The Ex (2006) on Netflix
Tom is a Manhattan cook who cannot hold a job, and Sofia is an attorney. When she becomes pregnant, he joins her father's ad agency, where his boss is Chip, her ex-boyfriend.
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Plot summary
Tom works as a cook in Manhattan and has a hard time holding down a job, while Sofia is an attorney. After their first child is born, the two agree that she will become a full-time mother and that he will earn a promotion. Tom loses his job for defending his friend Paco, then takes a position in Ohio at the advertising agency where Sofia's father is assistant director. He is assigned to report to Chip, a competitive man in a wheelchair who dated Sofia in high school and still carries a torch for her. Chip sets out to make Tom's working life miserable, and Tom struggles with the demands of the job.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Ex (2006)
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- Screenwriters David Guion and Michael Handelman virtually disowned the finished film; Guion said The Ex tested badly, the financers panicked and wanted cruder gags, and the movie was ultimately taken out of director Jesse Peretz's hands.
- Charles Grodin's role in The Ex was his first film appearance since 1994, and Donal Logue and Mia Farrow also appear among the co-stars.
