A middle-aged man finds a callow twentysomething usurping his professional life and worming his way into his family in this alternately funny and poignant comedy drama. Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is a man in his mid-forties who has spent 20 years as the head of advertising sales for Sports America, a leading athletics magazine. Dan is happily married to Ann (Marg Helgenberger) and has a college-age daughter, Alex (Scarlett Johansson), whom he dotes on, but Dan's comfortable life is given a major shake-up when a large multimedia firm buys the magazine. Seen as a bit long in the tooth to be truly competitive, Dan is demoted to second in command of advertising, and his position is handed over to Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), a 26-year-old who talks a good game about sales but has no practical experience in the field. Dan's wounded ego makes working with the arrogant Carter an uphill battle, but when he learns that Ann is expecting another baby, Dan is in no position to quit. Before long, Dan becomes aware of Carter's intense insecurities about his new job as the younger man reaches out to him for guidance, but this doesn't make Dan any less angry when Carter begins a romance with Alex after his marriage to Kimberley (Selma Blair) crashes and burns. In Good Company marked the solo directorial debut of Paul Weitz; he previously worked in collaboration with his brother Chris Weitz, who serves as producer on this film. — Mark Deming
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Dennis Quaid | Dan |
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Topher Grace | Carter |
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Scarlett Johansson | Alex |
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Marg Helgenberger | Ann |
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David Paymer | Morty |
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Clark Gregg | Steckle |
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Philip Baker Hall | Eugene Kalb |
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Selma Blair | Kimberly |
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Frankie Faison | Corwin |
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Ty Burrell | Enrique Colon |
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Kevin Chapman | Lou |
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Amy Aquino | Alicia |
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Zena Grey | Jana |
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Colleen Camp | Receptionist |
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Lauren Tom | Obstetrician |
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Ron Bottitta | Porsche Dealer |
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Jon Collin Barclay | Waiter |
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Shishir Kurup | Maitre d' |
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Tim Rhoze | Theo |
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Enrique Castillo | Hector |
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John Cho | Petey |
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Chris Ausnit | Young Executive |
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Francesca P. Roberts | Loan Officer |
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Gregory North | Lawyer |
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Gregory Hinton | Moving Man |
| Director | Paul Weitz |
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| Writer | Paul Weitz | |
| Producer | Matt Eddy, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Rodney Liber, Andrew Miano, Lawrence Pressman, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | |
| Musician | Stephen Trask | |
| Photography | Remi Adefarasin | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | Universal Studios |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | May 10, 2005 |
| Regions | 1 |