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Synopsis: New York based writer Gwen Cummings knows that she drinks a lot, doesn't believe it's a problem, and if she finally decides that it is that she could stop drinking without issue. She and her live-in boyfriend Jasper fuel each other's hyperactivity with this excessive alcohol consumption, "a normal life" which is not in either's vocabulary for themselves. Between Gwen and her older straight-laced sister Lily, Gwen more closely resembles who was their larger than life mother, who was also an addict and who died when they were children. Lily believes that Gwen's alcohol consumption makes her a difficult if not impossible person to love. While Gwen is in a drunken stupor at Lily's wedding, Gwen causes one issue after another, ruining the day for Lily. Gwen is forced to examine her drinking with the culmination of bad events she caused at the wedding, leading to her being court ordered to enter into rehab for twenty-eight days, which is only marginally more tolerable an idea to her than the
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Betty Thomas
Production: Columbia Pictures
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IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
PG-13
Year:
2000
103 min
Website
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dig up some Vicodin.

The gestapo found my first batch.

That here-but-not-here iIIusion

wiII be...

...much easier to sustain

with chemicaI heIp.

Love, Gwennie.

Good night.

Good night.

Chocolate. Heroin addict.

What are you, like, 1 2 or something?

Seventeen.

Loving this.

Good night.

Jeremiah was a buIIfrog

Jeremiah was a buIIfrog

Was a good friend of mine

I never understood

A singIe word he said

But I heIped him drink his wine

And he aIways had

Some mighty fine wine

Singing joy to the worId

You girls are a lot of fun.

And that's the most important thing.

Because if you're not having fun....

What's the frigging point?!

Oh, God.

You can keep your drugs

and your whiskey sours.

We got us a higher power!

Yay, God!

Don't forget

tonight's Iecture at 8:30:

''How Many Brain CeIIs

Did I KiII Last Night?''

Decaf.

There's no caffeine.

lt's mood-altering.

Hi.

That was a nice moment.

Where you going?

What do you mean?

You gotta have cigarettes.

Sorry, but we're fresh out.

Those people are addicts. They need

cigarettes like they need air.

l guess that explains it, then. Gum?

lt wasn't a problem...

...till Emmett, he took up

with that girl.

Those nights that he was

out with her...

...and l was home with the TV....

See, l figured we could

see it through.

So when he said...

...he was moving her in with us...

...and that l could stay or leave...

...l see now l should've left.

l've got something....

When you....

You want to do it later?

l think, yeah.

Why did you--?

Some feeling words in there, or...?

-You know?

-''l....''

l don't know how to explain.

All right. Okay, well,

that's a good start.

Another time. lt's all right.

So let's finish up today

with a prayer, all right?

Let's all hold hands.

God, grant me the serenity...

...to accept the things

l cannot change...

...the courage to change

the things l can...

...and the wisdom to know

the difference.

lt works if you work it.

lt's worth it!

All right!

Take on the day. Go ahead.

B-minus.

Hey, Gwen C.!

Your bed was not made up,

your clothes were all over.

l'm giving you an F for daily

inspection and fining you a dollar.

So pay up.

Tell you what.

Here's five dollars.

l don't plan on cleaning all week.

B*tch.

How you doing?

Good.

l don't know how much money

l have in my account...

...but it's yours

if l could bum a cigarette.

Sure.

They're Reds.

Thank you.

Been here long?

Yeah.

What's the deal here if somebody

was looking for something...

...with a little more kick

than nicotine?

Do people actually get stuff here,

or is it...?

lt happens.

How does it work?

l mean, how can you get stuff?

Can you get stuff,

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Susannah Grant

Susannah Grant (born January 4, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. more…

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