The Bachelors Page #2

Synopsis: After the loss of his wife, BILL PONDER (Simmons) and his 17-year-old son WES move out of their small town into the big city in an attempt to have a fresh start. As they each begin to adjust to their new life and seek ways to heal their wounds, they both find comfort in newfound romance. Wes meets LACY, an introverted but fierce girl whose enigmatic personality captivates Wes' attention, and Bill meets CARINE, a compassionate and elegant teacher whose own past heartaches resonate with his. As relationships are tested, Bill and Wes grow apart and back together again while discovering their true selves in the process.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Kurt Voelker
Production: Freestyle Digital Media
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
Year:
2017
99 min
284 Views


- Hi, I'm Lacy's

homework partner.

- Mom, I got it.

- You didn't say anything

about a homework partner.

- Mom, I have

a homework partner.

Come on.

- You ride horses?

- Look we don't

have to make cordial

chit chat or become

besties okay.

The only reason

I'm doing this is

she said she'd give

me extra credit,

which I need, because if I fail

then I'd have to do

Junior year over again

and I'd rather put my

head in a wood chipper.

- Okay.

- You can use that chair.

I'm sure you've

heard I'm a kind of

freak, slut, basket

case, but I'm afraid

any hope you had of us

having wild gymnastic sex

are destined to be frustrated.

- Gotcha.

- My friends used to

call the version of me

before I met Jeanie

PJ for pre-Jeanie and

the person I became after we

met was AJ for after Jeanie.

Apparently PJ was this

kind of lifeless lump

and AJ was a great, fun guy.

- How long was it between

her diagnoses and death?

- 61 days.

- I'm sorry.

So Bill, neurons, neurons that

fire together wire together.

So when we're happy the

neurons in our brain

align in way that

tends to sustain

that feeling of well being.

The same idea also

applies to depression.

Like what you'd expect

during a period of grief.

Now grief is completely

normal of course.

But a year or more outside

of a grief inducing vent,

I like to see my patients in

more of an emergent posture.

The good news is that

we have a battery

of medications available to us

to help kick start you

in the right direction.

I'd like to write

you a prescription

for something called Lexapro.

It will boost the levels

of serotonin in your brain.

And it's likely that you'll feel

a little bit better by

the next time we meet.

Are you comfortable with that?

- If you think it'll help.

- You hungry, sweetie?

I can fix you a plate.

- You better get

it while you can.

When it comes to your

mom's macaroni salad

I wait for no man or boy.

- So Mom tell us

why of all the things

you could have done

on your birthday

you chose something

as boring as a picnic.

- Because a boring picnic

let's me have my two favorite

people in the whole wide

world all to myself.

Just being me here makes me feel

so very, very very happy.

- Here it comes.

Another Jeanie Palet spontaneous

outburst of affection.

- I just can't help it.

- Okay okay,

make it stop please.

- You hungry, sweetie?

I can fix you a plate.

Okay you ready?

Rules for Wes, part

two, number one.

You will remember that

among life's many joys

it can also be very

hard but just know

it has nothing at

all to do with you.

You, Wes are a

bright shining star.

I'm sorry, can we just stop?

I just love you so much.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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