Brightest Star Page #2

Synopsis: After the heartbreaking end of his first love, a recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams only to discover a greater journey awaits him.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Maggie Kiley
Production: Gravitas Ventures
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
TV-14
Year:
2013
80 min
Website
43 Views


NOT ENOUGH SPECIFICITY

IN A PRACTICAL WAY.

BUT I REALLY ENJOY

JUST CLOSING MY EYES

AND LISTENING TO THE LECTURE,

YOU KNOW?

-YEAH, YEAH, I DO.

I-I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN.

-CHARLOTTE,

TIME TO CUT THE CAKE.

-WHO NEEDS SCIENCE ROCKS?

PATENT THIS DRINK

AND YOU'RE SET.

-UH, DO YOU WANT ANOTHER ONE?

-I DO.

-THERE WILL BE TWO PAPERS DUE

BEFORE WEEK FOUR

IN BOTH ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE

AND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE.

YOU WILL HAVE AN ASSIGNED

STUDY GROUP FOR MIDTERM.

AND, NO, I WILL NO BE TAKING ANY REQUESTS.

-MACRO.

-ECON AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

-BE SURE TO HAVE

YOUR CALCULATOR ON-HAND

FOR ALL IN CLASS PROBLEMS,

AND I'D ADVISE KEEPING

A SECOND IN THE DORM

FOR OUR STUDY ASSIGNMENTS.

-BEST FOOTBALL-GAME SNACK.

-SNYDER'S HARD PRETZELS.

-THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

-THE FOOTBALL OR THE PRETZELS?

-BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY.

[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]

-UH, OKAY.

BEST PANTRY FOOD

MADE WITH MUCH ADDITIVES.

-UM...

OH! MAC AND CHEESE.

-MAC AND CHEESE.

-YEAH, OKAY. UH, BOX OR TRAY?

-BOX.

-BOX.

-GUYS.

-[ CLEARS THROAT ]

-OH, MY GOD.

I LOVE DRUNK STATUS UPDATES.

[ LAUGHS ]

-IT'S A FIRST.

YOU'RE BREAKING

MY CLASS-CUTTING CHERRY WITH ME.

-HUH. I'VE NEVER, UH, DEFLOWERED

A TRUANCY VIRGIN BEFORE.

I CAN'T WAIT TO BRAG TO

ALL THE BOYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

-[ CHUCKLES ]

-SO, UM [CLEARS THROAT]

HOW COME THE, UH --

YOU KNOW, THE GAR

ISN'T CUTTING CLASS WITH YOU?

-GARY?

-YEAH.

-GARY HAS A JOB.

WHEN HE DOESN'T SHOW UP,

HE GETS FIRED.

-[ GRUNTS ]

WELL, THERE ARE OTHER JOBS.

-YOU DON'T CUT OU WHEN YOU WORK AT CARLYLE.

-OH, RIGHT -- WE WOULDN'T WAN ANY OLD, RICH PEOPLE

NOT TO GET ANY RICHER

FOR ONE DAY.

-INSIGHTFUL.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU GONNA DO

WITH YOUR LIFE:

THAT'S SO MUCH MORE NOBLE?

-IT'LL COME TO ME, YOU KNOW?

I-I MEAN I BELIEVE IN MOMENTS

OF CLARITY, YOU KNOW,

WHERE -- WHERE THE --

THE UNIVERSE WILL REVEAL TO YOU

EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE BEEN

LOOKING FOR,

LIKE HOW YOU MUST HAVE FEL WHEN YOU FIRST MET GARY.

LOOK, THERE'S NO WAY

THAT GUY IS FUN.

-GARY IS FUN...SOMETIMES.

BESIDES, HE HAS OTHER QUALITIES,

ONES YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.

-UH, OKAY.

-JESUS. IT MATTERS.

-YEAH.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT DOES.

IT'S JUST THAT -- I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETIMES, YOU GUYS

SEEM MORE LIKE:

ACCESSORIES THAN FRIENDS.

-YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

-HE COMPLAINS ABOU 10-YEAR-OLD SCOTCH.

-SO WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SO ARE YOU AND JODI.

-I DON'T WANT TO DATE JODI.

WE'RE FRIENDS.

-WELL, SOMETIMES

THAT COMES FIRST.

-I KNOW.

-GOT TO PEE.

[ GLASS CLACKS ]

-[ SIGHS ]

- PICTURE FRESH

AS WATER CLEAR:

DAYS HAVE PASSED

-YOU'LL GET OVER IT, BABY.

DON'T WORRY.

-[ LAUGHS ]

-I JUST -- LET'S DRINK THIS UP.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?

AH, YEAH...

-DO YOU GUYS WATCH BASEBALL?

-OH, GOD.

HER DAD MAKES US

GO TO THE YANKEES GAME,

AND IT IS BORING!

BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA!

-OH, MY GOD.

YOU'RE A METS FAN.

-WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

-WELL, YOU'RE LOCAL,

SO IT'S EITHER YANKS, SOX,

THE PHILS, OR THE METS.

AND YOU'RE NOT A DOUCHE BAG,

SO THAT RULES OU THE SOX AND THE PHILS,

AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR,

YOU IN OUR HALLWAY

AFTER YOU GOT DUMPED --

-THAT WAS NOT EXACTLY

MY FINEST HOUR.

-YOU'RE A SENSITIVE GUY.

YOU AREN'T EMBARRASSED

THAT YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE,

AND YOU WOULDN'T BE SATISFIED

GOING HOME WITH A NEW GIRL

FROM A BAR EVERY NIGHT.

-THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRUE.

-METS FAN FOR SURE.

NOW THE FIRST STEP IS

ADMITTING YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.

-OKAY.

