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Synopsis: With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcé finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie, John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim at a party. To his and everyone else's surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly. Their chemistry is immediate. The relationship takes off quickly but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John's house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly's life: her son, Cyrus. A 21-year-old new age musician, Cyrus is his mom's best friend and shares an unconventional relationship with her. Cyrus will go to any lengths to protect Molly and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone, especially John. Bef
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production: Fox Searchlight
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
2010
91 min
$7,455,447
Website
778 Views


and I-I sat you down,

and I just started blabbing

all about my life.

I get overly excited sometimes,

and I apologize.

I honestly am curious

to hear about you...

and, you know,

just want to-- want to hear more about your life.

Well, uh, let's see.

I'm-I'm an editor.

I do freelance

editing work. Um--

I like to go to the movies.

I've got a pretty good DVD collection.

I mean, what--

what else do you

want to know?

I don't want to know

what you do.

I want to know what you are.

Who you are.

That's more what I'm--

what I'm interested in.

Are we really gonna-- You want me to?

Okay. I'm, uh-- I'm--

I'm divorced.

I got divorced, like,

seven years ago.

And it wasn't my idea.

It was--

You know, I got left.

Uh, I was kind of digging

myself into a hole with my life,

and my wife at the time

was not happy with it.

Told me so. Said to work it out.

I didn't work it out.

I ran away from her

emotionally...

and made a huge mistake...

and have been in kind of a dark,

existential place, to tell you the truth.

And then I met your mom

at a party,

and, I don't know.

Seems like things are looking up

for the first time in a long time.

That's--

Wow.

You asked. That's where I'm at.

Wow. Wow.

I like your style, John.

To John-- Our new friend.

You seem like a good man.

That was a lot

of information.

So, uh, are you gonna

stay the night?

Maybe we should ask

your mom. I don't know.

Um, I think that's

between me and John.

Fair enough.

I was just messing around. It's not,

uh-- It's none of my business.

It's valid. It's valid. If I was in your position,

I'd probably be a little--

I mean-- Molly?

Seriously, don't f*** my mom.

I'm just kidding.

I'm just joking around. Sorry. No.

Cy!

I know. I--

I'm sorry. Uh--

that's my attempt

at humor, John.

Okay.

That's, uh, just--

Enough said.

We did have sex.

I mean, if you want to be adults about it,

we did. That's--

I'm sorry if that's

weird or whatever,

but I'm not gonna sit here

and pretend like we didn't.

We met at a party and-- That's

not appropriate to talk about here.

Okay. I mean, I don't want to disrespect

you by treating you like a child or whatever.

You seem like you want to be

treated like an adult, and--

That's just it. That's--

That happened, so--

That's--

I accept that information.

- Hey, John?

- Hey.

I just want to say I thought

it was really great...

what you did at dinner,

opening up to me like that.

And I know it was weird,

but I thought it was great.

Thanks.

And it's great to finally

have a new dad.

You got to get used

to my weird sense of humor.

But I really thought that was-- that

was a great thing that you did.

Actually, your mom's

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Mark Duplass

Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American film director, film producer, actor, musician, screenwriter, and author. He was a co-star of the FX television series The League. He is the brother of filmmaker Jay Duplass, and together the brothers started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions, and have directed films such as The Puffy Chair (2005), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012). Mark and Jay co-created the HBO television series Togetherness in 2015. more…

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