Management (film)

Management is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama directed by Stephen Belber and starring Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn.

It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival[2] and received a limited theatrical release on May 15, 2009.

Mike returns the next day, trying the same trick with champagne, and this time she allows him to touch her butt momentarily.

Mike learns that Sue has gotten back together with her old boyfriend Jango, a former punk rocker turned successful businessman in Aberdeen, WA.

After spending four months in a Buddhist monastery, Mike returns to the motel, now being run solely by his father (Fred Ward).

[4] Sonny's Motel in Madras[5] served as the Kingman Motor Inn, while Portland stepped in for Baltimore.

[6] Instead of Aberdeen, Washington, both Oregon City and West Linn were used to represent the hometown of Kurt Cobain.

The website's critical consensus concludes: "Clever and often beguiling performances by Steve Zahn and Jennifer Aniston can't revive this sweetly misguided stalker romance.

[8] In a positive review, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars and attributed its success largely to the casting: "In the usual course of events, a high-powered company sales executive wouldn't have much to do with Mike ...

The two stars of the film ( Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn ) at its TIFF premiere.