The Good Guy R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 31 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 22, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Andrew McCarthy, Scott Porter, Anna Chlumsky, Aaron Yoo, Bryan Greenberg & Alexis Bledel | |
Directed by | Julio DePietro | |
Screenwriting by | Julio DePietro | |
Photography by | Walter Thomson | |
Director of Photography: | Seamus Tierney |
Entertainment Reviews:
THE GOOD GUY boasts a novel plot structure....DePietro's willingness to make his characters unlikable is to admired.
Variety
[A] more-clever-than-most window into modern yuppie mating rituals, tracking just how tough it is to keep a grip on love and the corporate ladder at the same time.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 83/100 --
Mild, pleasant, obvious romantic comedy set on Wall Street that's most notable for its (maybe accurate) portrayal of young brokers as amoral idiots oblivious to the real-life consequences of their risky business.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Rating: 3/5 --
Drawing on his stint at a Chicago investment firm, DePietro creates characters, dialogue and situations that feel authentic, which makes the film relevant in unexpected ways, though not as deeply as you hope he'll do in the future.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2/4 --
There's too little difference between the good guys and the bad guys in Julio DePietro's uninspired debut, a slickly cynical romance destined to be quickly forgotten.
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New York Daily News
Rating: D+ --
Even on a reduced scale of expectation, Good Guy is stunningly empty and obvious, missing its mark as a cautionary tale or a romantic sojourn, instead slogging along a preordained trail of cliché.
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DVDTalk.com
[I]t is fresh enough to provide the voyeuristic kick of glimpsing the frenzied lifestyle of aspiring masters of the universe at a time when unlimited greed was rewarded with unlimited opportunity.
New York Times
Product Description:
After executive producing the acclaimed documentary MANDA BALA and the J.M. Coetzee adaptation DISGRACE, Julio DePietro makes his feature debut as a writer-director with THE GOOD GUY, a drama about ambitious young Wall Streeters fighting each other -- and sometimes their own decent nature -- to get ahead in the world. Our narrator, Tommy (Scott Porter of TV's FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS), is young, clever, charming, and attractive. He's got a smart, pretty girlfriend, Beth (Alexis Bledel of GILMORE GIRLS), an urban conservationist. He's also very good at his investment broker job, impressing his ruthless, cynical boss, Cash (erstwhile "Brat Pack" member Andrew McCarthy). When a key member of Tommy's sales team suddenly leaves for a competitor, Tommy needs to fill his spot quickly, and takes a chance on the bumbling Daniel (Bryan Greenberg, BRIDE WARS), a former Marine and computer geek who seems a bit naïve about high finance and a bit nervous around women. Tommy takes Daniel under his wing, showing him how to dress, where to socialize, and how to charm attractive women. Their relationship is threatened when Daniel begins spending more time with Beth, joining her book club, and becoming her confidant. Tommy begins to question his decision to share his wisdom with Daniel, while Daniel is forced to decide what success really means to him, and where his loyalties lie. THE GOOD GUY also stars Anna Chlumsky (IN THE LOOP) and Aaron Yoo (DISTURBIA). The film had its world premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
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- UPC: 031398123132
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