The Company Men ***

John Wells directed this Drama. Watch Preview Cast: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosemarie DeWitt, Maria Bello, Craig T. Nelson. Rated R for language and brief nudity. Running time is one hour and forty-four minutes.

When corporate downsizing leaves three men (Affleck, Cooper and Jones) jobless, they are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers.

It's hard to imagine you can have a film with a quality cast and timely story and not have a commercial success, but such is showbiz these days. This has been sitting on a shelf for a year as the film company couldn't figure out how to draw an audience for it. The cast is absolutely first class and the story is based on the company downsizing we've grown used to seeing as a result of Wall Street greed. It holds your attention throughout and you feel as if you've seen a very good film when it's over. But, I've been in the business long enough to know you won't have any trouble finding a seat in the couple of weeks it will be here. Go figure! Theatre/Times.