Brightest Star Page #4

Synopsis: After the heartbreaking end of his first love, a recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams only to discover a greater journey awaits him.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Maggie Kiley
Production: Gravitas Ventures
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
TV-14
Year:
2013
80 min
Website
40 Views


WASN'T LAME?

THERE WAS NO MAGIC!

-THREE-PEAT LIKE '98 TO 2000,

OR YOU CAN HAVE:

A '69 ONCE EVERY 50 YEARS.

-'69.

-69!

-[ LAUGHS ]

YOU F***ING METS FANS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

-YEAH, THANK YOU.

[ PUNK MUSIC PLAYS ]

-YOU'RE LIKE A STONE

SITTING THERE.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

-HE SHOULDN'T HAVE

ANY MORE DRINKS.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

-[ COUGHS ]

-ARE YOU SURE THIS

IS A GOOD IDEA?

I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

-RELAX. YOU HAVE A DEGREE.

SHE DIGS THAT.

I DIDN'T HAVE SH*T EXPERIENCE

EITHER.

I JUST, UH, CHARMED MY WAY IN.

-ALL RIGHT, KIDDIES. LINE UP.

BUP, BUP!

-[ CLEARS THROAT ]

-OKAY, SO, THE SPECIALS

ARE EXACTLY THE SAME

AS THEY'VE BEEN

FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

YOU DON'T KNOW THEM...

-SHE WANTS TO F*** ME.

-YOU DO REALIZE I HAVE NO IDEA

HOW TO BE A WAITER, RIGHT?

-SHE'S KIND OF HOT, HUH?

-ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A PARTY OF 11

COMING IN AT 5:
00.

RAYMOND?

-YES? [ COUGHS ]

-ARE YOU SMOKING MARIJUANA?

-NO -- NO, NO, NO.

NO.

-[ SIGHS ] AND EVERYONE,

REMEMBER TO BE NICE

TO THE NEW GUY, ALL RIGHT?

GOOD LUCK.

ALL RIGHT. OFF YOU GO.

SCURRY ALONG.

MM-HMM.

ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO.

MM-HMM. MM-HMM.

SMILES. THANK YOU.

-[ GROANS ]

-WELL, HELLO.

GOOD NIGHT AT WORK?

-NO.

SAID I WOULD NOT BE ADVANCING

FROM TRAILING,

WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

WHERE'S RAY?

-AUDITION.

AXE BODY SPRAY.

-[ LAUGHS ]

-SO THEY MADE YOU GIVE UP

THE BANDANA.

THAT SUCKS. [ LAUGHS ]

-AT LEAST THE "COUGAR TOWN"

MANAGER GAVE ME HER NUMBER.

-BUT THE JOKE'S ON YOU,

BECAUSE YOU PASSED UP

AN EASY SCORE.

I CAN STILL HOOK IT UP

IF YOU WANT.

-I'M NOT REALLY AN EASY SCORE

KIND OF GUY, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, EASY SCORING

ISN'T GONNA GET HER BACK.

-GET HER BACK?

-CHARLOTTE.

WHAT?

-I MEAN...

I'M PRETTY SURE SHE WAS SERIOUS

ABOUT ENDING IT.

SHE RENTED OUT THE PLACE

AND -- AND LEFT YOU IN IT.

-I KNOW. I KNOW.

BUT I'M SURE TAKING I LIKE A KICK IN THE ASS,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

BUT NOW THAT I'M UP,

I COULD USE A LITTLE HELP

STAYING ON MY FEET.

CAN I ASK YOU A FAVOR?

LITA WASN'T VERY CLEAR

ABOUT WHAT THIS JOB ENTAILS.

IT ISN'T PLASTICS, IS IT?

-SALES -- INTERNATIONAL SALES.

-SELLING THINGS SALES?

-SELLING THINGS INTERNATIONALLY.

LITA HAS A THING FOR YOU,

YOU KNOW?

-UH, SHE HAS A THING FOR ME?

NO, I-I DON'T --

I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT THIS RAY?

-UH, HE'S BEEN GREAT.

YOU KNOW,

THEY'VE BEEN HELPING ME OUT.

-I THINK WE SHOULD

GET RID OF HIM.

-WE?

-YOU SHOULD DATE.

-WELL, I, UM --

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

-AND HERE WE ARE.

HAVE A SEAT.

-THIS IS MY OFFICE?

-I CAN'T HAVE MY DAUGHTER DATING

SOME SCHMUCK IN A CUBICLE.

THIS IS WHAT WE SELL,

AND THIS IS WHO WE SELL IT TO.

YOUR ROLE IS SUPERVISORY

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