It is 2008 and the Global Financial Crisis is hitting home. To their own disbelief, one by one, The Company Men are being shown the door as companies seek to minimise their losses and maximise their profits for the shareholders. Status and experience are no guarantee against retrenchment but no matter who goes the CEO remains firmly in place winning business awards and counting the increasing value of his stockholdings.
It is a brutal world with brutal effects upon the victims and their families.
An interesting essay in the world of modern business practices with nice performances from it's ensemble cast. Just a pity that the ending is a little too romanticised.
That's hollywood. Ruining a good story with forced and contrived endings. In France, they call it "le happy-end." I'm always surprised, even though I shouldn't be, when a French film simply ends. No resolution, no happy ending. Just as if they turned the cameras off at an arbitrary point.
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