Better Off Single Page #9

Synopsis: NYC dating comedy that follows one man's hallucination-fueled post-breakup quest to find new love... and himself. When Charlie Carroll quits his job and his girlfriend on the same day, it seems as though he's finally found freedom. But after a quick dip in the dark waters of the NYC dating pool, Charlie begins to wonder if he's made a mistake. He's not equipped for single life. In fact, Charlie might not be equipped for life in general. With no job and no love, Charlie is forced to go on a journey of self-discovery so intense that he begins to suffer from surreal hallucinations, flashbacks, and sex fantasies. Will he find "the one?" Or did that ship already sail, taking with it his only hopes for relationship sanity?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Benjamin Cox
Production: Red Square Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.2
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
85 min
Website
62 Views


- I have the clap.

It's like maybe inviting

another girl into the bedroom.

Maybe you could watch us?

- Astronomical.

- Wow.

Yeah. Businesswoman.

Can somebody get me a job?

- Earth to dipshit. Turn the TV off!

- Turn it off!

- Turn it the f*** off!

- Turn that f***ing TV off!

- Turn it off.

- Turn it off.

Off. Off.

Off!

That's because something's

wrong with him.

Anybody can see that.

It's because

something's wrong with him.

Anybody could see that.

Mmm.

Excuse me.

It's because something's

wrong with him.

Anybody can see that.

Ben?

- Anything else?

Right, because on this

dark street

these two huge thugs

with machetes...

- And nunchucks.

- And really bad skin.

Sorry. I'm so sorry.

- Holy sh*t. Seriously?

- Yeah, I know.

The compromises,

the... what the f***?

- "The relationship compromises.

" -Compromises.

- Aw, f*** me!

F*** me hard!

- F*** me so f***in' hard.

Peekaboo.

Peekaboo.

Peekaboo.

Resulting in your

eternal damnation

straight to hell.

Oh, stop it.

Hey, what?

It was vodka

without limes, right?

- Yeah.

- Hope you're thirsty.

Marking!

Oh!

Awesome.

- And... go.

- Oh, no, let go!

Which meant he knew how to

maximize our animalistic impulses,

optimally heightening

our sexual stimuli.

Five orgasms.

Cinco orgasmos.

You look like you've

done a lot of drugs.

- We've got...

- America. Okay?

America, not Britain.

I'm wearing

the f***ing flag pin.

Come on. Look,

she's fine.

I'll let you do that thing

to me that you really like.

I have, like,

a whole lotta lube.

F*** this!

Don't pay me enough.

- So, here we go.

- -My god.

This is how I do Voiceovers

in my house.

Five, six, seven, eight...

So keep on rollin'

in the smokin' stroller.

Available at fine

stores near you.

- What are you doing?

- I don't know.

Okay.

Let's just keep doin' it.

- That was so awesome!

- -Okay.

- We're in the pocket.

- -That was the best one.

That was best one.

Wanna do another one?

- That's a jingle, man.

- That was a good one.

- Damn!

- -Did we get it?

"67 donkeys," take 5

- how many donkeys?

- -67.

So, like, here?

Little higher.

There.

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