i saw this movie again a an assignment for my management class . be to mainly comment on the different management style and idea on quality ( of the product ) . i do rent this one back in the eighty and i remember it to be good ( but not great ) movie . i have always like michael keaton style and delivery . he be a perfect fit for the movie . i be surprise to see some of the low rating for this movie . i grant you yes it no oscar winner but it do have decent comedic value . it more of a subtle comedy rather than a all out comedy farce . i also find some of those that felt this be an inaccurate film on cultural and business difference . i beg to differ . i grant you again that there be a lot of generality and dramatization but then again this be hollywood film not a documentary . from what i have read about difference between automaker on both side of the pacific at that time many of the principle idea be accurate for the time . some of the basic difference be that japanese worker make to feel a part of the company a a whole . teamwork be emphasize . they perhaps make the company above all else . where american worker have more of a management verse labor type of relationship . the individual be more important than the company . i will probably get some hate email over that comment i be sure . another difference be how quality be view and whose responsibility it be to fix . in many japanese plant defect or problem be examine and fix at the time it be discover . rather a one character in the movie put it it be the dealer ( mean car dealer ) problem . many of these thing be probably date but i be sure some be still around as many u car maker be still struggle to keep up with the japanese . if one be more interested in the subject of american and european and japanese automaker i can recommend a book that study this subject in more detail and be do around the same time period . the book be call the machine that change the world by james womack and daniel jones and daniel roos . it about a study of automaker during and before the time period that this movie cover . part be bit dry but i think you will find that it back up much the movie also .