Operation Cupcake Page #3

Synopsis: When Army Colonel Griff Carson returns home from Germany on a two-month leave, he considers retiring if he doesn't get promoted to General. Being away on deployment has been hard on Griff, separating him from his wife Janet and two teenagers, Kim and Ollie. With his kids growing up and his wife busy opening a second bakeshop with a slimy business partner, Griff suddenly feels he no longer fits into his own family. Hoping to give him a sense of duty, Janet assigns him to help run her quaint cupcake shop. At first reluctant, Griff starts to take a military approach to his new job, never expecting it to backfire. Soon the bakery is a war zone, and one final screw-up almost sends the place up in smoke. Frustrated, Janet threatens to cut him out of their lives for good if he can't adjust to civilian family life. Refusing to give up, Griff is determined to prove to his family he's ready to be a full-time father, or else face the lonely life of a solitary military man.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Bradford May
Production: MNG Films
 
IMDB:
5.8
Year:
2012
88 min
36 Views


- YEAH.

HUSTLE UP.

LET'S GO, OLLIE!

COME ON, OLLIE.

YOU CAN DO IT, BUDDY.

LET'S GO, BUDDY, LET'S GO!

LET'S GO, OLLIE.

STAND RIGHT IN THERE.

STAND RIGHT IN THERE.

- WEIGHT ON YOUR BACK--

- SPREAD YOUR LEGS WIDER.

SORRY, COACH.

WHEN HE WINDS UP,

COCK YOUR ELBOW.

BE READY TO SWING.

- [thud]

- NICE TRY, OLLIE.

OLLIE, DON'T BE AFRAID.

DON'T BE AFRAID.

DAD, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

STEP CLOSER TO THE PLATE.

- GET AGGRESSIVE, OLLIE!

- DON'T DIP YOUR SHOULDER.

STEP RIGHT THROUGH THERE,

BUDDY!

HERE WE GO, OLLIE.

COME ON.

YOU GOT IT, OL.

OLLIE, SWING, BUD!

THAT'S A STRIKE!

SWING RIGHT THROUGH.

GET AGGRESSIVE, BUDDY.

- OKAY, YOU SWUNG A LITTLE LATE.

- STEP-- STEP STRAIGHT FORWARD.

- KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL.

- OLLIE, STEP FORWARD.

YOU'RE GONNA

HAVE TO DECIDE QUICKLY.

FORWARD, STRAIGHT.

LINE THEM UP LIKE I SHOWED YOU.

STRONG STANCE, BUDDY.

STRONG STANCE.

- [clears throat]

- SORRY, COACH.

COACH, YOU DO YOUR THING.

COME ON, BUD.

HERE WE GO, BATTER.

LET'S GO.

- [grunts]

- NICE TRY, OLLIE.

YOU SWING AT I WHEN THEY'RE THAT HIGH.

ALL RIGHT,

NEXT BATTER.

[dog barks in distance]

- HI, HONEY.

- HI.

- HOW ARE YOU?

- GOOD.

WELCOME BACK, SERGEANT.

THANKS.

AND IT'S COLONEL.

WE SIGNED THE LEASE.

WE OPEN IN 30 DAYS.

- HEY, CONGRATULATIONS.

- THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

DID SHE TELL ABOU THE BIG ORDER WE PULLED IN?

SWEET 16

FOR THE MAYOR'S DAUGHTER.

- I MEAN, KILLER PR.

- YEAH.

BUT IF WE PLAY THIS RIGHT,

OUR JANET HERE IS GONNA BE

THE NEW MRS. FIELDS.

AND YOU CAN BE,

UH, MR. FIELDS.

OR I GUESS YOU'D BE

COLONEL FIELDS, RIGHT?

- YEAH. YEAH.

- RIGHT.

OKAY. WELL, I'LL SEE YOU

TOMORROW, JANET.

THANKS, THAD.

- COLONEL.

- THAD.

- THAD.

- MM-HMM.

WHAT-- WHAT'S GOING ON?

I NEVER NOTICED IT BEFORE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

THIS PLACE IS LIKE A HOME

INVASION WAITING TO HAPPEN.

I'M GONNA PUT IN

A SECURITY SYSTEM.

YOU MEAN, LIKE,

LIGHTS AND STUFF?

YEAH,

AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

OKAY.

OH, HONEY,

I HAD ANOTHER IDEA.

DO YOU THINK THE HOUSE

NEEDS TO GET PAINTED?

NO. I THINK ITS FINE.

WELL, BECAUSE THE BACKYARD

WAS LOOKING--

LOOK, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT USED

TO NOT HAVING ANYTHING TO DO.

I'VE GOT PLENTY TO DO.

WHY DOES THAT SCARE ME?

YOU KNOW IT TAKES

SOME ADJUSTING:

WHEN YOU'RE HOME

ON LEAVE.

WHAT IF THIS:

ISN'T JUST LEAVE?

WELL, WHEN YOU

GET THE PROMOTION,

WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

AND IF I DON'T GET IT?

YOU'LL GET USED TO IT,

I PROMISE.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

I LOVE YOU TOO, HON.

TA-TA-TA-TA.

YOU MAY GO.

- HI.

- HI.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GOOD.

SORRY I'M A LITTLE LATE.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

- READY?

- YUP.

[sighs]

OKAY.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS

GONNA DO?

- WATCH TV.

- OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE

ANY HOMEWORK, SO...

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