And Now a Word from Our Sponsor Page #4

Synopsis: An advertising CEO is found mysteriously unconscious in front of a wall of TVs in an electronics store. When he wakes up in the hospital, he is only able to communicate through advertising slogans. Taken in by the head of the hospital's charity foundation, he begins to have a profound affect on her life and the strained relationship she has with her daughter.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Zack Bernbaum
Production: Paladin Films
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
87 min
Website
108 Views


every now and then.

Twenty-five dollars.

Fifty. Plus expenses.

And it's not blackmail,

it's extortion.

- How about we call it

earning your allowance,

and then I pay you nothing?

How does that sound?

- Uh, really bad.

OK, why don't we

call it food allowance because

I inherited your cooking gene?

Thirty five.

But I really need you

to look after him, all right?

No strangers in the house,

and absolutely no

TV. Got it? Deal?

Deal.

- Apparently space isn't

the final frontier.

- Great. And just make him

feel comfortable.

- Mom, no crazy person ever feels

comfortable. That's why they're crazy.

Right?

I am here only for the beer.

How do I look?

Say yes to beautiful.

- Call me if there's

an emergency.

Don't worry, we won't.

Wassup?

- Not me. I'm going back to bed.

- Yo quiero Taco Bell?

I don't do breakfast.

But I can tell you

my rules of disengagement.

You must do exactly as I say,

you must obey my every command,

and you must stay at least five

feet away from me at all times...

that includes right now.

Got it?

It is so nice to see that

someone else in this world is

more screwed up than me.

- I mean, that one's

all right.

It's a bit boring, though.

And this one, just rubbish.

It's rubbish. Jenny,

what do you think?

- Yeah, yeah, it's rubbish.

- Rubbish.

Go down to post, try and salvage

something out of that rubbish.

Tell me you got something

for me.

- Something.

- Yeah? - Mm-hmm.

- Oh look, she's still here.

- She is still here. Bye-bye.

- Speak.

- Take a look.

That says that in our contracts

we have a termination clause

which states that the employer can terminate

the contract if the employee becomes

mentally ill.

- So all I have to do is get

a shrink on record to say

that he's nuts, and I'm done.

- Mm-hmm.

But...

- But?

- There's an easier and more

convincing way.

- I'm getting very excited.

- An objective third party.

Someone Adan knows. It's hard

to discredit a family member

or a friend's opinion,

but even better if it's

someone that's in his life

right now.

- Have I ever told you how good

at your job you are?

No.

Oh, well.

- I just fall for that

every time.

- Short sales or bank-owned properties

or commercial real estate,

agents who can help speed up

the process no matter

how intricate. And that's good news

whether you're trying to sell

or hoping to buy.

Because the only sign

you really want

to see is "Sold".

Nobody sells more real estate

than Remax.

- So will you? I hope so.

I know so. Ice cream?

Let's make things interesting.

- I'm not going to try it.

You try it.

I'm gettin' it...

- The one, the only,

In Styler rotate...

- Meltdown...

- The sand between your toes.

That's disgusting.

- He likes it! Hey, Mikey!

- It's essential. - Meltdown.

- Meltdown. - He likes it!

He likes it! He likes it!

I hope so. I know so.

Do you want a man who smells

like he can bake you a gourmet

cake in the dream kitchen he

built you with his own hands?

Of course... - ...you know it's

only a matter of time.

- Regular Life and Cinnamon Life.

- Where's the beef?

- Do you feel it?

The sand between your toes.

- It proves if you don't f*** with your

safety belt, the loser is...

Oh, poop already!

- No, that satellite has to have

an Impact Smart Hard Drive.

- Meltdown.

- Right now.

- Oh, c'est incroyable!

T'entends a chrie?

- Only the In Styler combines

a rotating heated...

- Seriously, four feet

by five feet... - Adan?

My god.

Snap out of it.

Snap out of it!

What?

Unwrap paradise.

- Jesus.

- Must-see TV.

Better?

- Takes a lickin',

keeps on tickin'.

- You killed the TV!

- Meghan, what did you do?

- What did I do?

I didn't do anything!

- What did you do

when I was gone?

- What are you talking about?

- Where did you go?

- We went on a sightseeing tou...

- What did I say?! What did I say?!

- What are you talking about?!

- I said no TV!

- I'm sorry!

- I said no TV!

- I said I was sorry!

- I said no TV.

- OK, what do you want me to do?

Go back in time?

- Yes, that's what I want you to do...

go back in time, let's do it all over again!

- Great! Great! Then we can

both go back, Mother,

say about two years, and you can

fix everything that you did wrong!

And don't even pretend you don't

know what I'm talking about!

Every time you look at me,

I can feel it!

You're in complete denial!

I'm not in denial.

- We earn our wings

every day.

Sell it somewhere else.

Mom, I'm sorry, OK?

I didn't mean to say that.

I was just pissed.

Say something.

Please.

- I'm not that good

at playing Supermom.

I can't even fit into the joke ones

they sell at the mall anymore.

The only way for me to deal

with it is by not dealing.

If I didn't, I'd cry

all the time.

And why do you think I work

so hard at the hospital?

It's all just a distraction.

- I don't want to end up

hating each other forever.

Neither.

I mean, look at us.

One day we're gonna end up arguing

ourselves to death over a spoon.

A spoon?

Yeah, a spoon.

- It wouldn't even be

a good spoon.

Some...

cheap plastic spoon...

...that's melted

in the dishwasher.

- And we'd have to get

a new dishwasher.

Come here, give me a hug.

I love you.

Stupid catalyst spoon.

This Bud's for you.

- Oh, that's very sweet

of you, Adan. Thank you.

You gave me quite a scare

in there, you know?

Pressure's off.

- What happened in there,

it's not OK.

You know that, right?

I know you're very aware

of what's going on.

Perhaps more

than most people.

But you don't give anything out

about yourself.

- Never let 'em see you sweat.

- What happened to you?

Not just recently,

but for the last 20 years.

- Pleasing people

the world over.

- Welcome, Senator.

It's so nice to see you.

If you'll just follow me.

- I know where I'm going.

OK.

- It's your place.

You own this place, man. Wow.

You're amazing. You good?

You OK?

You're great.

You're amazing.

Hello. Mr. Kundle.

It's a pleasure

to have you back. Hi.

If you'll just come this way.

Oh, just Mr. Kundle.

- Oh, but, I... I can't come?

I don't like lobbies.

It's not my thing.

- Leave the driving to us.

Really?

- If it ain't broke...

- Don't fix it.

You're good?

You're in good hands?

Mr. Kundle?

In here. So,

Mr. Foster will be with you shortly.

Would you like something to drink?

Crisp, clean, no caffeine.

Hm. Water? OK.

There you go. Thank you.

Whew.

- Senator Allen, hello.

- Cut the dog and pony act,

Lucas. What the hell's going on

with my campaign? - What?

- I was expecting to see this

new commercial of yours a week ago.

- It's ready.

- So let's see it.

It's down in post-production, colour correction,

sound edits, and all that boring stuff.

- Ah, there's the dog.

- Uh...

It's gonna be ready tomorrow,

OK? And it's gonna be perfect.

Everything you ever wanted

and more.

- And there's the pony.

If it's not ready tomorrow

I'm going to have a talk

with Chance Williams.

- There's no need, is there?

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