What's the story? Set at the start of the GFC, it follows three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major corporation. Because what happens when you give one company everything you've got for sixteen years and they throw you out with three month's severance in the middle of a jobless economy? It's hard – on everyone.
Why it's worth paying $17.50 to see: I'm a sucker for a Ben Affleck film, and this one is quietly satisfying. It's sad – heartbreaking even, in parts – but it gets you asking yourself what's really important. Is a job just something you do, or is it a part of who you are? And as the guy who took my ticket at Hoyts commented, there are a lot of Oscar-winning actors in this film – Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner and Chris Cooper – and they bring the talent in spades.
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