Purely a matter for the boss

Movie
German title	Purely a matter for the boss
Original title	In good company
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2004
length	106 minutes
Age rating	FSK o. A. JMK 0
Rod
Director	Paul Weitz
script	Paul Weitz
production	Chris Weitz Paul Weitz
music	Damien Rice Stephen Trask
camera	Remi Adefarasin
cut	Myron I. Kerstein
occupation
Dennis Quaid : Dan Foreman Topher Grace : Carter Duryea Scarlett Johansson : Alex Foreman Marg Helgenberger : Ann Foreman David Paymer : Morty Clark Gregg : Mark Steckle Philip Baker Hall : Eugene Kalb Selma Blair : Kimberly Frankie Faison : Corwin Ty Burrell : Enrique Colon Malcolm McDowell : Teddy K.

A Chefsache is an American comedy film directed by Paul Weitz from 2004 .

action

Dan Foreman is 51 years old and the husband of Ann, who is expecting her third child. He heads the advertising department of a sports magazine, but is demoted after its takeover by a corporation and reports to the much younger Carter Duryea. To make matters worse, the career-minded Carter falls in love with Alex, Dan's student daughter, with whom he begins a relationship. The unsuspecting Dan senses that his daughter is moving away from him and asks Carter for advice. Carter is not committed to the relationship.

On his birthday, Dan sees Alex and Carter walking towards the house holding hands. The next day he follows Carter to a restaurant, who has arranged to meet his daughter there. He confronts his daughter and knocks Carter to the ground. Alex then breaks up with Carter, but not because she doesn't want to compromise her father, but because Carter demands a much more serious relationship, although in Alex's opinion he is still too attached to his ex-wife.

A short time later, the group owner Teddy K gives a speech in front of the assembled workforce, during which Dan directs unpleasant and direct questions about greed and dismissals. Dan is to be released - just like Carter, who is defending Dan. It later emerges that Teddy K sold the magazine. The editor-in-chief and Carter are fired by the new owner, while Dan becomes head of department again. Carter and Dan remain friends anyway.

Reviews

• Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone that the comedy was refreshing and provocative.
• Kenneth Turan wrote in the Los Angeles Times that the comedy was brilliantly entertaining. He praised the performances, especially Scarlett Johansson's play, the script and the direction.
• film-dienst 6/2005 wrote that the film was “a pleasantly staged, excellently played comedy with a forgiving end ”.

Awards

• Topher Grace won the National Board of Review Award in 2004 .
• Paul Weitz was nominated for the Golden Bear in 2005.
• Joseph Middleton was nominated for the 2005 Casting Society of America Award .
• Scarlett Johansson was nominated for the Teen Choice Award in 2005.
• The film was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 2005.

Soundtrack

In addition to a few older titles - including Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel and Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin - a number of pieces were recorded for the film. The actual score is from Stephen Trask (partly in collaboration with Damien Rice ), three tracks are from Iron & Wine and two more from The Soundtrack of Our Lives . The soundtrack was released on Hollywood Records when the film was released .

Trivia

The comedy was shot in New York City and Los Angeles . It grossed $ 45.5 million in US theaters .

Web links

• Good Company in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Purely a matter for the boss at Metacritic (English)
• ReineChefsache at rotten tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Age rating for a purely executive matter . Youth Media Commission .
2. ↑ www.metacritic.com
3. ↑ Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times