Previews made this out to be more of a comedy than it was, especially considering the previous work of the writer/ director Weitz brothers who brought us the American Pie films, but they also brought us About a Boy. This movie is not as much about Topher Grace becoming Dennis Quaid’s boss (when Topher finds out how old Dennis is, his reply “That is one year older than my dad”) as it is about the business world, more specifically traditional business people ala Quaid who have worked hard their entire lives and are dedicated to their profession verus the Blue Shirts (my term): young people who expect to be VP at 30 and retire at 35. Blue Shirts are made managers of departments they know nothing about. As the movie progrsses, it also becomes a movie about a young man looking for something more out of life. Topher deftly conveys both arrogance and pain, and Dennis Quaid is… Dennis Quaid (he is no Randy). Having worked at a job where I interacted with Blue Shirts, much of this movie struck home. For my ex-co-workers who still enjoy ramping up the synergy, this movie will hit like a synergistic bullseye!

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