Post Grad Page #4

Synopsis: Ryden Malby has planned her academic life since she was in high school to get a college scholarship; now she has just graduated in English and in her master plan she expects to get a job as assistant editor in the publishing house Happerman & Browning, in Los Angeles. Her platonic best friend is Adam Davis, who has a crush on her and is frequently close to her. However, her arrogant classmate Jessica Bard gets the position and Ryden is forced to return home in the suburb to live with her family: her optimistic father Walter, who wants to do everything by himself; her careful mother Carmella who administrates the short resources of her family; her eccentric grandmother Maureen; and her weird little brother Hunter, who wants to race in a boxcar derby. Ryden unsuccessfully seeks a job and feels frustrated, but is emotionally supported by Adam. When Walter accidentally runs over the cat of his next-door neighbor David Santiago with Ryden's car, they visit him to give their sympathies. Ryde
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Vicky Jenson
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
8%
PG-13
Year:
2009
88 min
$6,290,448
Website
427 Views


There's a boxcar derby!

Can we make a boxcar?

- Not now. Not now.

- Pretty please? The derby's next month!

- Can we make a boxcar?

- Oh, geez.

Son of a b*tch.

Look at that.

I knew it. Son of a b*tch.

Third time. Third G.D. time!

Goddamn it. That's it.

- Wait. Where are you going?

- Look at this. I gotta...

- Walter, no. Don't. Honey?

- Dad, come back.

What? Goddamn.

- We could go home and clean it. - No.

I gotta talk to him. I'll talk to this guy.

You don't need to disturb him. I mean...

He's not home.

I know he's not working. I don't think

he has a job. Goddamn it. Where is he?

Hi.

Hi.

Um...

Hey. Hey. Hey.

Your cat has now crapped on my doorstep,

in my yard...

and now on my driveway, which around here...

is like church to me.

- Okay? That's sanctuary.

- Well...

I'm really sorry, sir. I am...

I'll talk to him. Yeah. I'll talk to him.

- See you later.

- Okay.

Today you are getting a job.

Today... you're getting a job.

Today.

# What do you say #

# When people turn you away #

# Do you just turn your back #

# And quickly walk away #

# Bah, bah, bah-da-da, da, da #

# Bah, bah, bah-da-da, da #

# Bah, bah, bah-da-da, da, da #

# Bah, bah, bah-da-da, da #

The bottom line is, what I lack in

experience, I make up for in vision.

And what I don't know...

I make up for with passion.

# My world, it's on fire now #

# My world is turned upside down #

# And I don't know what to do #

# Without you #

I'm driven. Full of ideas.

I'm upbeat.

Most importantly, I am

incredibly enthusiastic...

About the work your company is doing.

Really? Like what?

#Don't give me a hard time ##

Hunter, I hate getting these calls.

What did I tell you about

licking the kids' heads?

- Don't do it.

- That's right. Ever.

- Okay?

- Fine.

I mean, I know you

like the way it tastes,

but some kids don't like

having their heads licked.

Hey!

How'd it go?

I asked the V.P. if she was pregnant.

- No. She was just fat.

- Oh. Well, that's hard sometimes.

I'm gonna call my friend

Betty from high school.

She owns an indie publishing company.

I'm gonna ask her for a favor.

I'm just gonna do it.

Dad already called her.

Betty's dead.

- Really?

- She died.

That's a shame.

What is it?

- Oh, my God.

- What?

What do you guys think? This one?

Or that little mahogany

number I was in earlier?

Hey, Hunter, come here.

What do you think of Grandma spending

her eternal slumber in this one, huh?

I love it!

- Let's talk about casket ornamentation.

- Ornamentation?

Yes. Casket ornamentation adds a personal

touch many families find comforting.

And we offer a variety of custom corners

and commemorative panels...

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Kelly Fremon Craig

Kelly Fremon Craig is an American screenwriter, producer, and film director. She is known for directing, writing, and co-producing the 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama The Edge of Seventeen. more…

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