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"I'm a 37-Year-Old Loser!"

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (16)

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Earlier this year, after it debuted at Sundance, there was a spectacular, grim, heartbreaking trailer of Ben Affleck’s Company Men that presented the movie as one of those flicks I absolutely could not wait to see. Then the John Wells-directed movie (his first) was bought up by a studio, and of course, the studio made a studio trailer. Because that’s what studios do. Now, instead of the unofficial sequel to Up in the Air, The Company Men looks like a inspirational tale of one man (and not three, as the movie also focuses on Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones as much as Ben Affleck) rising above all the obstacles, jumping those hurdles, and reclaiming his life. I WILL WIN!

Not that it looks terrible, mind you. But don’t let the trailer deceive you. I think we’re probably in for a much bigger gut punch that the trailer portends, at least if early (rave) reviews out of Sundance were any indication.

And if you don’t mind me saying so, I kind of love Rosemarie DeWitt (who plays Affleck’s wife here), and Kevin Coster, in the right supporting role, is usually an excellent fit.









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Comments

A little cheesy, but the acting might overcome. Kind of chokes me up reminding me of when the mister was laid off and out of work for almost a year.

Posted by: Cindy at July 22, 2010 9:46 AM

Coach! Tommy Lee Jones! Boston! Count me in!

Posted by: Dorothy Snarker at July 22, 2010 9:58 AM

Very cheesy! No matter how timely or real the subject matter, there is not one realistic acting bone in Affleck's body. I just don't buy any of it and none of his moments in that trailer felt like anything more than an actor going through his lines.

Posted by: valerie at July 22, 2010 10:02 AM

Why is Costner channeling Mayor Quimby?

Posted by: TK at July 22, 2010 10:04 AM

Yeah, but you get it right? People don't want to see a downer movie about losing your job.

Because people are losing their jobs, see?

Posted by: superasente at July 22, 2010 10:05 AM

That's a lot of star power but Costner's accent makes me punchy.

Posted by: admin at July 22, 2010 10:09 AM

Yeah because I'm sure Ben Affleck has never felt like the best years of his career were behind him and he was being eternally and eagerly kicked in the face by, say, a bored media machine passing time between scandals by eating someone alive.

Posted by: twig at July 22, 2010 10:09 AM

Ok, so I am from MI and I just finished visiting home and the place is falling apart. so many friends have left or are wroking crappy jobs or living at home. I just know so many people going through this right now. So, I teared up. Bad trailer be damned.

Posted by: Nimue at July 22, 2010 10:13 AM

People have been getting laid off forever, but now that Ben and a bunch of famous actors are getting laid off [i]in a movie[/i], it's cool and attention must be paid. R-i-i-i-t-e. I want to see a movie about people getting laid off and coming to terms with their life like I want to see a movie about visiting the OB-GYN, or people waiting in line at the airport (oh wait, I did see a movie about that.) It's not new, it's not novel, it regurgitates most everybody's experience and it reaffirms nothing, except that getting laid off sucks.

Posted by: Third Shift at July 22, 2010 10:31 AM

Was that Craig T. Nelson who appeared for 3 seconds and yet received NO mention for being in this film, both in the trailer and in the article? For shame.
On a side note, I will see anything with Chris Cooper. I want him to adopt me. I was going to say some dirtier activity that I'd like for us to engage in, but seeing as some people got skeeved out by the Kick-Ass kid porking the AARP subscriber, I let it slide.

Only now it makes it sound like I lust after my imaginary adopted father.

Posted by: penelope at July 22, 2010 10:49 AM

Woah, Woah, Woah.....

Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar?

*checks IMDB*

The Fugitive? Really? Huh.

Posted by: Beth at July 22, 2010 11:36 AM

The Fugitive was a great fucking movie. Just watched it recently after 8+ years. Everything about it still holds up great.

Great fucking movie.

Posted by: twig at July 22, 2010 11:53 AM

The Fugitive was a great fucking movie.

Absolutely. I watc it whenever it's on TV. And still blame things on the one-armed man.

Posted by: jM at July 22, 2010 12:43 PM

I'm with Cindy. Hits close to come and I swear I had those same "I'm a loser", "No you're not - you have us" moments with my husband numerous times when he was unemployed. I'm sure I'll bawl when I see it.

Posted by: prairiegirl at July 22, 2010 12:48 PM

@Penelope: I'm afraid you're going to have to fight me for Chris Cooper. Wraw! That one scene in the rain in American Beauty should not be so hot.

I dunno. This trailer is cheesy, but if it's more like Up In The Air like you said, it might be worth checking out. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Posted by: Linda at July 22, 2010 6:46 PM

I kind of love Rosemarie DeWitt

She needs to make up for the abortion called "Rachel Getting Married".

Posted by: Uriah Creep at July 22, 2010 9:19 PM