In Good Company Page #2

Synopsis: Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter, who is 26, replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters with another on the way, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Dan and Carter's working relationship is tested when Carter begins a relationship with Alex, who is Dan's daughter.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Paul Weitz
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
PG-13
Year:
2004
109 min
$45,489,752
Website
617 Views


No, honey.

You know you're done

with all that.

That's what Dr. Steinberg

said, but he was wrong.

You're pregnant?

Yep.

Holy crap.

Holy crap!

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Does it feel like a boy?

Right now it feels

like a stomach flu.

You can't be serious.

Are you serious?

l am serious.

This is fine.

This is fine.

This is...

This is fine.

Yeah.

That means when he's 21,

l'll be 72.

Three.

Two.

Three.

Holy crap.

l'm just so excited.

l'm so excited.

ls excitement contagious

or what?

Um, no.

l'm being groomed.

l'm being groomed.

Do you have any idea

what this means?

That you're a chimpanzee?

lt means that

we're on the road.

You know, things are

fallin' into place.

We can buy a bigger house.

We can have kids. You know?

l'm sorry.

We got a life going on here!

Carter, it's 3:
00 a.m.

How much more enthusiasm

are we looking at here?

15 minutes? An hour?

Honey, l'm sorry.

lt's just,

Teddy K. knows my name.

Are you even

qualified for this job?

What? Yes. Sure.

Selling cell phones,

selling ad space.

You know,

it's all the same crap.

Anyway, it's

just a stepping-stone.

Love you.

Love you, too.

The light.

Yep.

We're all gonna get fired.

Well, anything's possible.

No, it's not possible.

lt's probable.

Did you hear

about this Teddy K. guy?

Hear about him?

Everybody's heard about him.

l heard he's an albino,

but he covers it with makeup.

Alicia.

Yes. What?

Are you fired?

What? No!

What? Why?

You haven't heard

anything.

Why? Are you fired?

Uh, l'm sorry.

Are-- are you saying

l'm fired?

No, no, not yet.

l mean not yet, Dan.

l'm... l can't

predict the future. Um,

the thing is, Dan,

you're not head

of ad sales anymore.

Carter Duryea is.

Who is Carter Duryea?

Some hotshot from GlobeCom.

This a bummer, Dan.

lt's a real bummer.

But you're lucky. A lot of people

are getting canned immediately

across the company.

Are you getting fired?

Me? No.

This is a joke.

This is a joke.

We have had our biggest

year ever this year.

My sales team

works incredibly hard.

l'm not gonna

put up with this.

Well, you have to

put up with it.

What are you gonna do,

start somewhere new?

You're not a kid anymore.

You know how tough it is

out there.

People are cutting back.

They're not looking for guys

like you who make a decent salary.

Hey, buddy, l am as pissed off

about this as you are.

So then why are you smiling?

l'm not smiling.

Yeah, your lips

are curling up.

They do that naturally, Dan.

Hold up! Hold up! Thank you.

Thanks.

47. Are you going

to Sports America offices?

Yeah.

You an intern or something?

Uh, no, my dad works there.

Oh.

Are you interning there?

No, l'm starting

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Paul Weitz

Paul John Weitz (born November 19, 1965) is an American film producer, screenwriter, playwright, actor, and film director. He is the older brother of filmmaker Chris Weitz. He is best known for his work with his brother, Chris Weitz, on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy, for which the brothers, who co-directed, were nominated for an Oscar. more…

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