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Synopsis: Back from a tour of duty, Kelli can't wait to rejoin her old life in the rust belt town she's always lived in. She's ready to experience the old feelings of everyday life- the carpet under her bare feet, a cold beer in front of the television, the smell of her baby's head. Slowly, though, she realizes that her everyday life doesn't resemble the one she left. Struggling to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes, what can she reclaim of her share of the way of life she's been fighting to protect?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Liza Johnson
Production: Dada Films
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
97 min
$6,717
Website
171 Views


Hi, I'm Kelli.

Cara Lee works at Lambert's

Chrysler Chevrolet now.

She moved down

from Chillicothe.

I live real close to you.

I met your kids and stuff

while you were gone.

- They are so great.

- Thanks.

I even watched them

for him once.

There was a plumbing

emergency or something.

Oh, that's really nice,

I appreciate it.

Yeah.

Well, good night.

Yeah, you too.

Who is that?

Oh, my God, she's just some girl

that works at Lambert's.

Don't do that now.

No, I gotta

get it even, stop it.

Ladies, woo!

These are for you.

These are from the bartender,

she's very proud of you, so...

Thanks.

Yeah, oh, yeah, check it out,

they're new, too.

Except you

have to go, "Whoo!"

Do you work here now?

No, no, no, I'm just... just...

just helping out, you know?

So, uh, so, uh...

So any of you ladies

got five bucks

for a guy

who really needs it?

Vonnie.

Oh, my God,

let us be, Vonnie, go away.

- Five bucks.

- Go away.

Bye.

What, is he, like,

a volunteer now?

How does... how does

my eyes look?

Good.

Ladies,

how you doing tonight?

- Hi.

- How are you?

Kelli.

What do you mean?

I came out the window,

I don't know.

- What window?

- The bathroom.

Come on, come on,

let's go back inside.

No, no, no, no, no.

I want to go home.

I am done.

I gotta go home.

Come on.

They say it helps...

it helps to talk about it.

What, who says that?

Come on, what,

Jerry Springer?

Kelli, come on.

Seriously.

Other people had it a lot worse

than I did, I promise you.

I mean, yeah, I saw...

some dead people and...

there's weird sh*t there.

You know?

Mostly I saw a giant

amount of supplies.

Did you ever see

a plane full of rubber gloves?

Nope.

But, yeah...

there was

weird sh*t there.

Really, really weird sh*t.

There's like tons of dead

animals on the side of the road

and everybody knows somebody...

Anyway.

Now all the cups are where

the f***ing plates should go

and it's...

weird.

Did you have an affair?

No!

Jesus, you guys and your stupid

f***ing questions.

Some of... some of...

some of those

guys are hot.

Hey, party girl.

Hi, I made coffee.

Good for you.

- Yeah, I need it.

- Yeah.

Oh...

Did you sleep with

the kids again last night?

Mm-hmm.

Doesn't that hurt

your back?

Eh...

A little.

Well, you know,

the bed's nice.

You might like it.

Well, you better

snap to it, soldier.

Eh!

Mike.

Oh, you're killing me.

Rough night?

This is f***ing stupid.

What?

It's just

a giant waste of time.

I can't do it anymore.

- What do you mean?

- I just can't do it.

End of this month, it's gonna be

too late, you've gotta get...

Wait.

I can't.

What do you mean, what?

I can't.

What, Kelli?

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Liza Johnson

Liza Johnson (born December 13, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and writer. more…

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