The Ex
Credit-grabbing, back-stabbing, wife-nabbing. Just another day at the office.
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.
- Director
- Jesse Peretz
- Worldwide
- $5M
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Cast
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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.
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- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Dec 1, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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