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Next to Adam’s Place Restaurant Dinning Hoorn open 5 pm to S pm weeknights 10 pm weekends ■ Movie review 7n Good Company’ proves distinct in usually dreary movie landscape Director Paul Wietz's newest release explores family relationships, love with an ending that can't be missed BY RYAN MURPHEY PULSE REPORTER When a movie is described as "heartwarming," it is usually because the phrase "induces violent fits of pro jectile vomiting" doesn't sell tickets. However, there are exceptions. Last year's "Garden State" defied the logic of cynics worldwide by being cute and popular, but still very intelligent and original. Director Paul Wietz's film, "In Good Company," is another recent sign of life in a usually bleak landscape of formulaic, feel-good films. The commercials for "In Good Com pany" make the movie look like a love story, but it's really about family, friend ship and the hopelessness of life with out those two things. Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is the middle-aged head of ad sales for a ma jor New York-based sports magazine until it is purchased byGlobecom,the umbrella corporation of business mogul Teddy K. After 25 years in the po sition, Foreman is demoted to second in command when he is replaced by Carter Duryea (Topher Grace), a syner gy indoctrinated business school prodigy, who has only been alive a year longerthan Foreman has held the posi tion. At the same time, Foreman finds out that his wife is pregnant and his eldest daughter, Alex (Scarlett Johans son), has been accepted to NYU. As the financial pressures mount, Fore man is also forced to watch as his col leagues are laid off and his 26-year-old boss transforms the company into the "flagship" for Globecom. Meanwhile, Duryea is trying to handle the pressures of his rapid success and a divorce from his wife of seven months, as well as mounting resentment for the corporate business world and an overwhelming sense of unhappi ness. In a fit of loneliness, he invites himself to dinner where he meets Alex, whom he eventually falls in love with. Complications arise in both the pro fessional and personal aspects of Foreman's life when he finds out that his daughter is sleeping with his boss, and that his job is in jeopardy for ques tioning Teddy K on a visitto the office. The movie has all the potential to be come a by-the-book happy ending. Ratherthan wrapping everything up in a tidy little bow, the movie actually con cludes with a lot of loose ends. This film is worth seeing for the ending alone, but it's also fun to see Grace cross over from "That 70s Show" to the big screen. There is definitely a lot of Eric Foreman in Carter Duryea, but he manages to provide a distinction nonetheless. Though it may not garner a cult fol lowing like "Garden State," this film echoes the same kind of stylish, post modern look at life, love and family with fewer of the usual cliches. ryanmurphey@dailyemerald.com IN BRIEF Planned Parenthood commemorates Roe v. Wade Planned Parenthood will com memorate the 32nd Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling with music, spoken word per formances and a speech by Mayor Kitty Piercy on Saturday, Jan. 22. Eugene folk artist Laura Kemp will perform, as well as spoken word artists Jorah La Fleur and Marietta Bonaventure. The event will be host ed by the newly sworn in city coun cilor, Andrea Ortiz. Rose Kelsch, field director for the Eugene branch of Planned Parent hood, expects about 350 people to attend, including politicians, students, clergy and others that she calls "a small picture of the pro-choice majority in our state." The celebration begins at 6 p.m. and will be free, though donations are suggested. 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