The Ex
(2006)
★ 5.3 IMDb · 263 votes
Year: 2006
Runtime: 90 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Джесси Перец
Cast: Зак Брафф, Аманда Пит, Джейсон Бейтман, Чарльз Гродин, Миа Фэрроу, Lucian Maisel, Донал Лог, Эми Полер, Фред Армисен, Боб Стивенсон
Plot
When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to adjust to the demands of a very high-powered job, and he finds himself in an increasingly hostile office rivalry with Chip, Sofia's paraplegic former lover.
In Manhattan, Sofia's an attorney and Tom's a cook who has a hard time holding a job. When their first child is born, they agree that she'll be a full-time mom and he'll get a promotion. When he gets fired, he takes a job in Ohio working at the ad agency where her father is assistant director. Tom's assigned to report to Chip, a competitive, hard-driving guy who's in a wheelchair and who's Sofia's ex-boyfriend - from high school. Chip still carries a torch for her, so he connives to make Tom's work life miserable. As Tom's frustrations mount, it may be that Sofia will take Chip's side. Is Tom doomed to fail yet again?