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Synopsis: Workaholic and sleazy businessman Sam is extremely reluctant to leave New York and go to his father's funeral. When he finally arrives, it becomes apparent that his mother and girlfriend are disappointed in him for "running away" whenever times get too emotional. Soon afterwards, he discovers that his father was sleeping around with another woman, and that Sam actually has a half-sister whom he never knew existed. His father has willed her $150,000 and has left Sam with the task of getting it to her. Frankie is a bartender also wrapped up in work just like her half-brother, and she has had a bad past and has now been left with the job of being a single parent to her troublemaker son, Josh. Josh is eleven years old but curses like a sailor and constantly makes fart jokes and sex jokes, making him popular with the bad kid crowd at school, although behind the act, Josh is depressed and lonely. Now Sam has to find a way to fix the past and reunite his mom, nephew and half-sister together a
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Alex Kurtzman
Production: Dreamworks Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
PG-13
Year:
2012
114 min
$12,431,792
Website
750 Views


No, no, don't do that to me.

Jim, that's my year!

That's my nut, man!

Technically it's not yours, it's

mine. Read your contract.

Commissions are discretionary,

which means it's up to me.

Jim, l need this money.

l need this money.

You need? l need.

My two ex-wives need.

My son in rehab needs.

Which is why you need to

get everything on this list.

That's lumber, copper,

conduit, piping,

everything, all right?

Call your vendors.

You got three days. Cut a deal.

Let's see

a little ingenuity, okay?

Get me the sh*t on that list,

otherwise your ass is fired!

l'm not kidding!

Sh*t!

(CAR ALARMS WAlLlNG)

SAM:
Hannah?

l got to bail

on Kim's dinner thing.

l need

a horse tranquilizer.

Why are you cooking?

You wouldn't

answer your phone.

What's... What's wrong?

Your mom's been

trying you all day.

Your dad died.

l'm so sorry.

What's for dinner?

Annie. Sam Harper,

Allied Trade. How are you?

l'm in a bind.

l'm leaving town for a couple days.

l was just hoping

you could help me out.

HANNAH:
Get a pen.

l'm gonna give you a list of all the stuff...

Yeah...

No, l'm sure you are busy,

but l happen to be in the

market for a little lumber.

-Next in line, please?

-l know... l got to run.

What do you mean

there's a lumber shortage

-in the northeast?

-Sam... Okay?

lf you help me out

with this wood,

l will get

your truck fleet...

Sir, we need

your photo lD, please.

l'll call you

when l land. Bye.

-Sorry about that.

-WOMAN:
That's okay.

-l just need your picture lD.

-Yeah, sure.

-What?

-(GROANS)

l left it on the table

while l was packing.

Sir, we can't let you board

the plane without lD.

lt is my father's funeral.

Tonight.

lt's a family emergency.

WOMAN:

lf you go over to TSA, they can help you.

SAM:
l can't go to TSA...

HANNAH:
Nope,

that gets in too late.

ls there anything

that gets into L.A. tonight?

Listen, l just

need you to be a person right now.

We are trying

to get to a funeral.

Yes. Uh-huh. Okay.

What about going through...

Come on. Let's go.

What time

does that get in?

Okay, let me just get

a pen out of the glove compartment.

There are still

seats available?

No, that's great.

And when does that leave?

l don't know

if we can make that,

but let me just

write that down.

Oh, my God!

Baby, look!

-Oh, my God!

-lt was on the floor.

Hang on. lt must have

fallen under the seat.

Yeah, it must have

fallen out of my...

We can go.

We can go right now.

No! She said that

was the last flight.

No, no, no.

l'm talking to her now.

She said there's a flight,

it goes through Denver.

We'll get there late.

lt'll be close,

but we'll get there.

What's...

Yeah, well, then,

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Alex Kurtzman

Alex Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American film and television writer, producer, and director. He is best known for co-writing the scripts to Transformers, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with his writing and producing partner Roberto Orci, and directing and co-writing The Mummy. more…

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