Sorry, this movie sucks

One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward (Chris Cooper) and Gene McClary (Tommy Lee Jones) jobless, the three men 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 play to his executive skill set, and perhaps the realization that there is more to life than chasing the bigger, better deal. With humor, pathos, and keen observation, writer-director John Wells introduces us to the new realities of American life.

Greetings from Lithuania.By saying that "The Company Men" (2010) is a disturbing picture i don't mean it's a thriller of horror picture, although in some way you can find it a horror. Horror and disturbance comes from idea of loosing your job, no matter how good you are, loosing it is a frightening idea. you have a family, a house and everything build around the money you are receiving from your work, and the one day it's just goes boom. It the worst feeling you can have. Now this movie is a really good one. All actors did a great job, and especially Ben Affleck who absolutely carries the film. Tommy Lee Jones and especially Kevin Costner are very solid in their respective roles. This movie touched more that many dramas because it accurately reflects on modern times, of having, loosing your job and what comes after - this is a very 21th century story - more of reality actually. Overall, a very solid film, but be warned, when watching it you will definitely are going to imagine yourself in the place of these characters, and the feeling is not the most satisfying. i gave it 10/10 because this picture involved my from the first till the last second.

The Company Men is a fantastic movie with an ensemble cast. I usually do not like ensemble cast movies to this degree unless they are executed properly. This is an example of a movie that has an ensemble cast that doesn't try to overdo it. Love Actually is a movie that I would say tries to have too many things going on at once. The Company Men highlights each character for enough time to allow for an emotional attachment to each of them. The Company Men would have been a 9 / 10 for me had the story been about one of the characters involved in this film. Each one of them is good enough to carry this movie alone. That is a testament to just how good each character is even though they are all given such limited screen time. The movie had me wanting more when I was finished which is another reason it was great. My only flaw other than wanting more of one particular character was that they mention years and date the movie as a result. I would recommend this film to anyone in the mood to watch an excellent group of actors totally in their element every second they are on screen. I'm just sad I was not aware of this movie until today. I'm glad to have experienced this wonderful story.

Having some experience with corporate America and being fired I was eager to see this. While I did relate to and appreciate some elements, the problem is you can see where this movie is going a mile away. The main character has a metamorphosis from ego driven career man until he gets what's really important in life...ya know the kind of stuff he should have understood before he got fired. While the Ben Affleck character is compelling, it's still too hard to make the white collar exec losing his job into a sympathetic story. Other character's fate you can see a mile away while the Chris Cooper character killing himself. And to make the one prominent female employment sleep with one of the executives hearkens back to old fashioned movie sexism where most successful females were portrayed as ruthless women who would sleep their way to their top if they have to (and this is coming from a guy). And giving Kevin Costner a Boston accent is strange casting indeed. A noble attempt but ultimately this movie is about as satisfying as a trip to the unemployment office.