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Synopsis: Burt Farlander and Verona De Tessant are a couple steeped in eccentricity and irregularity but are very much in love. So when they find out that Verona is pregnant they seem to be taking it in their stride. Verona is enjoying pregnancy, Burt is already practicing skill that he believes a good father should have, and they living in the same state as Burt's parents, Jerry and Gloria, so that their prospective daughter can have grandparents. However, things are shaken up when Burt and Verona go to dinner at Jerry and Gloria's house, as Burt's parents reveal a surprising piece of news. They have decided to move to Antwerp in Belguim a month before the baby is due, scuppering Burt and Verona's plans of having their children's grandparents around. Because Verona lost her parents when she was relatively young, she finds this news very hard to take, but the resilient couple quickly find a way to turn it in to a positive. It becomes obvious that this is what the pair needed, as they decide to e
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Sam Mendes
Production: Focus Features
  3 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
2009
98 min
$9,400,000
Website
1,215 Views


Yeah, they could be

our friends in Phoenix.

They weren't really

our friends in Chicago.

I know, but they could be

when we live in Phoenix.

They could be our new good friends

when we live in Phoenix.

Well, we wouldn't need a

space heater in Phoenix.

Burt, are we f***-ups?

No.

What do you mean?

I mean, we're 34.

We don't even have this basic

stuff figured out.

Basic, like how?

Basic, like how to live.

We're not f***-ups.

We have a cardboard window.

We're not f***-ups.

I think we might be f***-ups.

We're not f***-ups.

Are we nuts?

Well, look around.

We both agree we need to be

near some kind of family.

Some friends, something.

Some connection, someone we know, so...

We'll look at Phoenix,

see my sister.

Your closest friends.

Lily and Lowell.

And then to Madison

for your job interview.

My what?

God. Your interview.

Your interview

with Mutual Choice.

To see if they'll give you a better commission?

You set it up.

Okay. So then from Madison, we go home.

No. Did you look at the itinerary?

I stapled it to the inside

of your jacket.

See? From Madison,

we go to Montreal.

Montreal is where I think we should

live if we don't live in Phoenix.

Okay, Montreal.

See? This is exciting,

if you think about it.

We're completely

untethered, Burt.

This is a dream scenario.

What are you doing?

Honey, let me tuck you in.

God, look at you!

You're only 6 months in!

Jesus, you're huge!

And your face, it's so fat!

Come here, give us a hug!

Lowell, come and give a hug to the

most beautiful woman in the world.

Look at that.

Nice to see you, Lowell.

Come on,

don't be such a pill.

He's upset 'cause

we didn't get into the club.

Hey, how are you?

Good, I was almost out.

I'll get an opener.

Verona and I were

desk buddies in Chicago.

I hired her at the agency.

That was before she

broke out on her own.

I still have no idea where you learned how

to paint the insides of dead people.

So f***ing disgusting, girlfriend!

Come on, let's get a drink.

She's so talented,

our little artiste.

For the land

Of the free

And the home of the brave

Play ball.

Wow. So, you're

in Arizona now.

Cheers.

Cheers.

To the Arizonans.

You got it.

God. I can't believe it.

I can't believe how big the kids are now.

Right?

And Taylor's so handsome.

Well, thanks. We're gonna

do something about those ears.

Do you see them?

He looks like a trophy.

You know what I mean?

One of those trophies

with the arms on it.

Oh, my God.

And this one has

that dyke look.

She walks like a teamster,

doesn't she?

I mean, it's weird.

She's only 12, and I know she's a dyke.

Ashley! Ashley!

Show Verona your tough-girl walk.

Come on. Go butch on us.

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Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is the husband of writer Vendela Vida with whom he has two children. He wrote the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers is also the founder of McSweeney's, a literary journal, a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness, and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines. more…

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