Little Boxes Page #3

Synopsis: An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Rob Meyer
Production: Gunpowder & Sky Distribution
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
Year:
2016
84 min
108 Views


- Say it, say it.

Track my truck!

I can't understand

what you said. Please hold.

Well?

Clark:
It was good.

They're popular girls.

They're allowed to have phones.

They text all the time.

- Okay.

- Mack:
So you like them?

They invited me back tomorrow.

Did they? Are you going?

I don't know.

Hello, young ladies!

I'm Clark's father.

- Hi!

- Hi.

Is one of your parents home,

so I can just say, "hi"?

Uh, mom's at work.

Dad's at the store.

Oh, okay. Um...

And they're okay with this?

Bye, dad!

Bye. But, Clark,

borrow a phone, and call me.

- Okay?

- Clark:
Okay.

Bye.

- Tom:
Can I help you?

- Can you help me?

Oh, oh, hey, hi! Yes!

Hello,

welcome to the neighborhood!

Thank you! Do I know you?

Oh, no, no, no. I... I heard

that you guys were moving in.

You bought the Mckorzel place,

right?

- Yes. -Your wife is

the new hire in art!

- Yes.

- I'm tom Gibson.

Mack burns.

But I'm sure you knew that.

Yeah. I'm the head

of the block association.

- Really? -So I've got

to be extra friendly.

- Man:
Hey, tom!

- You are!

Aw, thank you!

- Great to meet you.

- Good to meet you too.

Yeah. Hey, you guys

ever need anything,

I'm your man!

- Okay!

- All right.

- All right, block association.

- Take care.

Mack:
Protecting us!

Tom:
Actually,

that's neighborhood watch.

Dean Maureen:
So what

I'm hearing is that we agree

that the phrase "epistemological

journey" is working,

but that we disagree on the

meaning of "epistemological."

- Helena:
Did I get you?

- Yes.

I'm sorry.

Helena wisdom-Vickstein.

Computer historian,

dramaturge, klutz.

Gina Mcnulty.

- Hi.

- Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

So are you a fancy consultant from

the "we'll make you better" firm

that the Dean brought in?

No. No, definitely not.

I'm art department.

The new hire!

- Yeah.

- I've heard about you!

- Welcome!

- Thank you.

I am so sorry

you have to sit through

- this orientation retreat BS.

- Oh...

Total ass-numb-er.

You through, Helena?

I am, Maureen. Please.

Continue.

Dean Maureen:
I'm...

I'm sorry, everyone, but...

Control freak!

- Shh!

- Shh!

Dean Maureen:
And really drill

down to our values as educators,

to remain steadfast in our

commitment to liberal arts colleges

that don't have to engage

- with responsibility

center management. -Psst!

Oh!

Dean Maureen:
That is the core

of the liberal arts education.

Hi, I'm Adam Roberts,

the amateur gourmet,

here with my cameraman and husband, Craig.

Say hi, Craig.

Bonjour, Adam and Craig!

Okay, so today we're going

to learn some things

that everyone should know

how to do.

It's a simple bechamel sauce.

I'm two steps ahead of you,

darling.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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