least 11 "s" words and some slang for body parts, while other expletives and colorful phrases are also uttered. Some sexually related dialogue is present, a young couple fools around (with implied sex), a middle-aged woman discovers she's pregnant, and a man playfully moons those at a surprise party. Various characters drink and several drug references are made (while a college poster shows a large marijuana leaf). Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, some of which lead to some strained father/daughter moments, while a wife leaves her husband after admitting to an affair. A man punches and floors his much younger boss for sleeping with his college-age daughter, while several people are slightly injured in separate incidents (a car crash and a fall on a basketball court). Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Dan has a beer by him while watching TV. Carter asks various subordinates if they want to go get a drink, including one who states he's a recovering alcoholic, but everyone turns him down. Dan pours a beer for himself. Dan interrupts a phone call that his youngest daughter is having with a guy by telling the guy that if he offers Alex an alcoholic beverage or joint, he'll hunt the guy down and neuter him. As Dan helps Alex move into her dorm, he sees a large poster that shows a large marijuana leaf on it. There's a brief bit about a rum and shoe co-promotion, with a joke made about drunken people jogging around. Dan has a drink while Carter has a beer. Carter states that his father was a druggie who left home when Carter was just four. Carter comments on rumors of alcohol impairing one's judgment (presumably talking about himself). Seeing how jumpy Carter is, Dan sarcastically asks if he switched from mocha to crack. Miscellaneous people have wine. BLOOD/GORE We hear Dan's wife vomit into the kitchen sink (from morning sickness). Carter has a black eye from where Dan earlier hit him. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Kimberly isn't happy in her 7-month marriage to Carter, saying she doesn't want to have kids with him or at all. Carter then asks if she was sleeping with somebody else. She admits that she was, but says she broke it off. She then leaves Carter. Carter says that Morty called a female client "sugar t*ts." After Dan compliments Carter, the latter's boss jokingly says, "Maybe you two should get a room." Dan's big boss has a bad attitude for his coldness about the firing of employees as well as how he treats Dan in the office and during an office basketball game. Carter has a love affair with Alex, knowing full well that she's Dan's daughter, and the two try to keep it secret from him (all while he's Dan's boss). FRIGHTENING SCENES None. GUNS/WEAPONS None. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "I'm totally scared sh*tless," "This is bullsh*t," "You/you're a piece of sh*t," "Oh sh*t," "Holy sh*t," "I don't give a sh*t," "He called her sugar-t*ts," "Why the hell not?" "Would kick their butts," "Go screw himself," "PFG" (pretty frickin' good), "Whip its fat ass into shape," "I'm gonna kick so much ass for you," "Holy crap," "It's all the same crap," "Pissed off," "To hell with it," "You sort of sucked today," "Bite me," "Jackass," "That's my bad," "Hell no," "Down the poop chute," "Sunday is a fun day to kick some ass," "Get him the hell out of here," "That sucks," "We gotta start kicking some ass here," "What the hell as I gonna tell my wife?" "Sucks" (seen written), "Nuts" (crazy), "Frickin,'" "Have you lost your frickin' mind?" "Useless, over the hill loser," "Whatever the hell that is," "He is such an *sshole" and "Old fart." After Dan compliments Carter, the latter's boss jokingly says, "Maybe you two should get a room." Knowing he's the guest of honor at a surprise party, Dan walks in wearing just his boxers and then turns around and playfully moons his guests. JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) None. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) None that we heard, but a rapper speaks/sings some lyrics that we couldn't understand/hear, thus offering the possibility of them potentially containing objectionable lyrics. PROFANITY At least 11 "s" words, 1 slang term for male genitals ("d*ck"), 1 for breasts ("t*ts"), 8 asses (3 used with "hole"), 7 hells, 6 craps, 2 damns, 7 uses of "Oh my God," 4 of "God," 2 each of "G-damn" and "My God" and 1 use of "Oh God." SEX/NUDITY Dan finds a used pregnancy test in the trash and initially thinks it belongs to his daughter. It turns out to have been his wife's who later announces that she's pregnant. Dan is happy but surprised and asked how that could happen, causing her to reply in a joking fashion, "You were there too." We see Kimberly's bare back while she's in bed with Carter (nothing sexual is occurring). Kimberly isn't happy in her 7-month marriage to Carter, saying she doesn't want to have kids with him or at all. Carter then asks if she was sleeping with somebody else. She admits that she was, but says she broke it off. She then moves out. Alex says the rumor about her is that she's a lesbian, but then states that she isn't. After Carter accidentally spills a beverage on Dan's lap, he tries to wipe it off. Dan then testily states that only his wife is allowed to touch him there. Carter says that Morty called a female client "sugar t*ts." Dan's wife shows a little cleavage while in bed. Alex kisses Carter and then asks if he wants to see her dorm room, but then adds that she doesn't normally invite guys back to her room. Once there, she starts to undress him (his jacket comes off and she starts to unbutton his shirt). We then see her preparing the room for a romantic environment and we then see them passionately kissing, with implied fooling around and/or sex. After Dan compliments Carter, the latter's boss jokingly says, "Maybe you two should get a room." After Carter asks, Dan tells him that one keeps "your d*ck in your pants" when you're "out of the foxhole." Knowing he's the guest of honor at a surprise party, Dan walks in wearing just his boxers and then turns around and playfully moons his guests (we see his bare butt). Dan asks Alex about Carter, "Are you sleeping with him?" He asks again and she replies, "What do you want me to say?" SMOKING Carter's boss states that he's going to his office to smoke a Cuban cigar. TENSE FAMILY SCENES Kimberly isn't happy in her 7-month marriage to Carter, saying she doesn't want to have kids with him or at all. Carter then asks if she was sleeping with somebody else. She admits that she was, but says she broke it off. She then moves out and he later signs the papers to finalize his divorce with her. Carter states that his father was a druggie who left home when Carter was just four. Dan and Alex have some strained father/daughter moments after he learns of her affair with Carter. Dan rushes to the hospital to see his pregnant wife, but she's okay. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Corporate mergers and resultant downsizing and firing of employees. Young executives replacing veteran ones. Alex says the rumor about her is that she's a lesbian, but then states that she isn't. Divorce. The comment that timing is everything in life. VIOLENCE Dan throws a baseball in anger in his office and it strikes a trophy or plaque. A truck accidentally runs into Carter's new sports car just as he comes out onto the road. Carter later has his arm in a sling, while his car is badly damaged. Dan lands hard on an indoor basketball court (during an office game) and we later see his arm in a sling. Mad at Carter for learning that he's secretly dating Alex, Dan punches him, knocking him to the floor. Reviewed December 1, 2004/ Posted January 14, 2005

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