Other People

Synopsis: Follows David as he moves back home to be with his mother for the year between her giving up her fight against cancer and slowly dying. Davids relationship with his family is, at best, strained (especially in regard to his father) because of an apparent difficulty in accepting his homosexuality. Although the subject matter is genuinely distressing, his mothers death ultimately helps restore his familial bonds and become an integrated part of the family unit again.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Chris Kelly
Production: Gettin' Rad Productions
  3 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
UNRATED
Year:
2016
97 min
$62,630
1,210 Views


It's okay. Look how calm...

We love you so much.

Oh, she's gone. She's gone.

We love you, baby.

We love you so much.

I love you.

I love you.

I love...

Joanne hello,

you've reached the Mulcahey...

Residence. We aren't able to

get to the phone right now...

But leave a message and

we'll call you back.

Cathy

hi, Joanne. It's Cathy Colombo.

From Bemidji state?

I heard from Kay and Rick

you were sick.

I'm so sorry, I didn't know

that, honey.

I'd love to hear how

you're doing...

Whenever you're up for it, okay?

And, uh... hold on one sec,

Joanne.

Um, yes. I'd like two bean and

cheese burritos, please?

And a small Pepsi.

We don't serve Pepsi, ma'am

we only have coke.

No, no, I always...

Only coke, ma'am.

Cathy

oh, sh*t! Sorry.

I thought it was taco bell.

Am I on Eucalyptis?

Del taco employee

this is Del taco.

I'm all turned around.

We only have coke.

Okay, no, no, no, yeah,

I hear you.

Yeah, okay, coke's fine, then,

thank you.

Del taco employee

okay, that all?

Yeah, thank you.

$3.11 at the first window.

Cathy I am so

sorry about that, Joanne.

Uh, where was I?

Oh, right, how sick you are...

F***.

There's our New York City boy!

That's right. Hi, grandma.

They gotcha workin' this party?

It's good to work. Good for ya!

You know, I'm glad that you're

movin' home for a bit.

Your mom's gonna need a lotta

help. She does not deserve this.

You know, Rebeccah and Alex

helped set up, too!

We did it all...

You were "writing."

Are you drinking?

You're like 15-years-old.

I'm 17.

Alex, didn't help at all.

You were gone picking up friends

for like five hours.

Please tell me, not Paige.

I haven't talked to Paige since,

like, middle school.

Oh, hey there, is this where

I can get some chips?

Oh!

Oh, hi, my name's Fletcher, just

live here in the neighborhood.

Hi, Fletcher.

Hoping to get some chips.

Oh, my god.

That's funny.

Isn't that great?

99 cents at the gas station.

99 cents.

Isn't that something?

David! David, what do you hear

about your show?

Uh, it didn't get picked up...

So they don't pick it up,

you know, it's over.

Yeah, but ya never know, maybe

they'll change their minds!

That's not really how it works.

Ya know, we turned on SNL

the other week...

Lookin' for ya on there!

Uh, why? I don't work there.

Well, it's only a matter of time

before we see ya on there!

Well, I'm a writer, so I'd never

actually be like, on the show...

Sure you're gonna get a lot

of material tonight.

Won't he, grandpa?

I'll give you some material.

Whaddya need?

David!

You just need these.

This is a sketch.

David?

Give these to Lorne Michaels.

Okay, I gotta show you this.

Remember that wand that I bought

on the Internet?

The one that can heal people?

Yes, and can you believe

at only $400?

I mean, that's crazy.

Everyone at your church

bought one?

Yeah, well, my pastor sells them

on his website.

And, uh, anyway, I looked it up,

and it doesn't cure cancer.

Well...

Yeah, so it just works on, if

you like, throw your back out...

Or something, but boy,

is it amazing.

Thanks for researching that,

that's good to know.

How you doin', Sacramento?

Here it comes...

We were gonna dedicate this

first song to Joanne...

But she's still upstairs

gettin' ready apparently.

So get your butt down here,

Joanne!

Jo-anny! Come on down!

Hey, Joanne!

Well, we got our New York City

boy in the house tonight.

You're not too good for us now,

are you?

No.

Okay.

We're gonna start you off

with a lil' appetizer.

I'm almost ready, I'm so sorry!

No, no rush.

Taking me forever.

Sit down for one minute.

How's it going down there?

Patti brought her wand.

She did? Of course, she did!

Hm...

She says it doesn't work

on cancer, though.

Darn!

Don't bite.

Isn't this dress pretty?

It is, I feel like it's too

subtle... maybe?

Yeah, you think so?

Something more, maybe?

Do you know that I got this

dress for this '70s party...

That your dad dragged me to.

Did I ever tell you about

that party?

No.

Well, it was for people at his

school, so you get the idea.

It's like, you know,

you think he's bad...

These people are the worst.

So your dad makes this big deal,

like we have to get our 70's co-

like he was very excited

about this party.

So I get this dress,

which is beautiful.

We go to the party,

we walk in...

And literally no one is dressed

up in 70's costumes...

Except for me and your father,

can you imagine?

Oh, my god.

It was so embarrassing.

Why was I not there?

No one, David!

God as my witness.

I don't know.

These people... they had

like one little...

One little banner that said

"groovy", and then they were...

They didn't even play

70's music...

They were playing like

Phil Collins music.

Ugh.

I'm so sorry, that sucks!

I know, but it's so funny

in retrospect.

So has everyone already

left yet?

Actually you missed

the whole year.

It's probably not a terrible

idea.

Should we go down?

And join?

You don't have to move back,

you know that, right?

I know.

I just want to tell you.

I know.

Don't bite, David, stop,

come on.

Paul hey, this is Paul.

I'm not here right now, so

leave a message after the beep.

Hey, it's me.

Just calling

to say that I landed.

And um...

Which I guess I don't need

to do that... any more.

Anyway. Yeah, mom's fine.

Or... you know, fake fine, um...

We're just all doing

new year's stuff.

Sorta feels like this little

play that we're all putting on.

Boo!

Agh! F***!

Uh, hey, you holding up?

Yeah.

You want company?

No, thank you.

Got any new year's resolutions?

I dunno.

All right, I love you, bud.

10... 9... 8... 7...

6... 5... 4... 3...

2...1...

Okay.

Are you okay?

I'm so sorry, I missed a little.

That's okay.

Yeah, I'm okay, I'm okay.

Thank you, thank you, honey.

So, how's Paul doing?

This is a long time for you

to be away from him.

He understands. He's fine.

Oh, good.

Well, listen, I really wanna

pay for your rent...

For the next few months...

Just so it's one less thing

for you guys to worry about.

Dad's not gonna like that.

Well, I don't care

if he likes it.

Well, thank you.

Of course.

Have you used that gym

membership that he got you?

Might be nice for you

to have somewhere to go...

If you want to get outta

the house at night.

I will, yeah.

Okay, good.

Work on my fitness.

Yeah... can you see it?

Hm?

Can you see it?

No, looks normal.

Ah, hooray.

Hey! David?

David? Mulcahey?

Oh... hey!

Hey! I thought that was you.

Hey, how's it goin?

Good, good.

Just baggin...

Oh... wow.

Yeah.

That's cool.

Yeah, it's good to see you!

Yeah, I saw on Facebook,

you're a writer now, right?

Yeah.

Cool, cool, me, too.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Like novels and Sci-Fi

fantasy sh*t.

Oh, okay.

Yeah, it's fun.

Well, cool.

Yeah, what are you writing?

Uh, I was working on this pilot

for TV for like a year.

Okay.

But... Then it didn't get

picked up, so...

Now I'm just writing

for "Saturday night live".

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