In a World... Page #3

Synopsis: An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voiceover star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Lake Bell
Production: Roadside Attractions
  3 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2013
93 min
$2,041,184
Website
2,506 Views


He's lucky he's got those pipes,

otherwise he'd be a washed-up

mortgage trader right now.

Thanks for asking me if I

wanted a Fanta, Louis.

Do you want a Fanta?

No.

Here we go. Here we go.

Carol, can you hear me in there?

Yeah, I hear you perfect.

Ready, ready.

Okay. Welcome to the Jungle

Gym promo, take one.

Allo Carol!

- Eva Longoria.

- Allo.

Where'd you go?

You just ran off.

Oh, sorry. I thought we were done.

You said we were done, right?

Yeah, yeah. We're done. But

you forgot your Fanta.

Thanks. Back to stupid slappers.

Stupid slappa!

Yes, very good. You lead.

Stupid slappa! That's what

you fink, you stupid slappa!

- You want some Fanta?

- No.

It's in the fridge, Moe.

It's not. Otherwise, I'd

have it. And you'd have it.

- We'd all have it. It would

be great. - Let me just do it.

It's not a matter of you doing it,

okay? We're out of soy vanilla.

You guys are so loud.

Weren't you supposed to

be in charge of that?

Well, I will be from now on.

Okay?

Love you!

"I love you, too, Moe.

Have a great day."

"You, too. Thank

you, sweetness."

- Obviously, butter side down.

- Oh, no.

- It's okay. - Yeah. Yeah,

let's do it. Let's live.

You're killing me, Dani.

Mr. Pouncer, hi. I'm so sorry. I just

didn't see you there. I'm so sorry.

How can I help you today, Sir?

I just noticed you're not

wearing a wedding ring.

So now I'm never gonna

leave you alone, am I?

- Sir...

- No, I'm not a Sir.

No, you have to do

something brave

or do a sh*t ton of drugs in a rock

band to be one of those. No, no, no.

I am a Terry, however.

- Terry.

- Terry. Hi.

Hi, Terry. Can I get you

anything today, Terry?

No, actually. I just wanted to see

if I could get you to call me Terry.

And I just did.

That's what me mother

calls me, you see.

Cheers!

Cheers. Cheers.

Relax, Dani, you're acting like I'm

the first guy to ever hit on you.

Good afternoon, Concierge.

Yes, good afternoon.

Carol, I can't talk right now.

I'm super busy.

No, you're not. I'm

standing right behind you.

- Just kidding. Psych.

- That's not funny, Carol.

What?

Do you know that your neighbor

Pippa is from Guildford?

And I had a really

nice chat with her...

Because you are all out of

soya vanilla. They say "soya."

What's up, Carol? What do you want?

I got a lot of things to do.

All right. Fine, fine. I'm gonna

try the soft sell on this,

but you know that's really,

really hard for me.

Sister code, Dani. I really

need that Pouncer guy,

the Irish good-looking guy.

I need his accent

for my archives

because, really, it's one of the

accents that I struggle with.

- Really, Dani.

- No, no. No, Carol.

The news clips that I have,

they're too regional.

And in order to really

master a dialect,

you need to have these vowels.

Dani, come on!

- Fine. - You're just...

Did you say fine?

Yeah.

Great!

Oh, so, there's one

issue, though.

What?

Your manager has, like, a fake

restraining order on me or something

because the Bulgarian guy that I followed

out last time happened to be a diplomat.

I didn't know about it. It was a

thing... Wouldn't have done it.

God damn it, Carol!

Hindsight was 20-20.

What? What do you want?

What do you need?

Okay. So sister code. It's super

easy. All you have to do is...

I'm gonna drop off my

little interview questions

and the recorder and you

just press "Record."

Ask the questions. The

guy answers it. Done.

Sister code. Done deal.

Sister code.

What is this "sister code" thing

that you're doing right now?

What? Sister code?

"What? Sister code?"

Yeah, it's a new thing. I

was just trying it out.

Do you like it?

I don't know. I don't

really like it.

