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Synopsis: Permanent is a comedy about bad hair, adolescence, and socially awkward family members. It involves life-altering permanents and poorly-made toupees. Obstacles to daily survival ensue.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Colette Burson
Production: Magnolia Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2017
93 min
$12,777
Website
96 Views


And why have you had a hard day?

I think people

are looking at me.

People?

What people?

Maybe they're jealous.

Oh, hey, you see there?

She wishes she had your hair.

Did you see her eyes?

You really thinks

she wants my hair?

Definitely.

Listen, they said

it was gonna relax. It just...

Well, it hasn't relaxed yet,

hon. So, you can't judge.

Jim:
And I am also relaxed.

Very, extremely relaxed.

(Jim sighs)

Dean:
So...

What's Reagan like?

Oh, great sense of humor.

Doesn't always

remember your name though.

Um...

And Nancy?

Oh...

(both laugh)

Jim:
No, she's fine.

It was time to wrap up

that career and follow my dream.

So, I am very grateful

for your financial assistance.

Your scholarship

means a great deal to me.

Now, I noticed here

that it says I'm required to do

two quarters of "natation"?

Um, that's swimming.

Correct.

Yeah.

And what does that

have to do with pre-med?

Oh, it's just

one of those old rules.

We started as a religious college,

and...

we're still

quite a bit Methodist.

What about jogging?

I'm much better at jogging

than I am at swimming.

Well, a quarter of jogging

is also required.

We are very strict about it.

But have no fear,

everyone can learn to float.

Dean:
After that, you just swim.

Breast stroke,

back stroke, butterfly,

and dive off the high board.

Sure.

I already know how to float.

I swim like a seal.

Well, good.

So, then I don't think

you have anything

to worry about...

(heartbeat drowning out

Dean's voice)

Aurelie:
Dad!

You're gonna swim, right?

Is it your hair?

Is it that you're afraid

it'll fall off?

No.

It's not.

Well, I liked seeing you

on campus.

You looked really smart.

Jim:
Really?

Well, I guess that's better

than thinking,

"My dad was too dumb

to get into college.

He just sat around on

his ass, picking his nose,

and was a total imbecile."

We're both turning over

a new leaf.

(string music from TV)

Narrator:

Dolphins communicate

with members

of their family pod

through a variety of

individualized

whistles and clicks,

using nasal air sacs located

in the lower left

of the blowhole.

Surprisingly, Dolphins breathe

through their blowhole,

located at the top

of their head.

(moaning)

I love dolphins so much.

I don't feel like this

about any other animal.

Except maybe gorillas.

(dolphin sounds)

Jeanne:
I don't know

why I feel so drawn to them.

Hard to say.

Oh...

I'd love to touch one.

I bet it's all

slick and slickery!

I wonder if I'd be scared?

Not if you practiced.

How do I practice

touching a dolphin?

You could use Jell-O.

Stroke the Jell-O.

- Well?

- You...

(Jeanne groans)

Come on, I'm not

overly interested in dolphins,

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Colette Burson

Colette Burson is an American television writer, screenwriter, producer and director. She is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the HBO television show, Hung. She also wrote for The Riches and is the writer and director of the 2017 film Permanent. more…

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