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Synopsis: Thirty-five year old Jesse Fisher, an admissions officer at a New York City post-secondary institution he who loves English and literature, has somewhat lost his passion in life, which includes recently being unceremoniously dumped by his latest girlfriend, who could no longer be the person to prop him up emotionally. He has a chance to find that passion again when he is invited to the retirement dinner of his second favorite Ohio University college professor, Peter Hoberg, as his time there was when his life held the most passion. Jesse's encounters with five people there may determine if he does find that passion again. They are: Hoberg, who is resisting the notion of retirement; Judith Fairfield, Jesse's favorite professor, although for a different reason than his like of Hoberg; Nat, a free spirit who navigates life at the institution on his own terms; undergraduate student Dean, who Jesse sees as a younger more destructive version of himself; and nineteen year old undergraduate st
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Josh Radnor
Production: IFC Films
  7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
PG-13
Year:
2012
97 min
$317,190
Website
1,906 Views


It was a little cold,

but still I...

Think nice thoughts about me

when I'm gone,

if you can.

No, they did it at Macalester.

I really think

it could work here.

Well, it sounds great.

I tell you,

let's talk about it on Monday.

Oh, sure.

Night, Jesse.

Yeah, good night.

It's a good idea, though.

It's a terrible idea.

Oh, what a disaster.

Whatno, it was nice.

You're not half the liar

you used to be.

You know, it really means

a lot to me

that you came out for this.

How could I miss it?

You're the second best teacher

I had here.

I'm serious.

I'm gonna take off.

Well, I'll come with you.

Oh, no, no, no, you stay.

I want to be alone for a bit.

I feel you, man.

A lot of information in trees.

Uh...

How's your night going?

Fine.

Is your name...

Ethan?

No.

Why?

You look like an Ethan to me.

My name's not Ethan.

How cool would that have been

if that was your name

and I just, like...

Knew it?

Are you a student here?

Uh, no,

but thank you for thinking that.

You?

Nah, man.

I'm just here

visiting a buddy of mine.

But it's not a bad place

to kill a little time, huh?

I'm Nat.

I'm Jesse.

Do you hear that music, Ethan?

It sounds like a celebration.

I say we do

a little sherlocking,

find out where it's coming from

and what's going on.

- No-

- Don't say no.

Fortune never smiles

on those who say no.

Everybody get on the floor

Everybody wanna uh-uh-uh

Everybody get on the floor

Everybody wanna uh-uh-uh

Everybody get...

I would get you a beer,

but alcohol's for suckers, man.

Uh, yeah.

Listen, Nat, this isn't really

my scene anymore.

I'm gonna...

Give yourself five minutes

to adapt, my brother.

Change is never easy.

Tell me this.

What are your thoughts

on crop circles?

Uh, I don't have any.

There's some seriously weird

sh*t going on, bro.

You think it's just a bunch

of drunk English guys

with planks and rope?

You're a fool.

Mmhmm.

Spend some time

with those patterns.

You can feel it.

Something's trying

to communicate with us.

It should be on the front page

of every paper every day.

Okay.

Thanks.

Hey!

I thought that was you.

- Hi.

- How'd you end up here?

He made a friend.

Yeah, yeah, I-yeah.

Look at you.

You're, like, back in college.

Whee!

How does it feel?

Oh, this is Vanessa.

- Hey.

- Hi.

- I'm Nat.

- Hey.

Jesse's an alum.

We had brunch this morning.

I think my mom has

a little crush on him.

You went here?

I did, yeah.

When'd you graduate?

Oh, man, it was, uh, the '90s.

That was when we were born.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm old.

But you look good.

And you're overdressed.

Hotter, sweeter, taller...

That's better.

Hotter, sweeter

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Josh Radnor

Joshua Radnor is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. He is best known for portraying Ted Mosby on the popular Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. He made his writing and directorial debut with the 2010 comedy drama film Happythankyoumoreplease, for which he won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. In 2012, he wrote, directed and starred in his second film, Liberal Arts, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, Radnor portrayed Isaac in the Broadway play Disgraced, which earned a Tony Award for Best Play nomination. He then starred as Dr. Jedediah Foster on the PBS American Civil War drama series Mercy Street and as Lou Mazzuchelli in the musical series Rise. more…

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