THE COMPANY MEN

Year: 2010
USA: The Weinstein Company
UK: Universal Pictures International UK
Cast: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Craig T Nelson, Maria Bello, Rosemarie DeWitt, Anthony O'Leary, Sasha Spielberg, Thomas Kee, Gary Galone, Angela Rezza, Kathy Harum
Director: John Wells
Countries: USA / UK
USA: 109 mins
UK: 104 mins
USA Rated: R for language and brief nudity
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language
USA Release Date: 21 January 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 11 March 2011


Synopsis

"In America, we give our lives to our jobs. It's time to take them back."

Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. However, his comfortable lifestyle suddenly changes when corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward (Chris Cooper) and Gene McClary (Tommy Lee Jones) jobless. Three of them are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers.

Bobby soon finds himself enduring enthusiastic life coaching, a job building houses for his brother-in-law (Kevin Costner), which does not exactly match his executive skills, and gradually the realization that there is more to life than chasing the bigger, better deal.