The Ex is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Jesse Peretz and starring Zach Braff, Amanda Peet and Jason Bateman.

When Tom gets fired after defending his friend Paco, he takes a job in Ohio working at the ad agency where his father-in-law is the assistant director.

Tom tries to prove that Chip isn't actually paralyzed by dragging him up a flight of stairs and then throws him, expecting him to stand up to prevent falling.

Sitting back down, Chip beats him severely, and then to Tom's increasing rage, reveals that he plans to have sex with Sofia again.

During the credits Chip is shown in Barcelona in a wheelchair with two broken legs, only now the passive-aggressive routine that worked so well for him when faking paraplegia in Ohio is ignored in Spain.

Still insisting he works there, Chip is tossed out of the ad company, and later on Tom's friend sees him on TV in the middle of the running of the bulls.

The site's consensus states: "The Ex suffers from inept direction and characters that are either unsympathetic or plain unpleasant to watch.

[8][9][10] Pam Grady of Reel.com said the film "never rises above the level of a TV show grotesquely inflated for the big screen.

[6][12][13][14] Phoebe Flowers of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel said the film was "directed with a breathtaking lack of instinct by Jesse Peretz.

[20][21] Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel said "Braff and Bateman make this patchwork just funny enough to be worth our trouble.

[5][16] David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews said "there's little doubt that Bateman deserves the lion's share of praise thanks to his scene-stealing work as Tom's hilariously smug nemesis.