Price Check

Price Check is a 2012 comedy film about the high price of a middle-class life. The film was written and directed by Michael Walker, and stars Parker Posey and Eric Mabius.

Price Check
Promotional poster
Directed byMichael Walker
Produced byDolly Hall
Written byMichael Walker
Starring
Music byMatt Kollar
CinematographySam Chase
Edited by
Distributed byIFC Films (US)
Release date
  • January 25, 2012 (2012-01-25) (Sundance)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Pete Cozy (Eric Mabius) has found himself a house in the suburbs and a job in the pricing department of a middling supermarket chain. Pete's job allows him to spend quality time with his wife (Annie Parisse) and young son and, despite the fact that they are drowning in debts, they appear happy.

Everything changes when Pete gets a new boss, the beautiful, high-powered, fast talking Susan Felders (Parker Posey). With Susan's influence, Pete finds himself on the executive track, something that both surprises and excites him. The more his salary increases, the more he has to perform at work… and the less time he gets to spend with his family. At the same time, his relationship with his boss begins to cross the line of professional etiquette. Both become enamored with one another – creating tension in the workplace and in his personal home life.

Cast

Reception

Price Check premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. [1] It received mostly positive reviews there. The Hollywood Reporter called it "A prime example of the type of well-produced, smartly cast independent features that Sundance has been helping launch into the theatrical marketplace over the past few years.." [2] Variety called it "charming and slightly unhinged". [3] Reviews were also very strong for Parker Posey's performance [4] and Michael Walker's directing [2].

Price Check was released in theaters by IFC Films on November 25, 2012.

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gollark: > capitalism requires poverty to exist... why?
gollark: Hold on, I think there's a website with nice graphs on this.
gollark: Generally speaking, extreme poverty is going down, worldwide literacy and stuff up, economic growth... is occuring, that sort of thing.
gollark: I mean, ignoring the current pandemic situation.

References
  1. Monday; December 5th; 2011. "2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Premieres and Documentary Premieres Sections". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. "Price Check: Sundance Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. Anderson, John; Anderson, John (2012-01-26). "Price Check". Variety. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  4. Holden, Stephen (2012-11-15). "'Price Check,' a Comedy by Michael Walker". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-10.


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