-OH, DON'T PLAY HURT.

AM I RIGHT OR NOT?

I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE

WOULD DO THAT --

-BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS

STILL THE UNDERDOG.

THEY WERE DOWN TO

THEIR LAST STRIKE

IN THE '86 SERIES,

AND THEY CAME BACK.

I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY

WOULD LIKE THE YANKEES,

'CAUSE THEY'RE SO BORING!

-OH, YEAH.

ALL THAT WINNING AND SUCCESS.

-YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME

THAT THE YANKEES

SWEEPING SAN DIEGO IN '99

WASN'T LAME?

THERE WAS NO MAGIC!

-THREE-PEAT LIKE '98 TO 2000,

OR YOU CAN HAVE:

A '69 ONCE EVERY 50 YEARS.

-'69.

-69!

-[ LAUGHS ]

YOU F***ING METS FANS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

-YEAH, THANK YOU.

[ PUNK MUSIC PLAYS ]

-YOU'RE LIKE A STONE

SITTING THERE.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

-HE SHOULDN'T HAVE

ANY MORE DRINKS.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

-[ COUGHS ]

-ARE YOU SURE THIS

IS A GOOD IDEA?

I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

-RELAX. YOU HAVE A DEGREE.

SHE DIGS THAT.

I DIDN'T HAVE SH*T EXPERIENCE

EITHER.

I JUST, UH, CHARMED MY WAY IN.

-ALL RIGHT, KIDDIES. LINE UP.

BUP, BUP!

-[ CLEARS THROAT ]

-OKAY, SO, THE SPECIALS

ARE EXACTLY THE SAME

AS THEY'VE BEEN

FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

YOU DON'T KNOW THEM...

-SHE WANTS TO F*** ME.

-YOU DO REALIZE I HAVE NO IDEA

HOW TO BE A WAITER, RIGHT?

-SHE'S KIND OF HOT, HUH?

-ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A PARTY OF 11

COMING IN AT 5:
00.

RAYMOND?

-YES? [ COUGHS ]

-ARE YOU SMOKING MARIJUANA?

-NO -- NO, NO, NO.

NO.

-[ SIGHS ] AND EVERYONE,

REMEMBER TO BE NICE

TO THE NEW GUY, ALL RIGHT?

GOOD LUCK.

ALL RIGHT. OFF YOU GO.

SCURRY ALONG.

MM-HMM.

ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO.

MM-HMM. MM-HMM.

SMILES. THANK YOU.

-[ GROANS ]

-WELL, HELLO.

GOOD NIGHT AT WORK?

-NO.

SAID I WOULD NOT BE ADVANCING

FROM TRAILING,

WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

WHERE'S RAY?

-AUDITION.

AXE BODY SPRAY.

-[ LAUGHS ]

-SO THEY MADE YOU GIVE UP

THE BANDANA.

THAT SUCKS. [ LAUGHS ]

-AT LEAST THE "COUGAR TOWN"

MANAGER GAVE ME HER NUMBER.

-BUT THE JOKE'S ON YOU,

BECAUSE YOU PASSED UP

AN EASY SCORE.

I CAN STILL HOOK IT UP

IF YOU WANT.

-I'M NOT REALLY AN EASY SCORE

KIND OF GUY, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, EASY SCORING

ISN'T GONNA GET HER BACK.

-GET HER BACK?

-CHARLOTTE.

WHAT?

-I MEAN...

I'M PRETTY SURE SHE WAS SERIOUS

ABOUT ENDING IT.

SHE RENTED OUT THE PLACE

AND -- AND LEFT YOU IN IT.

-I KNOW. I KNOW.

BUT I'M SURE TAKING I LIKE A KICK IN THE ASS,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

BUT NOW THAT I'M UP,

I COULD USE A LITTLE HELP

STAYING ON MY FEET.

CAN I ASK YOU A FAVOR?

LITA WASN'T VERY CLEAR

ABOUT WHAT THIS JOB ENTAILS.

IT ISN'T PLASTICS, IS IT?

-SALES -- INTERNATIONAL SALES.

-SELLING THINGS SALES?

-SELLING THINGS INTERNATIONALLY.

LITA HAS A THING FOR YOU,

YOU KNOW?

-UH, SHE HAS A THING FOR ME?

NO, I-I DON'T --

I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT THIS RAY?

-UH, HE'S BEEN GREAT.

YOU KNOW,

THEY'VE BEEN HELPING ME OUT.

-I THINK WE SHOULD

GET RID OF HIM.

-WE?

-YOU SHOULD DATE.

-WELL, I, UM --

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

-AND HERE WE ARE.

HAVE A SEAT.

-THIS IS MY OFFICE?

-I CAN'T HAVE MY DAUGHTER DATING

SOME SCHMUCK IN A CUBICLE.

THIS IS WHAT WE SELL,

AND THIS IS WHO WE SELL IT TO.

YOUR ROLE IS SUPERVISORY

IN NATURE,

SO THE LESS YOU ACTUALLY DO,

THE BETTER.

-AND THEY...?

-YOU'LL BE INTRODUCED GRADUALLY.

-HOW?

-SON, CAN I GIVE YOU

ONE PIECE OF ADVICE?

SHUT UP AND SMILE.

- WE HAVE FUN

WE GO OUT, AND WE GET DRUNK

AND THEN WE ARE ERASED

SO WE START OVER

LIKE DETECTIVES, WE INSPEC THIS OPEN AND CLOSED CASE

AND WHEN WE START TO THINK

THE MARK THAT WE HAVE MADE

OUR HEARTS WILL LOSE

THEIR SHAPE:

WE ARE ERASED:

WE ARE ERASED:

WE ARE ERASED:

-I WANT TO HAVE

LIKE A GIGANTIC BED --

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