Kicking and Screaming Page #4

Synopsis: After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Noah Baumbach
Production: Trimark
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
R
Year:
1995
96 min
1,993 Views


He'll go away soon.

Well, how long do we have to stay down here?

Go away, cookie man.

Cookie man?

- What the hell are you doing here?

- I - I felt antsy.

I thought there was more reason for me to stay.

- It's remarkable.

- But Milwaukee and graduate school.

No. I-I'm gonna defer my admission.

I think I'll move back in with my mom for a while.

- Hello.

- Oh, look who I found.

Hi, kids.

Got you a little back-to-school gift.

Oh, great! Dictionary!

Hey. I'm gonna look up "blow job. "

- This is great, Chet. Thanks a lot.

- You're welcome.

So, did you have fun at the airport?

Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, here. I got you some magazines.

- Thanks.

- Thanks.

What would you rather do,

f*** a cow or lose your mother?

Hmm. F*** a cow.

Cow-f***er.

What would you rather do,

f***, uh, Peppermint Patty or Lucy?

- Uh, Lucy.

- Lucy-f***er.

What would you rather do,

uh, f*** a cow or a turkey?

Hmm. Wild or farm-raised?

Uh, no idea.

Just answer the question.

- Turkey.

- You know -

- Turkey-f***er.

- I regret not taking my junior year abroad.

- Skippy, don't let Friedrich bother you. Okay?

- He doesn't bother me.

- Yes, he is. He's bothering you.

- I said I wish I had taken my junior year off.

But you shouldn't even let it get to you.

He's this Eurotrash guy. I mean -

- He doesn't bother me.

- You. Uh, cow or lose your mother?

- What?

- Would you rather f*** a cow or lose your mother?

- Answer the question.

- Who's asking the question?

- Answer the question.

- Neither, thanks.

- Hmm. Doesn't like to f***.

- I don't know! A cow.

- Cow-f***er.

- Well, that's his thing.

There.

Yeah. You're right.

No, you're right.

If they hadn't called a technical on Riley,

they would've won.

Hey, uh, who won Bud Bowl II?

That is a bad habit.

You really ought to finish that in the bathroom.

What about that call with half a minute left?

Ewing was pushed.

- Yeah. You're right, Dad.

- Oh, that's good.

- Yeah. It was definitely a push.

- Hello, fellas.

- What's up?

- Yeah.

- Hey, Chet.

- Skippy.

- I know.

- What's up?

Hold on, Dad.

- What are you doing with that?

- I packed it by accident.

- Did you see all the people moving in?

- Oh, how are the freshmen biddies?

Deadly. Best since two years ago.

Hmm. Yeah, well...

I've been doing a little research.

Now, we all know how old Mozart was

when he did all that.

Like, one.

And Keats. Big poet, Keats.

Keats was dead by 24.

And Tracy Austin -

When she started playing, she was tiny.

Mmm.

I'd like to 15-love with her,

if you know what I mean. Ace her deuce.

I'd like to f*** her on the tennis court,

if you get my meaning.

Yeah.

Are you wearing mascara?

No.

Yes.

Let's hit the Penguin.

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Noah Baumbach

Noah Baumbach is an American independent filmmaker. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Squid and the Whale and is known for making dramatic comedies. more…

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