Scott LeBrun Zach Braff and Amanda Peet play Tom and Sofia, a young couple about to welcome their first child into the world. Unfortunately, they're going to need an income very quickly since she's left her job to become a full time mom and he's just lost his job as a chef. So he goes to work with her dad Bob (Charles Grodin) at a wacky advertising agency, run by mellow dude Don Wollebin (Donal Logue). Almost immediately he realizes he has an enemy in his new supervisor, Chip Sanders (Jason Bateman), a paraplegic who has designs on Sofia (with whom he once had a sexual fling).This is one of those cases of solid performers bringing life to less than stellar material. It's all pleasant enough, even in its unrated incarnation (it's never really that nasty or raunchy), but it's also patently predictable. At best, it may induce some smiles, but it never does produce belly laughs. It creates some very mild chuckles with the way it takes jabs at modern motherhood and Toms' new workplace, but doesn't ever kick into a high gear. It's up to the actors to sell it, and they do, up to a point. The stars are likable, as are their characters, and you can't help but feel some sympathy towards Tom as he tries to expose a physically disabled person as being a scumbag - which, of course, makes HIM look bad.Lots of familiar faces here: Mia Farrow (as Sofias' mom), Fred Armisen, Bob Stephenson, Josh Charles, Marin Hinkle, Paul Rudd, Robert John Burke, Romany Malco, Amy Adams, John Benjamin Hickey. Lucian Maisel is appealing as neighborhood kid Wesley, whose talent for stuffing whole burgers into his mouth is exploited by Tom. It's especially nice to see Grodin again, as at this time he hadn't been in a feature film for 13 years. His son Nick plays the small role of Summers."Fast Track" a.k.a. "The Ex" is the kind of thing most people would probably watch once and then forget.Five out of 10.

scarletminded First off, The Ex, re-titling of this film isn't accurate. The main woman has sex with Chip's character once and they weren't dating, so he isn't an ex.Different versions of this film are out there. I've seen the version with most of the scenes others said were deleted. I liked this film and it is funny, if only for the character of Chip. He is in a wheelchair, but he's totally a jerk. It is what gives the movie it's meat. Zach Braff plays the straight man to Jason Bateman's cynically funny handicapped role.It has some original ideas, like Chip running the Barcelona running of the bulls in a wheelchair and I liked the kid who could eat a hamburger whole. There were a couple SNL people around, but they didn't add much to the plot, which was disappointing, because they could have. The parents were a bit one dimensional, but I still enjoyed the film.It was witty, mean spirited and not PC. Maybe that is why people didn't like it. I laughed a lot and felt it was a good use of 90 or so minutes. I would recommend it to others to rent.

Argemaluco The Ex is the worst film I have seen in a long time.The element which most bothered me from this movie is that three brilliant actors (Zach Braff,Jason Bateman and the great Amanda Peet) were criminally wasted in a stupid and tedious "comedy".I still do not understand how this movie got the green-light.This is one of the most unfunny comedies I have EVER seen.This movie is so bad that it does not deserve a long analysis.I just have to say it's an enormously tedious and stupid comedy.This piece of repulsive crap should immediately be destroyed.My recommendation would be this : do not even steal this movie.You have been warned.

prospeak I must say that i was pleasantly surprised by the way this movie turned out , and judging by the reviews . . . . i was just expecting an average flick . Well the story may not be the best in the world but the execution is good . Braff is in his 'scrubs' form. Jason Bateman is hilarious and so is the rest of the cast .There are quite a few laugh out loud moments in here , this flick has a nice mixture of subtle wit and slapstick . Why the other bad reviews then you ask ???? Well let's just say that the movie is not kind to the disabled and is pretty much a reminder of how we treat them differently( of course not in a bad way , but the 'extra niceness' is my point )and some people will detest that . Well summing it up it is a good movie which does not have gross out humor , a good cast , an o.k(if not a completely believable script) and is good for lightening up the mood on a weekend. ( 8 stars is overshooting but what can i say . . . i am a fan of scrubs and arrested development and the movie is way underrated )