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Synopsis: A month before his 13th birthday, Jeremy Fink receives a mysterious wooden box in the mail with the words "The Meaning of Life-for Jeremy Fink to open on his 13th birthday." It has four locks, but the keys are lost. In order to find out what secrets lie within the box it's up to Jeremy and his best friend Lizzy to use their imaginations to search high and low throughout Manhattan for clues. Their adventure brings them from flea markets to corporate office buildings to science museums meeting wacky and interesting characters along the way. Each encounter unlocks a clue to bring them closer to finding out the contents of the box and ultimately discovering the greatest secret of them all! Based on the beloved book by Wendy Mass.
Genre: Family
Director(s): Tamar Halpern
Production: Phase 4 Films
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.0
PG
Year:
2011
91 min
Website
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And none of Tony and Tia crap.

Jeremy fink

and Elizabeth Muldoun,

M- u-I-d-o-u-n,

and we did everything you said,

The breaking, the entering,

the false identification.

My dad died,

and we needed some keys,

And I knew that plan "f"

would get the book thrown at us.

Just take us to juvenile hall.

I waive my rights to a lawyer.

Let's see what kind

of community service

We can find here. You mean

we're not going to juvie?

Not unless there is something

more you'd like to confess to.

That was it.

Really? You sure?

In order to pay back society

for your vandalism,

Breaking and entering,

and false I.D.,

You get to pick up trash

in central park,

Or you can work with

the NYPD mounted unit stables.

With horses?

With horse manure.

How are shoveling skills?

Weak.

At best.

Well,

there's another option.

You two look like you qualify

as first-time offenders.

Helping a man named Mr. Oswald

make deliveries.

The job does involve

some heavy lifting,

And you two look like you've

never seen the inside of a gym.

We'll take it.

We have muscles.

Keep a log of your hours

in these and your observations.

Observations of what?

Stuff.

Community service is supposed

to make you learn something,

Come away a better person,

yadda, yadda, yadda.

Give me your addresses,

and Mr. Oswald

Will send his driver over

to pick you up.

Wait,

if this guy has a driver,

Then why doesn't he just

hire people to help him?

You know, you got a real

fresh mouth on you, kid.

I'm about this close

to giving you the trash detail

And your buddy here,

the delivery kick, got it?

Yes, sir.

That's right...

yes, sir.

Now what do you say we give

your parents

A little ring-a-ding-ding

here?

Did you get grounded?

No.

I did. Good. You deserve it.

You ruined my Summer.

Lucky I'm still friends with you after

what you did. I have a permanent record now,

And I'll never get into

a good college, so super lucky.

You ratted us out!

I told the truth!

You caved like a baby!

I have my integrity!

Jeremy fink

and Elizabeth Muldoun?

yes?

Wait, wait, why is a limo

picking you up, dork?

Rich uncle.

Wow.

Yeah, pretty much.

Like, he's a very powerful man

who doesn't take too kindly

To his nephew being called

a dork.

Rich uncle, huh?

yeah.

Sweet.

Man, oh, man,

if I had known

Community service

was this good,

I would have gotten into some

serious trouble years ago.

So are you two siblings?

Best friends?

Girlfriend-boyfriend?

Not girlfriend-boyfriend.

Sometimes not even friends.

Yeah, in the eyes of the law,

we're like accomplices.

But in real life,

we're like half-orphans.

You see, my mom's gone,

and so is his dad,

And we've lived next door

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Tamar Halpern

Tamar Halpern is a writer and director living in Los Angeles. She holds an M.F.A. degree from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. more…

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