In Good Company

Yep, seen that one as well.

I actually like it. The story makes sense and even makes one think (just a bit), although I would have expected a happier ending.

Still, the premise is basically that a young hot shot sales guy gets to head the sales office of the largest sport mag in the US when his boss buys out the mag. The previous top dog at sales at the mag is retained to help the kid out, but he is being demoted and the kid himself has no clue what he is doing.

What made me think is that these things actually happen in real life everyday. Most of the time the young kids fail miserably but cover it up well enough and blame it on someone else. And as most guys in charge come from the same background, same schools and unis, they tend to naturally stick together.

This makes one ponder the question "which moron is responsible for putting a bunch of teenagers in charge of the US economy in the 90s?"
Of course, we all know, it's the press, who turned investments into a spectator sport.
I'd also blame Greenspan for letting it happen, even ushering it along. But that is a different subject altogether and it will be a few years yet, before the general public gets a whiff of just exactly how badly the Fed screwed them.

Back to the movie. I liked it. It's realistic, bitter sweet, sometimes funny.
Watch it with your spouse, amour, someone else, basically.