Men, Women & Children Page #4

Synopsis: Men, Women and Children follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. The film attempts to stare down social issues such as video game culture, anorexia, infidelity, fame hunting, and the proliferation of illicit material on the internet. As each character and each relationship is tested, we are shown the variety of roads people choose - some tragic, some hopeful - as it becomes clear that no one is immune to this enormous social change that has come through our phones, our tablets, and our computers.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Jason Reitman
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
2014
119 min
$536,272
Website
1,047 Views


important work.

I don't wanna distract you

or anything.

I can just go.

Okay.

Okay.

But take your phone, honey.

So I can track you.

Got it.

Ooh. Okay.

Angelique?

Angelique?

Are you "BoredWife"?

Yeah.

Hi.

Hi.

"SecretLuvur"?

Oh, God.

At your service.

You must be Don.

Hi.

You're cute.

Thank you.

Do you want to sit, Don?

Okay. Sure.

I don't really know how this

is all supposed to go down.

Well, we can finish our drinks

and then we can go on our date.

I'll have a cosmo.

Excuse me.

The lady would like a cosmo.

I heard her.

So much for incognito.

Yeah, right?

Have you never done this before?

No, I don't do

this kind of thing.

No, no, no.

I...

I mean, is this what we're...

Is this okay?

Oh, you're more than okay.

I know you said that

on the phone,

but a lot of guys just say that.

Why? Why would they do that?

They think it makes me

feel special.

That's just so weird.

I don't know. I mean,

maybe this is just too crazy.

No, no, no, look, look.

I don't want you to think

that you have to do

anything tonight.

There are no rules

to this kind of thing.

But you seem really nice.

And you're fine as hell.

It is, isn't it?

It's your first time.

Isn't it obvious?

You want to go upstairs?

Thank you.

So, um,

you're a photographer?

Hmm?

I see you, um,

taking photos

at the games and stuff.

Mmm.

No, it's just a hobby.

We use the photos on

Hannah's acting website.

Oh.

Well,

she's lucky she has a mother

who's, you know,

"in the business."

Tell me about it.

I got my first headshots

by this guy

up in Garland.

Yeah.

What a creep.

Told me not to forget my

swimsuit and aerobics outfit.

I hope you told him to f*** off.

I wish.

I was 18. I didn't know.

I hate those photos.

Well, at least, you know,

Hannah has someone to keep her

out of trouble, right?

Yeah.

I suppose.

She's actually up

for this reality show.

Wow.

Yeah. It's kind of

a talent search.

Could be fun.

Yeah.

It's in Hollywood,

so if she gets it

maybe she'll meet her father.

He was this producer that I met

when I went out there

to be a star.

Oh, yeah, got it.

I came back five months pregnant

with this Mercedes

that he bought me

and a monthly

child support check.

To be fair, he never missed a

payment on either of them. Mmm.

Hollywood's loss, I guess.

Isn't that where Lydia moved?

Yeah, she's, um,

going out with some, uh,

guy named Greg Cherry.

Really, I mean "Greg Cherry"?

What kind of name is that,

you know?

It's a pretty lame one.

It is.

So when did you start thinking

differently about her?

Honestly?

I know this is gonna...

Sound like a pickup line

or something, but, um,

meeting you was kind of

a big deal for me.

I mean, um,

you know, for the past year

pretty much every night I'd just

go to bed and watch TV and

wonder what she was doing.

But for the past week,

I go to bed and wonder

what you're doing.

I'm sorry. That was way

too much, wasn't it?

No.

It was actually pretty great.

I've slept with guys for less.

Oh.

Sorry.

Do you wanna hear about what I

do for a living or something?

You can tell me if you want to.

I'm an account services

manager at Stanley.

And what does an account

services manager do?

I coordinate

daily service sales activities

regarding distributors.

I also, uh,

manage relationships

with various accounts and

I occasionally assist with

marketing programs relating to

distributors.

It sounds really complicated.

Nah, it isn't.

Oh, wow.

You have such a huge dick!

Don presumed his penis to be

of an average size.

If his dick had, in fact,

been huge,

he would probably have

heard about it by this point.

Oh.

You like that?

Do you?

Yeah.

What's the matter?

You a scared little girl?

A little.

No.

I'm excited.

I want it.

Where do you want it?

In my mouth.

Mmm...

Maybe half of it?

No.

I want it all.

I want...

I want that big penis of yours.

Um...

That's right. I want it.

I want your dick.

Oh, attagirl.

I want you to destroy me

with your big f***ing cock.

Oh, f***, yeah.

You still in here?

Yes, I am.

You've been at it for hours.

I know.

I can't find anything.

We're lucky.

Then maybe you should

take it easy on her for a while.

Maybe I'll just call her

and make sure

everything's okay at Lauren's,

and then I'll...

You just checked her

entire computer, right?

Doing whatever it is you do,

checking her email or MySpace.

You said yourself

she's clean as a whistle.

Just let her be

a teenager tonight.

That was cool.

Yeah.

Was that okay?

Yeah, you were great.

So, you still have a little

over half an hour left

if you want to take

a break, go again...

You think maybe we could just

lie in the bed together

and maybe you put your head

on my chest or something?

Yeah, that's fine.

Damn, baby, that was something.

Call me tomorrow.

Hey.

She never called.

What?

That's weird.

Maybe there's something

wrong with my phone.

I should call my mom

and make sure she's okay.

Relax. Maybe she's having sex

or something with your dad.

Huh.

Next weekend is

our arch-rival, Irving.

We want a sea of red and blue

when we go up against

the Aardvarks.

Go, Olympians!

Go, Olympians!

Dumb b*tch.

What was that?

I said we lost

because of you, fag.

How could you have lost

because of me

if I wasn't even there?

That's why it's your fault,

you fuckface.

We could lose district.

- Who cares?

- Everybody cares.

Everybody!

All right, yeah, whatever.

Ah! God.

F***er! F*** you!

F*** you!

So what do you want to know?

What do you want to tell me?

What's important in

your life right now?

I don't...

Um, my dad wants me

to play football.

Mmm-hmm.

How do you feel about football?

I don't know, it just seems

kind of pointless to me.

Okay. Uh, what are

some of the things

that aren't pointless?

I don't know.

I play Guild Wars.

Is that a Nintendo game?

Uh, no, it's an MMORPG.

It's a role-playing

game online.

You play with

millions of other players.

Oh.

And you're probably pretty

good at this game, right?

Yeah, I guess.

It's not really about skill.

It's more about how much time

you put into it, you know.

Hmm.

And, uh, the people

you play this with,

they're your friends

from school?

Oh, no. No.

They're just my friends

from the game.

Like, I've never actually

met them in R.L.

R.L.?

R.L.? In real life.

Do you have friends in R.L.?

Um, no. Uh...

I used to have a lot,

but once I stopped

playing football

I sort of lost most of them.

There's a girl, though.

Oh, nice.

Is she in R.L.?

Uh, yeah.

She's pretty cool.

Have you seen Pale Blue Dot?

Is that a movie or a video game?

No, it's, uh...

It's this thing,

this YouTube video.

And it basically challenges

our existence and

whether or not we matter.

Do you believe anything matters?

On a grand scale? Uh...

I think if I

disappeared tomorrow,

the universe wouldn't

really notice.

What?

Can I show you something?

Uh, yeah, well, I'm kind

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Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman (born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American[2] film director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), and Young Adult (2011). As of February 2, 2010, he has received one Grammy award and four Academy Award nominations, two of which are for Best Director. Reitman is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. He is the son of director Ivan Reitman. more…

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