Drinking Buddies Page #6

Synopsis: Luke and Kate are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. Luke is in the midst of marriage talks with his girlfriend of six years, Kate is playing it cool with her music producer boyfriend Chris. But you know what makes the line between "friends" and "more than friends" really blurry? Beer.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Joe Swanberg
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
2013
90 min
$200,000
Website
1,523 Views


Really?

What's up, boys?

A little bit.

Morning.

You guys get after it?

How you doing?

Good.

How late did you guys get?

Not late enough, apparently.

Yeah, yeah, right.

You want to go in on a plaque?

Not particularly.

Do I have to?

Yeah,

we're getting Dave a plaque.

Yeah.

You know Ryan at the bar?

Yeah.

Dave went home with Kate

last night.

They were making out

on the street.

That's bullshit.

Making out in the street.

Before they got in the cab.

You guys saw it?

Not just splitting a cab.

Ryan saw it.

Ryan.

Ryan saw it.

If you can't trust him,

who can you trust, right?

Kind of sucks.

Yeah.

Here's Dave.

We can find out from the source.

I kind of feel,

like, bad that I know,

because

how's she gonna walk in here?

Yeah, totally.

That's crazy, man.

I wouldn't put

those two together.

No, me neither.

If I had to draw lines...

No, never.

Yeah, man.

Everybody knows.

The whole brewery knows.

I'm not getting into this

with you guys.

Hey, come on, man.

Everybody...

Ryan told everybody.

Ryan saw you.

So what?

Yeah, I'm not getting into it.

Come on.

Hi.

I can't do

any more phone calls.

Oh, yeah?

They see through me.

They see through this.

You should drink some coffee.

I had so much coffee,

but let's get food.

I need some...

do you want to get some?

Can't.

I'm slammed actually, Kate.

You're not having lunch?

[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

Yo!

We have enough clean kegs for

the stuff in the bright tank?

Luke.

What's up?

What's up with the bright tank?

Are we good?

I'm working, Dave.

I'm asking you

a work question.

What did you ask me, man?

I asked you if we have enough

clean kegs for the bright tank.

I'm not in the f***ing mood,

man.

Everything's off.

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

Yeah.

You got to...

you got to revisit it.

It's amazing.

And the next development

is a canning line,

which is great,

'cause as of now,

we can't sell the beer in cans.

Will you excuse me one second,

Eli?

Absolutely.

I'm gonna be right...

right back.

Yo.

Yo.

Where you going?

Going home, man.

Why don't you stay

and have one beer with me?

'Cause I'm having a sh*t day,

and I'm ready...

What are you doing?

Going home.

You owe me a beer.

I owe you a beer?

Yeah, we have to sit

and have a beer.

Hey, guys. Drinks?

Oh, we have plans.

Oh, we do?

All right.

Have fun, guys.

You want to all get together,

tip a few back

and see what happens?

Shut up. Dave.

Please?

One f***ing beer.

All right.

Thank you.

I'm gonna go finish up with Eli.

I'll be right back.

Great. Close the deal.

I'll meet you over there.

Yeah, of course.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I was full of sh*t yesterday.

I don't know.

Ugh, whatever.

Hey, here's the truth:

I'm done giving you sh*t,

and I'm sorry.

I have no place.

You are a grown woman,

and if you want to have sex

with a disgusting, bad brewer

with a terrible attitude...

I don't love Dave.

You smell good.

Really?

Yeah.

Surprised you got all of Dave

off of ya.

Maybe you're smelling Dave.

Mine would be a futon,

and then all... you know...

It's just very... it's cool.

It's, like, cozy,

but it's still all put together.

Jill, this place is so great.

Oh, thank you so much.

Yeah, she was

just complimenting it

and how great your style is

and all of that.

Oh, my style?

Yeah, you got style.

You got style, woman.

I've got a veggie lasagna,

but it's not done yet,

so I thought I would feed us

something for now.

