Review of Breakfast of Champions (1999) by Walter M — 23 Jan 2005

[font=Century Gothic][color=darkgreen]"In Good Company" is a movie about a 51 year old sales executive named Dan Foreman(played by Dennis Quaid who is very good) who finds out almost simultaneously that his company has been swallowed up by a huge corporate conglomerate and that his wife is expecting a baby. Adding to that, is his new boss, Carter Duryea(played by Topher Grace) who is young enough to be his son. The first time we see Duryea is when he is proposing a way of selling cell phones to five-year olds which cannot be a good thing. (We learn that Duryea never knew his father and is perhaps in desperate need of a father figure who could show him the ropes, like teaching him how to drive.) "In Good Company" has some funny moments and a good criticism of corporate culture even if it is not entirely successful. It also seems to say that it is alright for young adults to be given the freedom to spend some time to find their calling.[/color][/font].

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[font=Century Gothic][color=navy]Since last week's episode of Alias got me thinking of Kurt Vonnegut, I decided it was finally time to check out the movie version of one his novels - "Breakfast of Champions" which is a rather odd movie. It's about a suicidal car salesman played by Bruce Willis and a reclusive novelist played by Albert Finney. There's not a lot of plot to speak of, just people acting very, very strangely. And I was surprised to find that Nick Nolte has the legs to wear women's lingerie. [/color][/font].