A view of the effects of the economic crisis in a company gutted and “diversified” by a CEO turned bottom-line pig (Craig T. Nelson). Ben Affleck (rising sales exec), Chris Cooper (vulnerable workaholic), and Tommy Lee Jones (grizzled dreamer-doer) turn on the spit, yearning not just to survive but to make an honest buck again from good work. Kevin Costner is a totem of the alienated proletariat. John Wells, from TV, wrote and directed with Capra-pegged ideas and rote pacing but a perceptive, moving feeling for lives assaulted by shabby practices. With Maria Bello, Rosemarie DeWitt. (2011) — David Elliott
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