Review of Price Check (2012) by Thomas W — 05 Dec 2012

Playing a variation of the brittle, manic, domineering character(s) she has played in the past, Parker Posey (The House of Yes, Superman Returns, Waiting for Guffman) is Susan Felders, a scheming corporate climber fresh out of LA who has just been promoted to head a struggling, Long Island NY grocery store chain.

Claiming to want to be out of a hectic LA, she professes love for her job and appears to hate everything about except for the power she has been given. Making drastic and nearly improbable changes in short time, much of her staff is in disbelief and doesn't know what to make of her.

She quickly promotes Pete Cozy (Eric Mabius - "Ugly Betty", Welcome to the Dollhouse) to be her right-hand man and expects a LOT out of him. While not perceived as an exciting world, Price Check gives audiences a glimpse of how cutthroat retail marketing can be as almost all corporate executives strive for success (oftentimes at any and all costs).

When one is out for himself/herself exclusively ... nothing stands in his/her way. Price Check is a watchable corporate comedy with an appealing cast (even the bit supporting players play their roles nicely).

Having experienced that world first hand, I contend that this is pretty honest even with some of that Hollywood gloss.