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The Company Men

2010 · 104 min

A quiet, sobering look at men stripped of status, moving from quiet desperation toward a hard-won sliver of hope.

Directed by: John Wells
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper

Tagline: In America, we give our lives to our jobs. It's time to take them back.
Overview: Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.

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Directed by: John Wells
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
class
identity
family
redemption
Places: suburbs
workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: John Wells
Written by: John Wells
Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Rosemarie DeWitt, Craig T. Nelson, Eamonn Walker
Music: Aaron Zigman
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Runtime: 104 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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