Thank you. Wow.

You are the best.

This is great.

Hey, cheers, everybody.

Yes.

To being in our house

and hanging out with us

and for making a great meal.

To our new kid.

Aw.

Thanks, Mom. Thanks, Dad.

Aw.

Couldn't resist.

I got her when she young.

She was 21.

She didn't know any better.

She hadn't seen the world yet.

I could really...

I have a feeling she knew

what she was doing.

I could really do

my C-plus material,

and she was like, "Wow. "

[LAUGHS]

I could be half drunk

and still make it work.

And then to evolve.

I mean, 21's so young.

And then you get older,

and so much happens.

You change in those years

drastically.

Oh, yeah.

No, I for sure thought that I

was gonna f*** a lot more dudes.

[LAUGHS]

All right, Jill.

I'm right here.

I mean, that's the thing.

Yeah, maybe, like,

almost f*** a chick

and then chicken out.

Right, just dabble.

That's what college is for.

But at least

I could have tried!

Right.

You still can,

the last one.

I think that's great.

[LAUGHTER]

I mean, it's overrated.

That whole thing

is overrated.

It ends in pain

and lots of walking in shame.

No, I feel lucky

I got a good one.

I didn't have to wade through

too many...

Yeah.

Bad ones.

Yeah.

Good thing.

Hey, baby.

Hey.

Frank's an idiot.

What?

Nothing.

You doing some packing?

Indeed.

What Narcissism Means to Me?

When did you start reading

a book of poetry?

Do you know who gave me that?

No.

Uh, Chris.

Chris of Kate and Chris.

Why did Chris

give you a book called

What Narcissism Means to Me?

Uh, I don't know.

The title,

I can't actually say...

Um, I don't want this.

But he just came by

the farmer's market,

and, like, gave me a...

He went

to the farmer's market?

Yeah, he came by

the farmer's market.

He gave me, like, a...

What a sweet guy.

Yeah. Yeah.

He seemed, like...

he seemed okay.

He seemed, like...

happy and healthy

and fine and...

Just, uh...

A reminder or a-a query.

Um...

A query?

Have you been thinking

at all about

the old marriage convo,

the worst convo...

Yeah.

In the history of the world?

Absolutely.

Yeah?

Yes. I have.

What have... what have you been

thinking about?

All good stuff.

Yeah?

Um...

Yeah,

just maybe while I'm gone,

like, if you have thoughts on

just general timing and...

Okay.

You got it.

That would be great.

I'll give it a lot of thought.

That would make me feel

really good.

Oh, good.

Okay.

You think about it too.

I'm gonna.

Good.

Don't try to turn it around

on me.

You know I'm gonna.

Okay.

[LINE RINGING]

Mm.

What'd you do tonight?

Um,

I had some work to do,

and I did some reading.

Here you go.

Thank you.

So what's up?

I don't know.

I was just out.

Uh-huh.

It's so hot out.

Just, like, sweating my...

Yeah.

Sweating my balls off.

Yeah. What's up?

Sit down.

No, I'm gonna stand.

Ugh, sit down.

I'm gonna stand here.

Tell me what's up.

Why'd you come over?

'Cause I miss you.

Okay.

Um, here's the thing.

Yes?

All right?

Can you please...

it's hard...

it's not nice

to be on another level.

You have to sit, because I can't

hear you all the way up...

hello?

Here's the thing.

[WHISPERS]

I can't hear you up there.

Okay. Kate?

Yes.

I was serious about

what I said the other day.

I know, and I heard you.

Yeah, well, what I said was,

I don't think

that this is working.

I think...

Okay?

And I don't think

this is gonna work.

I think you're wrong.

And I think eight months

is enough time

to know

whether something's gonna work.

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Joe Swanberg

Joe Swanberg (born August 31, 1981) is an American independent film director, producer, writer, and actor. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film movement. His films often focus on relationships, sex, technology, and the filmmaking process. more…

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