Happy Christmas Page #2

Synopsis: Irresponsible 20-something Jenny arrives in Chicago to live with her older brother Jeff, a young film-maker living a happy existence with his novelist wife Kelly and their two-year-old son. Jenny's arrival shakes up their quiet domesticity as she and her friend Carson instigate an evolution in Kelly's life and career. Meanwhile, Jenny strikes up a rocky relationship with the family's baby sitter-cum-pot dealer.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Joe Swanberg
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
R
Year:
2014
82 min
$28,853
Website
233 Views


Jenny.

Jenny, baby,

this isn't the place to sleep.

This is someone's bedroom.

We're gonna get you back

to your own bedroom, okay?

Okay, let's move it,

okay, Jenny?

Jenny, I need you to

get out of the bed.

So I'm gonna take you

out of the bed now.

That hurt.

Don't kick me.

I don't want to have to touch

you in these place... Ow!

These are coming

off here. This is...

You just opened your eyes like a

person who knew what you were doing.

Get up! Get up!

I beg of you to just get out of the bed.

This is embarrassing for me.

This is honestly

embarrassing for me.

Hello?

(CLEARS THROAT) What?

Is she okay?

Okay.

You can go back to sleep.

What? What?

Okay, will you just text

me the address and I'll...

I'm gonna jump in

the car right now.

I'll be over there

in just, in a sec.

Okay, no, no. I'm glad you called.

Okay, thanks.

Jenny?

I'm gonna need

you to just stand up

and then I can carry you

the rest of the way,

but will you please

just get up enough that...

I'm fine.

This is what I was dealing with

in the bedroom, by the way.

I'm fine. Don't!

I'm so...

All right, will you help me open the door,

please? The front door.

Yeah. I'm gonna be

back for my coat.

I have my car keys in my pocket.

I am so sorry.

So when we're outside...

I am so sorry

that I woke you up.

Are you apologizing to me?

Yes.

I'm glad you called me.

It's the right thing to do.

Don't apologize for that.

I'll just be back for my coat

in one second. I'm so sorry.

Okay. Will you, will you...

Before we get outside,

will you fish my keys out of my pocket?

Yeah, I'm sorry.

I was figuring out which...

Just hit the unlock button.

You're gonna have to help

me get her into the car.

Okay. All right, Jenny.

I'm gonna set you down

and we're gonna take a few steps

out of the front door, okay?

I'm fine.

Can you... I'm sorry.

Yeah, I got the door.

I got the door.

(JUDE EXCLAIMING)

KELLY:
Do you want some more?

Do you want some cereal?

A little bit of cereal?

There. There's a whole

bunch of Cheerios.

Yum, yum.

(MOANING LOUDLY)

(CHUCKLES)

You're a crazy person.

You're eating

that like a maniac.

(MIMICS JUDE)

Hey.

Hey, sweetie.

Do you want some

eggs if I make some?

Yes, please.

Okay.

Here you go.

Here you go. Hold that.

(JUDE COOING)

Quack, quack, quack, quack,

quack, quack, quack, quack.

Hi.

Hi.

Hey.

Hi.

I'm Jenn.

Hey, Jenn.

I'm Jeff's sister, so, hi.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

I'm Kevin.

Is Kelly not here?

No.

Okay.

Yeah.

No, Kelly and Jeff left a little while ago.

It's nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

Are you just hanging out?

No, I was just

gonna take a shower.

Okay.

(JUDE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

Yeah, a cow.

We're just playing with some animals.

Cool.

Nice to meet you!

Nice to meet you, too.

All right, you want

to do that again? Okay.

KEVIN:
Hey, we're gonna go to

the park if you want to come.

What?

We're gonna go to the park

if you want to come with us.

Um, yeah.

Yeah, I just need

to put shoes on.

Okay, we'll be out front.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, my God.

A happy boy.

How long are you in town for?

For a while, I think.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I don't actually know.

Okay.

He's obsessed with you.

We got a pretty

good thing going, yes.

That's my little guy.

My little friend.

A grape. A grape.

Jude, can I have a grape?

No.

No?

Can I have an apple?

Oh.

Hi.

KEVIN:
Hey!

Is it good?

KELLY:
Thank you so much.

KEVIN:
You are so welcome.

Sorry to do that so

last minute. I really...

No worries. He pooped twice

and I just changed him.

Great. Thank you.

You're very welcome.

Thank you, yeah.

Do you want to feed it to me?

Jenny. I should get your number

so I can give you those DVDs.

Yeah! Thank you, Jude.

I'll just put it in your phone.

Okay. Here.

I don't know if he

should eat that now.

Great. I'll...

Yeah, see ya.

Call you when they're ready.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you, Kevin.

Thank you.

Yeah. You're welcome.

Have a good day.

I'm gonna eat all your apples.

I don't go out

with the intention of

getting hammered and coming...

It just...

It just happens?

I'm a... I...

You just find that that happens?

No, no, I'm just saying that did happen.

I don't know.

Empty stomach or whatever,

and I, you know...

Obviously it,

that got away from me and that's...

I'm an adult and

that's a weak excuse,

but it's not like I'm gonna

be going out and partying.

I know you have a baby in the house

and I can't be coming home...

I know.

It's not the greatest.

It makes me nervous that you're

gonna leave the door unlocked or,

you know, some...

Right.

Just some of it just makes

me a little nervous.

Right.

But, you know,

but also, are you okay?

Like what happened

with her boyfriend

and stuff like...

Nobody knows...

I don't know.

Well, I certainly don't know.

She's drinking a lot.

She didn't act

like it was some strange thing.

She's drinking a lot.

Is she drinking a lot today?

What do you mean?

Just last night she drank a lot?

No, last night, you...

Who does that on the first

night with their brother?

I don't know.

I mean, she's a lot younger than us.

I don't know.

Do you remember how you used to act?

That's not very nice.

No, I'm not accusing.

I'm asking you do you

remember how you used to act.

That wasn't an implication.

Yes, you've heard stories.

That was an implication. But I...

It was not, relax.

I had some semblance of propriety

or something, you know?

Oh, my God. Now you're

acting all victimized.

I wasn't saying anything.

Relax.

God, I'm not.

Anyway, all I'm saying is

it would be really good

if you could just have a talk to

her and just sort of cement it.

Okay. The next time

she does something like this,

I'll certainly

have a talk with her.

Well, why don't you just talk to

her now so there isn't a next time?

Oh, my God.

You are terrible.

She's just in the basement.

You mean "right now" right now?

It's like, 20 steps away.

Yeah, tonight,

just so it's not like,

"Hey, I'm the dick who has a problem

with it. Your brother's cool."

I mean, if Trevor was here,

I would have told him.

Jesus Christ. But he behaved like an angel,

so...

I'm go...

Fine, I'm going. Jesus.

Thank you.

Hey.

Hey.

How's everything going?

Good.

You done with those dishes?

Yeah. I'm...

Okay.

I love her.

I love your whole family.

I don't know if I feel

super comfortable anymore.

You don't feel like she can

successfully babysit Jude

for even minor times you would

like to leave the house?

She doesn't seem like

a responsible person.

She's not a responsible person.

Okay, so...

A lot of the reason why

it was a good idea for her

to come live here

was for you. Not me.

No, I know that.

She's gonna lighten your load.

But she proved

we can't trust her.

It's not like...

So what are you gonna do?

You're gonna have

that conversation

with her and tell her

you don't trust her...

I kind of did.

Give her a second chance.

Let her prove to us that

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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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