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Synopsis: Burt Farlander and Verona De Tessant are a couple steeped in eccentricity and irregularity but are very much in love. So when they find out that Verona is pregnant they seem to be taking it in their stride. Verona is enjoying pregnancy, Burt is already practicing skill that he believes a good father should have, and they living in the same state as Burt's parents, Jerry and Gloria, so that their prospective daughter can have grandparents. However, things are shaken up when Burt and Verona go to dinner at Jerry and Gloria's house, as Burt's parents reveal a surprising piece of news. They have decided to move to Antwerp in Belguim a month before the baby is due, scuppering Burt and Verona's plans of having their children's grandparents around. Because Verona lost her parents when she was relatively young, she finds this news very hard to take, but the resilient couple quickly find a way to turn it in to a positive. It becomes obvious that this is what the pair needed, as they decide to e
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Sam Mendes
Production: Focus Features
  3 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
2009
98 min
$9,400,000
Website
1,186 Views


Wait, hold on a second.

How long are you gonna live there?

Just 2 years. Okay?

"Just 2 years"? You guys.

Wait. Are you selling the house?

See, that's the best part.

We were going to rent the house out

with the help of a very elegant

gentleman named Fareed,

but no one's come forward yet. So...

Wait. How long have you

been planning this?

Hold on. If we don't find

a renter in the next month,

you two can stay here

while we're gone.

You can have the house

for the next 2 years.

Outstanding.

Were your ears burning?

Your ears must

have been on fire, sir.

What is that?

Magnificent, isn't it?

I didn't think you'd notice. $12,000.

I cannot believe it.

I know.

She's a Choctaw princess, I'm told.

I think it's important

that we honor our Indian...

Indigent people...

Our ingenious...

In-de-gentious people.

Who was it?

Nobody.

Was it... Was it Fareed?

Later.

Later.

If it was Fareed,

did he...

Yeah.

He did? He...

When?

The day we leave.

Oh, my God!

I guess we've got some

more news for you two.

We could get someone else

to be the grandparents.

Those old people, across the street,

what are their names?

I mean, we moved

here for them.

And now, they're gonna miss

the baby's first 2 years.

It just really takes selfishness

to a whole new level.

It's not like your parents

are doing anything.

My parents are dead, Burt.

Still.

I can see my breath.

Hold on, I'll get the thing.

Make it nice and toasty.

There you go.

God damn it.

Great.

All I did was turn it on.

I even said to the guy at the store,

I said, "Could I have a red fuse?"

He said, "You want a blue fuse."

I said, "No, I already

had the blue fuse.

"Didn't work out great.

So I'll take a red one."

He's like, "Trust me,

it's the blue one." "Okay."

Now we know who will be getting

a red fuse next time.

Burt. You know, we don't have

to stay here.

What?

I'm saying we could leave, too.

But we live here.

I know, but the only reason that we're here

is because your parents are here.

Or were here.

Well, where would we go?

I don't know.

We could go anywhere we want.

Anywhere, anywhere?

Yeah.

I can do my job from anywhere.

And all you need's a phone, right?

Well, we don't want to go

back to Chicago, do we?

No, we did Chicago.

I used to picture myself in Alaska.

God, I love that landscape.

Alaska?

Yeah.

You've never mentioned Alaska.

Wow, they pay people

to live in Alaska.

Phoenix. We could

live near my sister.

She could be Auntie Grace

all the time.

Think of that, Burt.

That would make me so happy.

And Lily and Lowell

live there.

Who are Lily and Lowell?

Lily, my old boss in Chicago.

Right.

What do you

think of that?

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Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is the husband of writer Vendela Vida with whom he has two children. He wrote the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers is also the founder of McSweeney's, a literary journal, a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness, and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines. more…

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