The film released on January 21, 2011 introduces us to veteran television actor John Wells who makes his debut with The Company Men, a message drama based on decadence and fails. on the content of the plot. The film has a sympathetic approach, but it's a predictable plot of business executives facing mass layoffs during an economic recession. Beautiful intentions and a powerful and unusual cast which were more than enough to attract an audience of various diversities. Centered on GTX, a fictional Boston shipbuilding company that grew into a transportation conglomerate, the story follows several workers and their families over an economically extended period. slow-down. When GTX Corporation applies the "need to cut jobs" to improve the company's balance sheet and increase profits during the 2010 recession, thousands of employees find themselves stranded, including Bobby Walker (played by Ben Affleck). Bobby discovers the real circumstances of not having a job. Not only does he notice a change in his family lifestyle and the loss of his home, but also his sense of self-worth. It is an ensemble drama that addresses the effects of downsizing on the upper-class American family. For high-flying Bobby Walker, his job at GTX gave him the American dream: a big house in the suburbs, a silver Porsche and a beautiful family. But when Bobby is one of many laid off by the company following an ongoing economic recession, he must join the ranks of the unemployed, but also deal with the effects it has on him and his family. Bobby Walker was previously living his life's dream – An employee climbing the corporate ladder with a six-figure salary, a wife, a teenage son and a younger daughter. But when Walker gets fired... middle of paper ......ite to McClary's anger, he has become even richer as a shareholder of the company but he feels guilty about the fact that his company has ruined so many lives and instead I prefer to put people to work. Feeling the need to revolutionize, he leaves his wife and creates his own business. Walker is the first person he hires. Walker arrives at the empty offices to help start a new company staffed by many former GTX employees. Although the actors are convincing and the film well-crafted, "The Company Men" delivers few satisfying character portraits because the film is not really about characters, it's about economic units. When a company fires you, it doesn't matter if you are a good friend, a loving father, or a liar, you are an investment whether they realize it or not. these people realize that it doesn't matter in economic terms who they are.