Sundance: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Chris Cooper are superb in 'The Company Men,' a juicy drama of downsized executives

Why, you may ask, should we give a damn if they lose their jobs?

The message of the movie might be: Greedy, scum-sucking executive parasites are people too.

I cant just look like another ahole with a resume!

To which she replies: Youareanother ahole with a resume!

And is he ever.

Bobby isnt alone, either.

But Wells also proves an artful director in the Tony Gilroy/Jason Reitman mode of acerbic realism.

The Company Mendoes have its soft, homiletic side.

Were a little too aware that Bobby is opening his eyes to What Really Matters In Life.

Yet for most of this superbly observed movie, Wells isnt just crafting glorifed TV-episode lessons.