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February 12, 2005
In Good Company
In Good Company (2004), Paul Weitz:
Emily said to keep an eye out for Scarlett Johansson's knitting. I'm not really sure I saw any, but it's hard to look for knitting when she's on the screen.
So it's fluff, but admittedly good fluff at times. Topher Grace and Dennis Quaid play their roles perfectly. The movie has some nice turns, which might have made it excellent had it not retreated to the safety of formula. I know the Weitzes can subvert standards; American Pie was so much better than could have--and perhaps should have--been, and I definitely remember the About a Boy lovefest a few years back.
A lot of the reviews I read said they felt the Scarlett-Topher romance was a distraction from the fathers and sons theme, but I don't think so at all. It provided an important facet both in the development of Topher Grace's character independantly and in conjunction with Dennis Quaid's. Admittedly, her character probably gets a lot more focus than perhaps her character needed, but I'm no complaining.
9/15
Addendum: The actress who played Dennis Quaid's wife had amazingly awful plastic surgery. I was seriously amazed they let her on screen.
Posted by bing at February 12, 2005 04:54 PM