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Synopsis: In Atlanta on business, straight-laced and overly analytical architect Peter Highman is flying home to Los Angeles and his wife Sarah for the imminent birth of their first child. However, traveling by plane no longer becomes an option when he and a fellow passenger, aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay, are kicked off the plane, which was caused by Ethan's social inappropriateness, due to being generally unaware, exacerbated by Peter's temper at a situation against his sensibilities. Peter, who ends up without money or his suitcase, is forced to accept Ethan's offer of a shared car ride to Los Angeles, Ethan who is looking for his big acting break. For Peter, this partnership is one made in hell, but he feels he has no other choice. Peter obviously wants to take as direct and as quick a route as possible, while he is at Ethan's mercy as the person with the driver's license, car rental and money. They get into one misadventure after another on this trip, with the same issue at each misadventur
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Todd Phillips
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
2010
95 min
$100,448,498
Website
5,058 Views


-Dad!

-l'm sorry. I got it. I got it, I got it.

Okay. God Almighty, holy moly.

It's like l'm traveling with a child.

-Did you use the restroom?

-l need to take a pee-pee.

[LINE RINGS]

SARAH:
Peter?

-Crisis averted, l'm driving.

-Driving how?

-Let me talk to her.

With a guy-- Please don't.

With a guy that l met in a rent-a-car.

You're gonna drive 2000 miles

with a guy you just met?

Say hi to--

Sarah? Hi, this is Ethan Tremblay.

I'm riding with Peter. How are you?

I'm fine. How are you?

Good, good. l wanted to let you know

I have your package, and he is A-okay.

And I will have him

delivered by Thursday.

Thank you so much.

Hey, Sarah? One other thing.

Do you have a hairdresser out West?

I got this killer perm,

and it needs major upkeep.

I'm sorry, did you say

that you have a perm?

Yeah, a perm. Like a permanent.

PETER:
It's heinous.

ETHAN:
Do you mind?

-Can l just talk to my husband, please?

-Yeah. Okay, hold on.

-She wants to talk to you.

-l know.

-So that's what l'm dealing with.

-Oh, my God.

PETER:

Yep. God bless us all.

[BUZZES]

-Stop worrying.

-l'm not worried.

She's very legitimate.

I found her on Craigslist.

WOMAN:

Who is it?

Fantastic.

ETHAN:

Hi. lt's Ethan. I called you earlier.

Honestly, like two minutes, okay?

Just buy it and then go.

-Hey.

-Hi.

-That was fast.

-Yeah, we were very close.

I'm Ethan, this is Peter.

-Are you a cop?

-Why? Are you not a licensed pharmacist?

Okay, you just look really official.

And you know if l ask you if you're a cop

and you are a cop, you have to say yes.

That's a myth. That's actually incorrect.

But l'm not.

-No, he's an architect.

-l'm an architect. So....

-Wait, it's a myth?

-Yeah.

Sh*t! I did not know that

this whole f***ing time.

-That's good news.

-You're f***ing scary, is what you are.

-Come in. The pharmacy's in the kitchen.

-Thank you.

Hey, Peter, can you watch my kids just for

five minutes, while we han-- You know.

-Real quick.

-Thanks.

Who are you?

I'm Peter.

I'm Alex. This is Patrick.

Great. Alex. Mommy gave you

a boy's name.

What's that supposed to mean?

Alex is also a name for a boy.

So your mom kind of screwed you.

Sorry, my hand slipped.

That one l just got in. lt's an Afghan blend

of Wild Widow and AK-47.

You know, I'm not crazy about blends.

I find that the high is a bit shapeless.

A purist. Well, that's cool.

You'd probably love Northern Lights.

I mean, this has got great body.

It smokes like a f***ing dream.

Oh, that's just Barry.

He's renting a room from me.

Hey, Barry. How you doing? I'm Ethan.

Listen, did you remember to TiVo

Judge Mathis?

HElDI:
Yeah. lt's on there,

if you just look at the menu.

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Alan R. Cohen

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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