What? Ping-pong it a little bit.

Like I say, "Sister," you say...

I'm not saying it.

I won't push my luck. But you'll

do the interview questions?

Look, I'm going to do it.

Okay? I'm doing it.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

I love you. Sister code.

No.

Okay. Bye.

How did Mission Ireland go?

Yeah. Really good.

I'm gonna drop off the equipment

now. I can't believe she said yes.

Yeah, me neither. She could

lose her job if she's caught.

Oh, my God, you're so dramatic.

Yello.

- You booked that gig!

- What gig?

Welcome to the Jungle Gym.

Who did?

You did! The studio heard

the temp recording you did

and they want your voice

on the trailer, Carol.

But I'm a chick.

Yeah, I know. I'm

acutely aware of that.

The studio said they feel that

it's a "modern, quirky" choice.

- A what? - And that you're

perfect for the genre.

Children's romantic

comedy is a genre now?

Who cares? You just took a job,

a huge job from Gustav Warner.

I did?

Yeah. You just served up

a can of warning soup

to the Warn-dog himself!

I say next up, lemon

drop shots on me.

Are you excited or

trying to fart?

Hello? Carol?

Okay. All right. All right, then.

All right, let's get those shots.

All right, okay. I'll see you

tonight then. All right. Okay.

I know she Hung up already.

It's that obvious?

- Hello?

- Dad, I...

- Hello?

- Can you hear me?

- What's that? - Sorry.

Wait. Can you hear me now?

Gotcha!

This is my voice mail message.

I'm unable to take your call...

Really?

What?

I lost it to a broad?

Are you kidding me?

No, why would I be kidding you?

You know this is all happening because I

got sick and I couldn't perform that day.

Put it down.

Siegel. I smell legal.

I smell legal!

Well, get off the phone with me

and get on the phone with them!

I'm sorry, Sam.

- I'm sorry you had to hear that. -

No, no, no! Listen, don't apologize.

It's fine. Times are changing.

That's the way it is.

Nowadays, they're flying

planes, they're taking jobs.

- That's just the reality.

- Welcome to today's world.

I mean, it wasn't too long ago that I

can remember, all I had to worry about

with the ladies was how quickly to get

their panties off. You understand?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- And I don't want you to fret.

As soon as you get to resurrect

those three little words, buddy,

you are gonna own this town.

Amen to that. Amen to that, Sam.

Hi, Moe!

Pippa! Hey!

Is Dani here?

No, actually. No, she's at work.

Look, I'm really sorry. I know I do this

all the time. It's just one tiny...

No, no, no. Go ahead.

Please, I'm taking a break

rom work. Making a PB & J.

- Peanut butter and jelly.

- Jam.

"Jam." Right, right.

This is really awkward, Moe, but the thing

is, our drain's busted in our flat.

My mate is dealing with it at the moment.

But the pipes need cleaning. Who knew?

And I haven't showered in three

days. And I stink. It's disgusting.

Oh, right! God, I've been in my

sweat pants for, like, years.

I was just wondering if I

could use your shower.

Yours and Dani's shower.

That's weird, isn't it?

I'm sorry.

No, no, no. I'm sorry. Yes! I

think that'll be totally fine.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah. Of course. Yes.

I'll be back in a jiff. Okay!

All right.

It's not a big deal.

Hey.

Hey. I was just trying to see if

you're coming home for dinner,

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Lake Bell

Lake Siegel Bell (born March 24, 1979) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She has starred in various television series, including Boston Legal (2004–2006), Surface (2005–2006), How to Make It in America (2010–2011) and Childrens Hospital (2008–2016), and in films including Over Her Dead Body (2008), What Happens in Vegas (2008), It's Complicated (2009), No Strings Attached (2011), Million Dollar Arm (2014), No Escape (2015), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), and Home Again (2017). She wrote and directed the short film Worst Enemy, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, followed by her 2013 feature film directing debut In a World..., in which she also starred. In 2017 she directed, wrote, co-produced and starred in I Do... Until I Don't. more…

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