The Promotion Page #2

Synopsis: At 33, Doug Stauber is ready for a promotion. He's married, wants to buy a house, and is assistant manager at a Chicago supermarket that's building a new store in his neighborhood. His boss tells him he's a shoo-in to manage the new store, then, a rival appears - Richard Wehlner, transferred from Canada. Richard has a deeper resume than Doug, is really nice, has a wife and daughter, and wants the promotion to manager too. How should Doug behave toward Richard - as a friend, a colleague, a competitor, or an enemy? Richard, it seems, has demons and a past, but with the help of motivational tapes, he's resolved to succeed. Corporate and personal tests await the two men.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Steve Conrad
Production: Weinstein Company
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2008
86 min
$362,531
281 Views


anterior wheel that has a sensor in it...

and if it detects an obstacle,

it will engage the self-braking mechanism.

So no more scratched

door small claims, right?

All right, here we go.

I had to tell her I wasn't a shoo-in...

- and that maybe the house was out for now.

- Whoa!

That's no way to play the banjo.

- I'm doing the best I can.

- No, you're not. Because you don't love me.

- I love you intensely.

- Then show me...

- by playing better banjo.

- Okay.

Then show me... sexually.

Dream or real?

- Real.

- Oh, my God.

Chapter Two.

We'll learn the importance

of recognizing opportunities...

to stand out at work

and to steer clear of trouble.

We'll also learn that success

does not come to the timid...

but to those like-

Richard Wehlner-

Who go out and make things happen.

It's nice when

you bring your daughter's Brownie troupe...

in for cupcakes

and they learn the word "cock. "

- Thanks, Donaldson's.

- F***.

- Hey. Any good?

- No.

- Well, what's the problem? We'll work on it as a team.

- The box is on the lot.

- The lot's so f***in' nuts.

- Well, what's so f'ing nuts about it?

- It's just crazy. Lot detail means bad cards.

- Oh.

Scott, why is the board here?

Oh, they wanna run stock for the new Plus

store in Augusta. They want a stock list.

Great. I'm eager to meet them.

I'm eager to... too.

...from Donaldson's, the

champion of excellence.

Whether it's Monday morning muffins

or a pie for Sunday's supper-

Hey. Those cutters are still out there.

- Well, I'm on stacking.

- Yeah, well, I'd go, but I gotta get my car washed.

- Well, who's on lot?

- Richard.

- Ask Richard.

- Yeah, h-he's with Kev from Pepsi.

They're putting a new product up.

He asked for Richard.

- He asked for him?

- Yeah.

Been working together last couple of weeks.

They got friendly, so-

Can you get out there? Just, uh-

Listen, I have bad cards stacking up

from the lot. The board's here.

I'll get you inside tomorrow.

...from Donaldson's, the

champion of excellence.

Donaldson's is committed to

offering the widest selection-

- You can pretty much do what you want.

- Anything?

Yeah, man.

That wasn't what I meant. Come on.

No, seriously.

If you want this whole section...

it's Pepsi's world, right?

Um, no, we got a lot of room. I mean,

if you need to expand a little bit...

if you need more, I can-

She got a fat p*ssy too. I'm talkin'

about a f***in' milk truck p*ssy, nigga.

- Hey, guys. - Yo, and a big-ass house

made from a chub p*ssy and her ass?

- It's, like, damn!

- Come on, guys.

You gotta walk around.

Uh, no cut-throughs.

Whatever the f***.

- Hey, you can't cut through, dawg.

- Ah, f*** you, whopper.

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