In Good Company. I remember watching this movie when it first came out. I suspect I went to see it, because of Scarlett Johansson (who had just starred in Lost in Translation). I remember really enjoying the movie.
So I recently saw it again when AT&T U-verse had a free Showtime weekend. Did I still love this movie? Yes. I love the main story line of a corporation buying out another and bringing in their own people to run the show. Oh, so true. And in many ways, these outsiders don't know a thing about the business, but on the other hand after awhile one has to admit that they are brilliant at their jobs. It is interesting watching the growing respect between Dan (Dennis Quaid) who is a VP of Sales of the company that got bought out and Carter (Topher Grace) who works for the company that did the buyout.
There is also the romance side of the movie when Carter and Alex (Scarlett Johansson) -- who also happens to be the daughter of Dan -- begin a romance. Since this movie is so old, it won't be much of a spoiler to say that Carter and Alex eventually break up -- though there is a hint that the attraction is still there at the end of the movie. Though Alex implies to Carter that she's breaking up, because she's not ready for something serious and that she thinks she is just Carter's rebound (Carter had recently gone through a divorce), you can't help but feel that she's breaking up out of loyalty to her father -- who isn't too happy when he uncovers the romance. You understand that Carter and Alex went in a direction that back-stabbed Dan, especially when Dan was always so close to getting laid-off. But you also see the beginnings of a lovely relationship. Will they eventually find themselves back together? Well, the way the corporate merger works out, it makes the possibility far more likely; however, what if the movie had a different type of ending regarding the merger? One would hope it would still work out.
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