The Confirmation Page #4

Synopsis: Eight year old Anthony is somewhat uneasy about spending the weekend with his alcoholic, down-on-his-luck carpenter dad Walt while his mom Bonnie and her new husband Kyle go to a Catholic retreat together. Walt is just as uneasy about spending time with Anthony, especially since their first day together is a series of characteristically unfortunate events, including his truck breaking down, his landlord locking him out of the house, and the theft of his toolbox, which he needs for an upcoming job. As Walt and Anthony set about finding the guy who stole the tools and improvise around their other misfortunes, they begin to discover a true connection with each other, causing Walt to become a better father and Anthony to reveal the promise and potential of the good man he will become.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Bob Nelson
Production: Lighthouse Pictures, Inc.
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PG-13
Year:
2016
101 min
229 Views


You okay, little soldier?

Why did you point a gun at him?

I thought it was fake.

Thought we were just playing.

Never point a gun at anyone.

That's a rule, son.

Unless, of course,

they're attacking you,

then you can shoot 'em

all you want.

I think he'll remember

that lesson. Won't you?

Walt:

Come on.

You guys should

come over next weekend.

We actually have

a little shooting

gallery we set up,

and we could teach him

to really shoot.

He could learn

gun safety, everything.

Seriously.

Thanks.

(Walt sighs)

Son of a b*tch.

(groans)

Oh, goddamn it.

You'll fit.

I don't want to fit.

Oh, come on.

It'll be fun.

Here, I'll lift you up.

Come on.

(grunts) Ow.

You okay?

Not really.

(grunting) Okay.

Let me know if it hurts, okay?

Yeah, it hurts.

Doing great!

You're almost in.

Ow!

There you go!

Anthony, you okay?

(groans)

Yeah, most of me's okay.

So, uh...

There's a jar on the dresser

in the bedroom.

Go get it.

Bring it to the window.

Okay.

Find it?

Yeah.

Um...

and there's a bottle

on the floor

in the closet.

Okay.

I can't find it.

No, it's there.

Keep looking!

(lid creaking)

There's no bottle in the closet!

Okay, just bring the jar.

Um, grab your backpack.

Get me some shirts

and a pair of pants.

Okay.

How can he lock you

out of your own house?

It's his house.

I, uh... I just owe him

a little money is all.

He's just being pissy.

So where are we gonna stay?

We'll have to stay at the house.

My house?

Well, it used to be

my house, too, you know.

I rebuilt the thing

from the ground up.

Just don't tell your mom, okay?

We'll have to leave

before they get back.

We have to go up there

for the newspapers anyway.

(starter fails to fire)

(engine screeches)

Do Mom and Kyle

still have the wagon?

Yeah, but there's something

wrong with it.

What?

Uh, I don't remember.

But it runs?

Yeah. I think so.

Good enough.

(change rattling)

Can I do it?

Quick now.

We got places to get.

(buttons beeping)

No! (gasps)

You hit the damn charity button.

Well, they told us to do that

in Catechism.

Walt:

Yellow?

You've got to be kidding.

What happened

to the shelves I built there?

Kyle didn't like 'em,

so he took them down.

He didn't like 'em?

I mean, who doesn't like

custom built-in wood shelves?

Jesus. I mean...

half of us build the world,

the other half destroy it.

What the hell happened here?

Kyle had an accident.

He had an accident

with door trim?

How do you even do that?

Why didn't he fix it?

He did.

It used to be worse.

(sighs)

You're living with a Philistine.

What's a Philistine?

It's a religion.

The religion of dumb-asses.

(sighs)

Well, at least

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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