The Guilt Trip Page #2

Synopsis: Los Angeles based organic chemist Andrew Brewster has just sunk his life savings into developing and now marketing an environmentally friendly, effective and human safe home cleaning product. Despite these attributes, he is having problems making any sales to distributors and retailers. He has planned a cross country business trip via automobile to make sales pitches to various companies along the way, starting in New York City and ending in Las Vegas. While in New York, Andy plans to stay with his overbearing mother, New Jersey residing Joyce Brewster, with who he has a love/hate relationship and who he does not see very often anymore. He doesn't want to tell her of his sales failures thus far as he knows she will only add more than her two-cents into the matter, which he doesn't want. Joyce's focus of attention is on Andy's single status and what looks to be his stalled romantic life, out of which again he wants her to stay. Widowed when Andy was eight, Joyce has never remarried or d
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Anne Fletcher
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2012
95 min
$37,101,011
Website
836 Views


- You gotta do it!

I don't want to go there.

I am telling you, you will be

the belle of the ball.

More like the belle

of the "bald."

I don't need it.

I'm very happy.

Got more frogs

since Thanksgiving, huh, Ma?

Yeah, you can't imagine

how many places sell frogs.

I hope you're drinking water, Andy.

Good. Good boy.

Because I'm up to six bottles

a day now. You know?

It's very good for your skin.

Good. That's why I'm doing it.

I'm so glad you do that, honey.

What are you doing right now?

I'm refilling my water bottle.

'Cause it's silly to

pay big prices

for a case of bottles,

basically, you know,

when you can use this

over and over again.

So you're really gonna

drive cross-country

for these meetings?

Yeah. All the way

to Vegas, yeah.

You seeing anyone?

No. Not at the moment.

No? I thought you were seeing that girl

with the exotic name.

'Yes!

Bethany. What happened to her?

Yeah, that just didn't really

work out. You know...

So what about the one before her?

The Oriental.

That is not remotely

an acceptable term anymore, and...

I don't know,

it just didn't work out.

You'd think one of them

would have worked out by now, hmm?

What about you?

Are you seeing anyone at the moment?

Andy, please don't be disgusting.

You want me to go to one of Gayle's

miserable singles events?

That's what you want?

You want me whoring myself out?

Put on a thong?

I'm going to sleep now, Ma.

Yeah.

I took out the old home movies and

I thought we would watch it together.

You know, I just...

I'm not adjusted yet.

I'm still jet lagged. I just...

- I understand. Yeah.

- Good night.

Good night, honey!

I bought some underwear for you

at the Gap.

Okay-

We can return it

tomorrow if it doesn't fit!

That's pretty gross.

- They know me there!

- Okay.

Can I turn this thing off?

We've been doing

this for two hours.

Just a few more

minutes, okay?

Look how cute he is.

Look, Ma, I'm sorry...

How long do you want

me to film this?

You are the best boy.

The most perfect boy in the world.

Do you know that?

Like Mommy tells

you every night,

if all the little boys

in the world were lined up

and I could only pick one,

I'd pick you every time.

I love you, Andy.

You're my perfect boy.

All right. This will be good for you.

A little adventure.

All right.

This is ridiculous.

Come on, Mom.

Just give it a shot. it could be fun.

Did you just ask if I hiked?

No! I don't hike. Sorry.

Try the skinny one in the corner.

She looks sporty.

Don't talk to me though,

because I'm thinking.

You couldn't even try, Ma?

I mean, you're never going to

meet a man like that.

Dad died when I was

eight years old.

You haven't been on one date

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Dan Fogelman

Dan Fogelman is an American television producer and screenwriter whose screenplays include Tangled, as well as Crazy, Stupid, Love, and the Pixar film Cars. more…

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