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The Ex

2006 · 90 min

A breezy, silly office comedy with cartoonish rivalry and a few cringe-inducing gags, easy to watch but forgettable.

Directed by
Jesse Peretz
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
Credit-grabbing, back-stabbing, wife-nabbing. Just another day at the office.
Overview
When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to adjust to the demands of a very high-powered job, and he finds himself in an increasingly hostile office rivalry with Chip, Sofia's paraplegic former lover.

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Directed by
Jesse Peretz
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • work
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Jesse Peretz
Written by
David Guion, Michael Handelman
Starring
Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman, Charles Grodin, Mia Farrow, Lucian Maisel, Donal Logue, Amy Poehler
Music
Edward Shearmur
Cinematography
Tom Richmond
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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