The Good Guy (film)
The Good Guy is a 2009 romantic comedy film directed by Julio DePietro starring Alexis Bledel, Scott Porter, and Bryan Greenberg.
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Directed by | Julio DePietro |
Written by | Julio DePietro |
Starring | Alexis Bledel Scott Porter Bryan Greenberg Andrew McCarthy Aaron Yoo |
Music by | Kurt Oldman and Tomandandy |
Production company | Belladonna Productions Movie Studio[1] |
Distributed by | Roadside Attractions |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3,200,000 |
Box office | $100,688 |
Synopsis
The narrator, Tommy (Scott Porter), is young, clever, charming, and attractive. He's got a smart, pretty girlfriend, Beth (Alexis Bledel), a young Manhattanite and urban conservationist. He's also very good at his investment broker job, impressing his ruthless, cynical boss, Cash (Andrew McCarthy). When a key member of Tommy's sales team suddenly leaves for a competitor, Tommy needs to fill his spot quickly, and takes a chance on the bumbling Daniel (Bryan Greenberg), a former avionics engineer and computer geek who seems a bit naïve about high finance and a bit nervous around women. Tommy takes Daniel under his wing, showing him how to dress, where to socialize, and how to charm attractive women. Their relationship is threatened when Daniel begins spending more time with Beth, joining her book club, and becoming her confidant. Tommy begins to question his decision to share his wisdom with Daniel, while Daniel is forced to decide what success really means to him, and where his loyalties lie in life. The story is a very loose adaptation of Ford Madox Ford's 1915 novel The Good Soldier, which is referenced several times in the film's plot.
Cast
- Alexis Bledel as Beth Vest[2]
- Scott Porter as Tommy Fielding
- Bryan Greenberg as Daniel Seaver[3]
- Anna Chlumsky as Lisa
- Andrew McCarthy as Cash
- Aaron Yoo as Steve-O
- Andrew Stewart-Jones as Shakespeare
- Denise Vasi as Suki
- Jessalyn Wanlim as Jordan
- Eric Thal as Stephens
- Kate Nauta as Cynthia
- Colin Egglesfield as Baker
- Adam LeFevre as Billy
- Jackie Stewart as Sofia
- Monica Steuer as Florist
- Darrin Baker as Bobby
- Adrian Martinez as Larry
Soundtracks
- The Helio Sequence - Lately
- Let's Go Sailing - Sideways
- Sam Champion - Like a Secret
- White Denim - Let's Talk About It
- Born Ruffians - I Need a Life
- Atmosphere - Party Over Here
- Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
- The Helio Sequence - Don't Look Away
- The Cliks - Oh Yeah
- Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell
- Plushgun - Just Impolite
- Mancino - Lavender Lake
- Copperpot - The Art of Rap
- Sam Champion - Be Mine Everyone
- Rachel Platten - Seven Weeks
- Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
- Say Hi - Hallie and Henry
References
- The Good Guy film info
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-02-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://au.movies.yahoo.com/galleries/gallery/6764540/bryan-greenberg-the-good-guy-2009/