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.
a very solid movie. Good acting, good writing and goos direction. A unique perspective on the economic decline in the north america. Everyone can relate to this movie in one form or another.
It was an OK movie at best. Sure the acting was good but there wasn't really a story behind it other than the typical "corporate hierarchy and corporate profits are more important than the employees" story. The movie was a downer until the last 2 minutes. Even then, it wasn't uplifting. Watch this if you've just lost your job and want to feel even worse.