Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.
In Good Company is a warmly competent workplace-drama comedy with a genuinely appealing central conceit — the age-reversed boss dynamic layered with the romantic entanglement — but it doesn't push either thread to its full potential. The acting is solid across the board: Dennis Quaid brings grounded authority, Topher Grace is charming if somewhat one-note, and Scarlett Johansson does what she can with an underwritten role. Cinematography is functional and unremarkable, typical mid-budget studio fare with no distinctive visual identity. Novelty is limited — while the premise has a nice wrinkle, the film operates largely within familiar romcom and midlife-crisis drama conventions without a distinctive voice or execution to set it apart. The ending is reasonably satisfying, resolving character arcs in a believable if slightly pat way. Overall a likable, well-meaning film that coasts on its cast more than it earns its emotional beats.