THE COMPANY MEN Trailer

THE COMPANY MEN trailer makes it’s debut via YAHOO! Movies.

Seems a little shmaltzy, even with it’s Academy Award winning lineup. But is America ready for this slice of reality? Is it still too soon? I’m not a fan of this type of movie and I don’t think that THE COMPANY MEN screams Oscar, even if that’s what they’re going for…pandering is more like it. A late October release date may help it at the box office. What do you think?

Synopsis:

Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) is living the proverbial 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) that 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 (the creator of “ER”) introduces us to the new realities of American life.

Big plus, Director of Photography is renowned cinematographer Roger Deakins (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN). Distributed by The Weinstein Co., THE COMPANY MEN will be in the theaters on October 22nd, 2010.