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Synopsis: 'About Alex' is the story of seven college friends who reunite over a three-day weekend, after one of them attempts suicide. When the friends get together to keep an eye on Alex, the weekend that ensues will renew old crushes and resentments, shine light on bad decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink as the group tries to speculate when the simple life of their college years turned so muddy and complex. Sometimes irreverent, sometimes poetic, and always moving, About Alex is a searingly honest look at the changing nature of adult friendship in the Facebook/Twitter generation.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jesse Zwick
Production: Screen Media Ventures
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
R
Year:
2014
99 min
Website
168 Views


If you wanted to see all

of us, you could've just

shot us an email.

Wow.

We were going to pick you up.

Oh, no, don't worry about it.

This was...

Easy.

Well.

Do you need anything?

Do you want to sit down?

Um, I'm good.

- You're hungry?

- No.

Do you want me to

make you a sandwich?

Um...

No, I uh, actually I

think I'm going to go get

changed.

I feel a little gross,

you know what I mean?

Um, I'll keep you company.

Excuse me.

Way to act normal, by the way.

Way to be an a**hole.

Real nice, just...

Sandwich, what, you want

to offer him anything

else?

So why'd you leave LA?

Um, I don't know.

I, I just, you know the

acting thing was only

going okay, and the city's

a f***ing soul killer.

Yeah, I was running out

of cash, my mom was in

f***ing Bali, my dad left me

this, and you were, you know...

We kind of lost touch.

What I was going to say

outside, when you first came...

Hey, the world's

got enough people.

You have to

explain yourself, too.

Josh is still an a**hole.

If he's going to be like

this all weekend, I swear

to God...

He's just dealing

with it, you know.

In his own way.

And shouldn't Isaac know

there's no such thing as a

+1 to a friend's attempted

suicide weekend thing?

It's not a f***ing Bar Mitzvah.

You know you sound like Josh.

Oh my God, you're right.

Ugh...

How are you?

How are you and Ben?

We're fine.

Okay, so, not so good fine.

What's going on?

Hey?

I'm late.

How late?

Late late.

Does Ben know?

Nope.

Hey.

Hi.

How you doing?

Good.

You need anything?

No, I'm still fine.

What?

Here.

Hey, where's the

bathroom in here?

Use the one upstairs.

Trust me.

Isaac is calling.

Hey, what's up?

Really?

Can your +1 not use a GPS?

I thought young people

were good at those things.

Be nice, Sarah.

Isaac is close, but lost.

You know what?

I'll just drive

out and meet him.

I'm gonna go get some firewood.

I'm gonna go pee in nature.

I'll stay and watch Alex.

I mean I'll...

Put on some pasta for dinner.

That sound good?

That sounds great.

You want to come with me?

Yeah, I'll come with you.

Great.

You clearly have no idea

what you're doing, do you?

F*** you.

Here, give me it.

I know.

Let me try again.

No.

No?

No.

I thought you all of calc

21, and then you went off

and you did better

than me on the exam.

I'm not teaching you

how to chop wood.

It's not my fault you

have performance anxiety.

I perform just fine.

You don't have to

cook, you know.

It's okay.

It's the only thing

that relaxes me.

Really?

It's just...

Been a while since

I've seen everyone.

You know, if you need to

get something off your

chest, you should...

I don't need you of all

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