Operation Cupcake Page #2

Synopsis: When Army Colonel Griff Carson returns home from Germany on a two-month leave, he considers retiring if he doesn't get promoted to General. Being away on deployment has been hard on Griff, separating him from his wife Janet and two teenagers, Kim and Ollie. With his kids growing up and his wife busy opening a second bakeshop with a slimy business partner, Griff suddenly feels he no longer fits into his own family. Hoping to give him a sense of duty, Janet assigns him to help run her quaint cupcake shop. At first reluctant, Griff starts to take a military approach to his new job, never expecting it to backfire. Soon the bakery is a war zone, and one final screw-up almost sends the place up in smoke. Frustrated, Janet threatens to cut him out of their lives for good if he can't adjust to civilian family life. Refusing to give up, Griff is determined to prove to his family he's ready to be a full-time father, or else face the lonely life of a solitary military man.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Bradford May
Production: MNG Films
 
IMDB:
5.8
Year:
2012
88 min
36 Views


I JUST DON' WANNA BE LATE.

OKAY, ALL RIGHT,

LOVE YOU.

LOVE YOU.

MWAH, YEAH.

OH, I LEFT YOU

A TO-DO LIST, OKAY? BYE.

- HOW ARE YOU?

- I'M GOOD.

[military marching music]

UM, TELL ME THAT'S NOT WHA YOU'RE WEARING TO SCHOOL.

- MOM LEFT ALREADY?

- YUP.

THEN I GUESS THIS ISN' WHAT I'M WEARING TO SCHOOL.

DOES SHE ALWAYS:

DRESS LIKE THAT?

YES.

YOU MUST BE STARVING

AFTER THAT WORKOUT, HUH?

- GET YOUR HEAD UP.

- [groans]

ACTUALLY,

I FEEL LIKE THROWING UP.

HERE WE GO.

LOOK AT THAT.

EAT UP.

[groans]

THAT WAS FAST.

DO I PASS INSPECTION?

YEAH.

HAVE SOME BREAKFAST.

THANKS, BUT I ONLY

EAT FRUIT BEFORE NOON.

[car honking]

[pan sizzling]

COMING OLLIE?

YEAH.

LOVE YOU, DAD.

HAVE A GOOD DAY, GUYS.

[door closes]

GUESS I'LL BE NEEDING

READING GLASSES.

MM-HMM, MM-HMM.

[dog barking]

[door knob clattering]

- [loud thud]

- WHOA!

YOU BREAKING:

INTO THIS HOUSE?

- I LIVE HERE.

- MOST PEOPLE USE THE DOOR.

- I LOST MY KEY.

- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

RAY.

RAY MCKEWEN.

WHY AREN'T YOU IN SCHOOL,

MCKEWEN?

I CAME HOME EARLY.

I HAD A TOOTHACHE.

A TOOTHACHE?

SHOW ME SOME I.D.

[tires screeching]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY SON?

LET HIM GO.

I'M SORRY, MA'AM.

I-- I'M A NEIGHBOR.

I JUST THOUGHT...

GET OUT OF HERE:

BEFORE I CALL THE COPS!

[grunts]

OKAY.

CARRY ON.

[scoffs]

ARE YOU OKAY?

YEAH.

THAT WAS AWESOME.

OH.

IT WAS NOT AWESOME.

HI, CAN I GE A STRAWBERRY CUPCAKE

AND A COFFEE TO GO,

PLEASE?

- I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

- GREAT.

- I NEED A LATTE.

- YEAH.

[background chatter]

OH, DOUBLE FROSTING

COMING RIGHT UP.

- THANKS, JANET.

- THE USUAL.

IS GRIFF BACK YET?

HE ACTUALLY CAME BACK

LAST NIGHT, YES.

OH, THERE HE IS RIGHT NOW.

HI.

HEY, WELCOME HOME.

[applause]

OH, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WELCOME BACK.

HEY, THANKS

FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[cash register rings]

THERE YOU GO.

HI, HON.

HI.

HEY, WELCOME BACK.

WELL, THANK YOU, SHEILA.

YOU'RE LOOKING GREAT.

I'M 15 POUNDS OVERWEIGH AND WEARING FAR TOO MUCH PINK.

- YOU WANT TO TRY THAT AGAIN?

- HOW'S YOUR PARAKEET?

COCKATOO.

I HAD TO GET RID OF HIM.

WE DIDN'T GET ALONG.

WELL, THEN, IT'S GREA SEEING YOU, AS ALWAYS.

YOU TOO.

[chuckles]

OH, AND BEFORE I FORGET,

WE WERE ALL SO RELIEVED

TO FIND OU THAT NASTY RASH OF YOURS

HAD CLEARED UP.

[chuckles]

JANET, I'M GOING

TO GO WATCH OLLIE PRACTICE.

- OKAY.

- SO, HONEY,

WHAT TIME DO YOU WANT ME TO

COME BACK AND PICK YOU UP?

OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAD WILL DROP ME OFF.

WE HAVE A MEETING

LATER TONIGHT.

- GREAT.

- WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU?

CAN I GET ONE OF THOSE,

PLEASE?

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, SON.

GRAB YOUR MITT.

HEAD ON OUT TO THE FIELD.

WHO'S MY NEXT BATTER?

COME ON, OLLIE.

OLLIE, YOU'RE UP.

- LET'S GO, SON.

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