Price Check

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  • Opened November 16, 2012 (Limited)
  • 1 hr 33 min
  • NR

  • PRICE CHECK is a smart and honest comedy that examines who we think we are and what we're willing to do for the life we think we deserve. Onetime indie music marketer Pete Cozy (Eric Mabius) has settled into a suburban home and a job in the pricing department of a middling supermarket chain. His job is banal but stable, and allows him to spend quality time with his wife and young son; although they're drowning in debts they seem happy. Everything changes when Pete gets a new boss: the beautiful, high powered, fast talking Susan Felders (Parker Posey). Thanks to Susan's influence, Pete suddenly finds himself on the executive fast track, which both surprises and excites him. As his salary increases, so do his work hours and Susan's expectations, and the less time he has for his family. Before long, his relationship with his boss starts to cross the line of professional etiquette, with momentum and mutual attraction creating tension in the workplace and at home. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Parker Posey, Eric Mabius, Annie Parisse, Josh Pais, Cheyenne Jackson
  • Director: Michael Walker
  • Genres: Comedy

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Posey, her attention divided up into slivers, is funny as hell, but she's also terrifying in her evocation of a kind of moment-to-moment PowerPoint existence. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times
| Gary Goldstein

Writer-director Michael Walker keeps a firm grip on his smart material, offering up big laughs, lots of recognizable behavior and, in the end, a wistful glimpse at life's inevitable priorities. Read full review

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The Playlist
| Gabe Toro

Price Check never successfully makes the shift into a higher-stakes scenario, and the chief culprit is a detour to Los Angeles. The tension between Susan and Pete suddenly lapses into a far more conventional direction. Read full review

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

A hilarious Parker Posey provides her customary blast of brittle energy in Price Check, an engaging corporate comedy. Read full review

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Parker Posey as Susan Felders in "Price Check."