Old Dogs Page #8

Synopsis: Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years and their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise; a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's uptight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Walt Becker
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
19
Rotten Tomatoes:
5%
PG
Year:
2009
88 min
$49,474,048
Website
379 Views


- Oh, yeah. Here we go.

- That's breaking and entering. No, no.

- Bingo!

- Don't do that.

- Wait. Let me do it.

- Why?

- I'll take the risk.

OK. Go ahead.

Yeah...

- Come on. Come on.

- I got it.

I need some help. I need help.

- OK.

- Go, Craig.

- Me? OK.

- Yeah, you first.

What's her name?

- We made it.

- We did it!

Yeah! Can't keep Dan Rayburn out.

Never doubt you, Charlie. Never.

- We are in the zoo, guys.

- All right, which way?

A moat. I wonder what lives here.

We're in the gorilla enclosure.

- What?

- Stand still.

Hold still. Don't do it. Don't move.

- Gorilla. Silverback gorilla.

- Stay where you are.

Don't look at him in the eyes.

Just look away.

If you don't see him, he doesn't

see you. Back up to the tunnel.

You have to be aggressive with

the larger apes. I've read about this.

- Back up to the tunnel.

- No, no. No retreat.

- Retreat. No, retreat.

- You retreat, we are dead.

He senses fear, he attacks.

Be aggressive.

- Food!

- Don't provoke it! Charlie, no!

Aah!

- Oh!

- Charlie!

Aggression not working.

Maybe we should be submissive.

- Or run!

- Every man for himself!

Run! Go!

Come on, Danny boy.

Uh-oh.

We're alive!

- Penguins!

- Aw...

- I love penguins.

- Me too.

- Angry penguins!

- Save yourself!

Go to your kids!

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Charlie! Charlie!

- I love you, Charlie!

- Ooh!

Help. Help.

Help. Help. Help.

Aahh...

Everybody, it's cake time.

Oh!

- Birthday parties. Which way?

- They're on Adventure Island.

But the tunnel's closed.

There's no way to get there from here.

No, no. I got to get

to that birthday party. Please.

OK.

- What are you doing?

- Some little girl

wants a superhero

to fly into her birthday party.

- Mom calls me, I show up.

- Really?

We're going to sing Happy Birthday.

- How does this work?

- You go up, you come down.

- It's not rocket science, chief.

- And it's safe?

- Aah... Sure.

- Oh.

Daddy's coming. Yeah!

Which way is the party?

- Northwest!

- You got it!

- Go for it!

- Yeah. Yeah!

Killer penguins.

Killer penguins!

- Killer penguins!

- Charlie!

Dan! What's he doing up there?

Ah, he wanted to be a superhero

for his daughter's birthday.

- He know what he's doing?

- It's like a ride. Don't worry.

Go, Danny boy!

I'm the wind beneath your wings!

There's no stopping Dan Rayburn!

Did you see a little man?

He's about yea-big.

He's got reddish hair.

He looks like a Hobbit.

Just go to your happy place!

- Just go to a happy place!

- One, two, three!

I can fly!

I can fly! Yes!

Happy birthday, Zach and Emily!

Look, guys, it's a superhero,

just like you wanted.

I'm coming, kids!

- Oh, my gosh! Dan?

- It's Dad!

- It's me, Fatherman!

- Dad!

Yeah!

I knew it.

That's right, kids.

Believe what you see!

- Isn't enough fuel.

- Be careful!

I'm so sorry.

I just wanted to make an impact.

Mission accomplished.

I'm not that bad. It doesn't hurt.

I don't need to go to the hospital.

I just need to go home and sleep it off.

- You want to go home?

- Yeah.

You're in Burlington.

You know that, right?

I know that.

I rented a house a half mile from here.

You moved here?

Look, I know

I loused it up for us romantically

when I chose Japan over you.

And after what happened in South Beach,

that's pretty much unforgivable.

But these guys

weren't around in South Beach.

Good timing or bad timing, I love them.

I moved here so,

whether they want to visit me or not,

I could be closer to them.

I'm not a superhero, kids.

Maybe that's a good thing

because, you know, superheroes

are always off fighting crime.

And I just want to be with you guys...

...forever, if you'll let me.

Deal.

You're on my oxygen!

Aah!

Long story short,

he gets the kids, he gets his wife.

And Nishamura calls and says,

"We want a family man

to represent a family business."

Boom, $47 million in fees later,

here we are on my best friend's boat

going to Aruba.

That is a true story. I mean, come on.

Well, it's a good thing

you brought us down here

because the high seas are a

dangerous mistress for these children.

Excuse me. What are you doing

to my boat? Oh, the safety squad? Why?

It's my kid, OK? The fruit of my loins.

And you just relax, OK?

We're going to fix this boat

so it's safe for her.

Your baby's only three months old!

Nick!

This is not a Sizzler!

All right, so two weeks.

Keep the office running smooth

until the big guns get back.

- That'll be my sole scope of work.

- Now, Craig,

no more karaoke. You are cut off.

Not even in your own house.

You can do it.

- Go To! We're gonna miss you, Go To.

- Hey, you guys are using my nickname.

- Oh...

- Nick?

Listen. Are you good at puzzles?

Everybody take their

seasickness pills? Come on, guys.

Wow. Should we tell?

I think I remember where they go.

Yeah.

All right, we got the bags stowed below.

Seasickness pills

have been distributed.

Let's just get one bon voyage photo,

and then

we're ready to shove off, folks.

All right,

everyone get together for a picture.

Big smiles. Let's look real happy.

- Today, Craig.

- Got it?

Maybe not quite so happy.

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David Diamond

David Diamond is an American screenwriter. His film credits include The Family Man, Old Dogs, When in Rome, Evolution and the television film Minutemen. Frequently collaborates with David Weissman. more…

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