It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Very real to life movie, believable acting and characters you can care about - depending on where you are in life. The movie gives mainly two views of the working world - the young up-and-comer and the "dinosaur", both parts played very well by Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace. Both have reasons to be insecure about their place in the working environment and although their battles are different, they have many similarities. At no point was I left wishing for a car chase, gunfire, plot-twists and absurd cameos. The movie is straightforward and thoroughly enjoyable. The movie should give anyone with a steady job - or the hope of a steady job - a few laughs and something to think about.

This is a favorite of mine. All the main characters are great but it's the interplay between Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace that really shines.Topher is a young ambitious corporate climber steeped in the modern cut-throat business world. Quaid represents the era where customer relations were important. The clash gets more complicated with personal drama & romance but it never looses itself and is poignant both in its' comedy and tragedy. Scarlett does a decent days work, but Marg Helgenberger is a lot better and shows that she can really act. All the other cast members are good - and Malcolm McDowell does a great cameo.I highly recommend this to all.

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.

"In Good Company" is a very nice film. Just like "About a Boy" (It was made by the same director of that film) This is an enjoyable and funny flick, filled with lot of heartwarming moments and very likable characters.I think this movie works very well as a light-hearted and well-meaning romantic comedy with some elements of drama and satire. The performances (Specially the one by Dennis Quaid) were very good, making all the characters from this movie likable and sympathetic. I also liked the overall optimistic tone of this film: This is the kind of film that you could see many times, and it's always enjoyable."In Good Company" it's a very nice, uplifting film.