In Good Company

Starring Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlet Johansson

Rated PG-13

“In Good Company” excels at being a sweet, delicate comedy about corporate takeovers and being in over your head. The film also features a great performance by Topher Grace, who is mainly known for roles in “Win A Date with Tad Hamilton!” and “p.s.”

Grace stars as Carter, a young, new executive at the offices of Sports America magazine who replaces Sales Executive Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid), an older man who can’t believe that this hotshot has taken his job.

Dan could have it worse; Carter has to continually lay off employee after employee. The only reason Carter doesn’t fire Dan is because Carter gave Dan the chance to be his ‘awesome wingman,’ and Dan turns out to be a father figure (of sorts) for Carter.

But things don’t turn out so great for Dan: Carter begins dating Dan’s daughter, Alex (Scarlet Johansson), and Dan’s wife becomes pregnant. In the end, “In Good Company” has the perfect morals and the kind of funny quips you’d expect from director Paul Weitz (“About a Boy.”)

Note: For the hundredth time, do not leave your cell phones on during movies. Not only in this film, but also in many others lately, people have not only let their cell phone ring but also actually answered their phone! Disgusting!

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