Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 12/29/2006(USA
Release Date: 08/21/2007
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Flags: Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Weinstein Company
Acclaimed music-video director
Jesse Peretz made his third feature with this
comedy starring
Zach Braff and
Jason Bateman.
Tom (
Braff) is an aspiring chef whose wife
Sofia (
Amanda Peet) has just quit her high-paying job to stay home with their new baby. When it becomes abundantly clear that they can no longer maintain their New York City lifestyle, the family picks up and moves to
Sofia's hometown in Ohio, where
Tom is hired to work at her father's ad agency. It is there that
Tom meets
Chip (
Bateman), the agency's wheelchair-bound golden boy, who also happened to have a one-night stand with
Sofia while the two were cheerleaders in high school. Suddenly,
Tom finds himself sabotaged by
Chip at every step as the nefarious paraplegic schemes to steal
Sofia from him and destroy any chance he might have of success at the agency. Released briefly in 2006 under the title
Fast Track, the film was retitled
The Ex before receiving a wide release in the Spring of 2007.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
