Compliance Page #2

Synopsis: At a fast food restaurant, the manager, Sandra, is having a bad day. Suddenly, she gets a phone call from a man claiming to be a police officer who has a complaint that one of her young female employees has stolen from a customer. At the orders of this authoritative sounding stranger, Sandra takes the apparent accused, Becky, to a back room to search her before she is picked up. Once there, the phone scammer manipulates the gullible personnel into participating in Becky's sexual humiliation that grows more twisted with every new sucker on the phone. Only when one final person has the conscience to revolt do they realize the crime they were tricked into, which the real police are hard pressed to solve.
Director(s): Craig Zobel
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  7 wins & 34 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
2012
90 min
$318,622
Website
978 Views


You know, I just watch TV,

and it, like, ruins my days off.

Oh! Now that you say that,

I could see what you saying.

I could see that.

I'm always waking up late.

Yo, they wasting my days off and sh*t.

Tcch. They need to fix that shi--

SANDRA:

Let's watch the language, okay?

Connie, look at the condiment bar.

It's a mess.

We don't want it looking like that

if secret shopper comes, do we?

Kevin, get off the counter.

I asked you before to fill your toppings.

KEVIN:
No, I know. I----

- Go to the freezer and get some.

- Becky--

Don't you dare.

Becky, what did I say to you

about clean, clean, clean?

MARTI:
Sandra!

You got a phone call in the back,

a policeman.

[Beep 1

Hello. South End.

Yeah, this is Officer Daniels

with the police department.

Are you a supervisor?

Yes I am. I'm the manager.

What's your name again, ma 'am?

My name is Sandra Fromme.

Sandra. Okay, and you're

the manager. Good.

So I've got your regional manager,

Robert Gilmour, on the other line,

and he's told me to go ahead

and call you directly.

Right. So this is about the freezer.

Freezer?

No, ma 'am. This is about a theft.

It seems one of your employees

stole some money from a customer's purse.

I'm sorry?

Ah, you have a young lady,

works at the register,

about 19 years old.

Blonde?

Becky?

Becky. Yeah, we have her name

as Rebecca. That's right, Becky.

In the South End store?

- Yeah, that's right, ma'am.

- This happened--

We have the customer here

who says she can attest to the theft.

Uh, okay.

So this happened now, today?

That's correct, ma 'am.

My marked units are gonna

come in behind soon.

We've been observing her

as part of a bigger investigation,

but Mr. Gilmour said I could count on you

for your help in the matter.

Well, sure.

Um, what is the bigger investigation?

Do you mind my asking?

I can't share that with you

at this time, ma 'am.

- No, I'm sorry. Sure.

- I can say you'll be doing

me and my department a big favor

by helping out.

We don't have any bacon!

Brie, go back to your station.

I need you to take over for Becky up front.

I have to bring her in back

for some questions.

- The police?

- She stole from somebody.

I can't say anything more than that.

A'ight, here you go.

Becky, come with me.

Marti'll take over your station.

- Hey, what's all that?

- Don't worry about it.

Hi. Welcome to ChickWich.

What can I get for you?

- I could take your order?

- Can I get a number one?

[Door closes]

Becky, I've got the police

here on the phone

- saying you stole money from a customer.

- What?

They're saying you took it

out of a woman's purse.

I didn't--I didn't steal anything at all.

Hold on.

Hello, Officer?

I swear I didn't take

anything at all, okay?

[whispers]

Just hold on. Hold on.

- Do you have Becky?

- Hello?

- Yes, I do.

- What is she saying?

She's saying she didn't take anything.

Put her on for me, please.

Just a minute.

[whispers]

Wants to talk to you.

Hello.

Becky, I'm Officer Daniels.

I'm gonna need you to answer

a few questions for me, okay?

Okay. That's fine. Just--Okay.

Okay, I have a woman here that says

you took money out of her purse.

We also have one of my surveillance--

I didn't take anything at all, sir. I don't--

Okay. Well, hang on. We also have one of

my surveillance units backing up her claim.

You want to clear this up for me?

I swear I didn't take anything.

I couldn't have done anything like that.

That doesn't make a--

I'm sorry,

but that just doesn't

even make sense at all.

Right. I have a woman

who ordered from you

in the last hour saying you did.

She described you exactly.

Sir, I'm sorry.

I don't know what to tell you,

but I didn't have anything to do

with anything like that at all.

Well, I have my surveillance unit here

saying you've done a lot of things.

Okay. I don't know what's going on here.

I was just at work, for real.

- Like, I'm--I'm just trying...

- Ma 'am. Ma 'am.

- To do my job, and I don't know--

- Ma'am.

I'm gonna need you to do me a favor

and calm down for me, okay?

- We'll get to the bottom of this.

- I mean, I think that I could have

shortchanged somebody

or something, but--

Eh, it-it could be that.

Can you put Sandra back

on the phone for me, honey?

Okay'

- Hello.

- I'm sorry.

Sandra, I hate to ask you to do this.

I need you to do me a favor and search

her personal items, her pockets.

Uh, if you find a phone,

you should probably hold on to it

for the time being.

Okay'

He wants me to check your pockets.

Why don't you just show me

what you've got in your pockets.

Okay'

There's nothing. There's--

I mean, I have my phone and--

I need to hold on to the cellphone.

- Okay.

- Just for the time being.

Now your front pockets.

They're not real pockets.

They're sewed up

'cause they're skinnies.

They don't open.

There's nothing in them.

Not our standard khakis.

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry,

but they were dirty. I didn't--

Officer, I've checked her pockets,

and there's nothing in them,

and I do have her cell phone.

Okay, good.

Uh, does she have a purse?

Do you have a purse?

You have a purse?

I have--

I still have my purse.

Um, it wouldn't be here in the office.

It would be in the employee cubicle area,

which is on the other side of the restaurant.

Employee cubbies. That's a...

a different room. Okay.

Uh, is your phone portable, Sandra?

Can you keep me on?

No, the signal wouldn't reach out to there.

We would get cut off. Sorry.

- All right.

- Okay.

- Go ahead.

- I'm gonna put you on hold.

That's fine.

He's asking about my purse?

Come on. I gotta go check your purse.

Sandra, you know I haven't been

to my purse since the staff meeting.

Let's just get this over with.

Let's just get this over with.

I didn't take anything.

I swear. You know me.

I've never stolen anything

in my entire life.

If it turns out that you did,

I'm going to have to

fire you on the spot.

Please, Sandra.

- All right.

- No!

Let's just get this over with.

Which one of them is yours?

[Unzips bag]

Is this about the freezer?

'Cause I really don't think

I had anything to do with that,

but if I did, I'm sorry, okay?

I'm sorry, honey,

but we have to take this seriously.

No, it is not about the freezer.

It's about the cops.

- Does this zipper part open?

- Yes.

[zipper unzips]

We can't have employees

stealing from a customer, you know.

But I was working. You saw me.

I was up there.

Okay. Then why do I have a police officer

calling me, describing you exactly,

telling me your name and saying

that you stole from a customer?

What am I supposed to do with that?

I don't know. Just--

I guess I have to take this with me now.

Come on.

You okay, Sandra?

SANDRA:
Still dealing with it.

Hello, Officer? Hello?

Yeah. What--

What's the news?

I didn't find anything

in her purse or in her pockets.

I was afraid that might happen.

Okay, this is gonna require

more of your help, then.

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Roger Craig Zobel (born October 6, 1976) is an American film director of the films Compliance and Great World of Sound and who also co-founded Homestar Runner and Ron Planet. more…

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