Operation Cupcake Page #5

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


I RUN A BATTALION

OF OVER A THOUSAND MEN.

I CAN HANDLE SOME CUPCAKES.

OKAY.

I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU TOO.

THE PLACE IS IN GOOD HANDS.

BYE.

[door opens and closes]

I REALIZE HOW FASCINATING

THIS MUST BE FOR YOU,

BUT IF YOU'RE BACK HERE,

YOU NEED THE NET.

OKAY.

JUST AN OBSERVATION,

BUT YOU COULD DOUBLE YOUR OUTPU IF YOU USE BOTH RACKS.

I COULD.

AND, IF THIS WAS A MESS HALL,

I WOULD.

BUT THEY COOK BETTER

WITH ONE RACK.

HOW MUCH BETTER:

COULD THEY TASTE?

IT'S JUST FLOUR AND WATER.

FLOUR AND WATER?

[scoffs]

AND WHAT, THE MONA LISA

IS JUST PAINT ON A CANVAS?

TECHNICALLY, YES.

ARE YOU TELLING ME

HOW TO BAKE?

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS

FOR 27 YEARS.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE 27 MINUTES.

YOU'RE IN MY WORLD NOW.

I'M JUST TRYING

TO MAKE THIS OPERATION

A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT.

OKAY.

YOU SEE THIS?

THAT IS YOUR LINE IN THE SAND.

YOU STAY ON THAT SIDE,

AND WE WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

YOU GOT A CUSTOMER.

HMM.

CARSON,

I HEARD YOU WERE BACK.

HEY, HARLEY,

HOW YOU DOING?

HOW ARE YOU, MAN?

YEAH, THAT'S A NICE COLOR

ON YOU.

OH, YEAH.

HOW'D YOU GET ROPED

INTO THIS?

I GOT DRAFTED, OR I ENLISTED.

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU

SINCE THE FORT BENNING DAYS.

[laughs]

YEAH.

YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD,

BROTHER.

THANK YOU.

YOU TOO.

YOU KNOW,

I'VE BEEN OUT SEVEN YEARS NOW.

I GOT THE HARDWARE STORE

OVER ON PINE.

HEY, THAT'S GREAT.

IT IS NOW.

AT FIRST, THOUGH, I DON'T KNOW,

I FELT LIKE A STRANGER

IN MY OWN LIFE.

- YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

- IT GETS EASIER.

SO YOU FINALLY DECIDED

TO RETIRE?

WELL, STILL DECIDING.

ACTUALLY, I'M UP FOR GENERAL.

GENERAL?

WOW.

CONGRATS, SIR.

THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN

A GENERAL IN A HAIRNET.

- OH.

- [chuckling]

CAN I GET YOU SOMETHING?

YEAH. HOW ABOUT AN APPLE CRISP

AND A COFFEE?

COMING RIGHT UP.

SO, DAD, I HEARD YOU HAD

TO WEAR AN APRON.

AND A HAIRNET.

HARSH.

HEY, YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHAT'S REALLY HARSH?

- WHAT?

- NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

THE BOSS WOULDN'T TRUST ME

TO BE ALONE WITH THE CAKES.

OH, IT WAS YOUR FIRST DAY.

I'LL TRUST YOU TOMORROW.

HERE, LOOK.

HERE.

KIM, DINNER.

[laughs]

RIGHT?

THAT'S CLASSIFIED.

DELETE THAT.

OH, WELL, SHE'LL JUST TAKE

ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW.

- [chuckles]

- AND BY HER, YOU MEAN SHEILA?

I'M AFRAID SHE SEN A MASS EMAIL.

THAT WOMAN:

HAS A PERSONALITY PROBLEM.

WELL, YOU'LL GET USED

TO HER.

DO I HAVE TO?

FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

YOU LOOK REALLY PRETTY,

HONEY.

WHAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT?

I'M GOING OUT.

I TOLD YOU.

3.4 GPA, NO TATTOOS,

NO EARRINGS?

11:
00 P.M. CURFEW,

GROUP DATE ONLY,

AND I WANT TO MEET HIM.

YOU SAID WHEN I WAS 16

I COULD GO OUT ALONE.

I MEANT 17.

THAT'S NOT FAIR.

MOM?

UH, YUP.

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