The Best and the Brightest Page #5

Synopsis: Set in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, who have only recently moved into town. The comedy centers on their dawning realization of the lengths they must go to in order to get their five-year-old daughter into school.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Josh Shelov
Production: PMK*BNC
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
26
Rotten Tomatoes:
26%
R
Year:
2010
93 min
Website
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a go of it here, Maurice.

Uh-huh.

When Kelly goes to college,

and she will.

You know how

young people are.

Who's gonna

take care of that boy?

Well, you...

You've been a godsend

to those kids, Johnny.

KELLY:
It's gotta be here.

Where is it? Where is it?

No! No touching!

(EXCLAIMS)

I think we can go through the

laundry room, okay? You understand?

Let me go first.

Be very quiet.

(GROWLING)

(GASPS)

No.

No, no.

(HOME MOVIE PLAYING ON TV)

(GROWLS)

(MOTHER SINGING ON TV)

(GUN CLICKS)

(TIGER GROWLING)

KELLY:
Come on,

we gotta go.

No, stay!

(GROWLS)

(ROARING)

(FIRE ALARM BLARING)

(TIGER GROWLING)

(WIND HOWLING)

(GROANS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(ENGINE STALLING)

(SOBBING)

(GRUNTING)

(TIGER MEWLING)

KELLY:
Oh, my God.

So sorry

Mom left you, Tom.

She left me, too.

I'm sorry she did that.

But I'm not gonna

leave you, Tommy.

We're gonna get out

of here, right now.

And wherever I go,

you are coming with me.

No touch.

No touch.

Don't move.

(GROWLING)

Go to the laundry room.

(CLATTERING)

Go back. Go back.

We'll go around.

(FLOORBOARDS CREAKING)

(THUDDING)

(SCREAMING)

(ROARING)

(GROWLING)

Get in the freezer.

I know you understand me.

Get in the freezer.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(TOM WHINING)

(POUNDING ON FREEZER)

(KELLY SHUSHING)

Easy.

All right.

It's okay.

Tom, it's okay.

It's okay.

(WHIMPERING)

It's okay. It's okay.

Now, breathe slowly.

(BREATHING SLOWLY)

Just breathe.

(TIGER GROWLING)

(POUNDING CONTINUES)

Here's what's

gonna happen.

You're just

gonna fall asleep.

That's not so bad, huh?

I bet you're real tired.

Just close your eyes

and go to sleep.

(KELLY HUMMING)

(ELECTRICITY TURNS ON)

Tommy, come on.

Come on.

(SCREWDRIVER WHIRRING)

(CLEARS THROAT)

JOHNNY:
Boy, Phil's

was a madhouse.

Everyone was there,

even Lindsay Bosier.

Tossing back

hurricanes.

Eight months pregnant. You'd

think she'd have more sense.

Some people, right?

KELLY:
Tom doesn't understand

what happened here.

He can't tell anyone.

So, you gonna

let us go?

You're not the only one

who wanted out.

Your mother was

gonna leave me.

You killed her.

Kelly...

(JOHNNY SCREAMING)

(GROWLING)

(ROARING)

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