Post Grad Page #7

Synopsis: Ryden Malby has planned her academic life since she was in high school to get a college scholarship; now she has just graduated in English and in her master plan she expects to get a job as assistant editor in the publishing house Happerman & Browning, in Los Angeles. Her platonic best friend is Adam Davis, who has a crush on her and is frequently close to her. However, her arrogant classmate Jessica Bard gets the position and Ryden is forced to return home in the suburb to live with her family: her optimistic father Walter, who wants to do everything by himself; her careful mother Carmella who administrates the short resources of her family; her eccentric grandmother Maureen; and her weird little brother Hunter, who wants to race in a boxcar derby. Ryden unsuccessfully seeks a job and feels frustrated, but is emotionally supported by Adam. When Walter accidentally runs over the cat of his next-door neighbor David Santiago with Ryden's car, they visit him to give their sympathies. Ryde
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Vicky Jenson
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
8%
PG-13
Year:
2009
88 min
$6,290,448
Website
462 Views


Come on, Adam. Ball in. Ball in. Ball in.

Hold up.

- Our ball.

- All right.

- Our ball.

- Check it up. Check it up, Adam.

Our ball.

All right.

Ball.

Okay.

Hi. I'm Ryden Malby. I'm...

The new assistant to the editor. Yes.

One sec. I'll get Lloyd.

I've got Ryden. Thanks.

Well, here it is. Home, sweet home.

- That's the mail cart.

- Great. Well, perfect.

Is there any material

you want me to start to read or...

No. Reading's on your own time.

Jessica was a sh*t filer,

so we're a little backed up on submissions.

I see that.

What happened toJessica anyway?

Well, we had a little bit of

a misunderstanding, she and I.

You see, I thought that she worked for me.

She thought she was running the company.

- Sounds likeJessica.

- Mm-hmm.

- Ready to go?

- Yep, I'll get right on it.

You know you're gonna have to enter every

one of these into the database, right?

Okay. Absolutely. Yeah.

- Hi.

- Oh!

Of course.

#Apicture paints a thousand words #

#As one door closes

another door opens #

#And two wrongs don't make a right #

#Now, good things come to those who wait #

Okay. I've got it right here.

My life is a sh*t-storm. I got way

too much crap to keep in my own brain.

So, what do I do?

- #Say what you say # - I think

those two books are totally different.

- #Do what you do #

- Different enough.

#Feel what you feel as long as it's real #

#I said take what you take #

#And give what you give

Just be what you want #

#Just as long as it's real ##

When are you gonna build my boxcar?

Get the puppet out of my face.

Come on. All the

other kids' dads are practically done.

Fine. Forget it.

Hunter. Wait a minute.

When's that race again?

- Saturday.

- Saturday.

Saturday.

Go get your mother, your grandmother.

We need every able-bodied man

we can get. Go.

- Just move all my Thursday

appointments to Friday. - Okay.

Oh, and you're gonna wanna get

some beauty sleep this weekend...

'cause I want you to sit in

on the Asia conference on Monday morning.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, great. I'd love to. That'd be great.

- Great.

- Oh, you forgot one. Sign and date. There.

- Oh. Okay.

- All right. "Buenos nachos."

- Good night.

Hey, try to get out of here

by 9:
00 tonight, will you?

- Okay.

- All right.

#Far, far#

#T here's this little girl #

#She was praying for something

to happen to her#

#The reality looks far now

but don't go #

#How can you stay outside #

#There's a beautiful mess inside #

#How can you stay outside #

#There's a beautiful mess inside #

- #Mmm, mmm ##

- I got this job...

this incredible job.

And I'm working my ass off.

But I always expected that.

What are all the boxes for?

Moving back to Brazil.

Are you serious?

Yeah. My life is there.

I haven't seen my family in ages.

And I come home every night to what?

I guess I finally realized that...

what you do with your life

is really just one half of the equation.

The other half...

the more important half really, is...

who you're with when you're doing it.

Okay, come on! Come on.

Come on.

You got plenty of room. You got miles.

Oh, geez!

Don't tell me that's another cat.

Oh, geez.

Hey, keep this on the down-low, Mom.

It's one of those goofy gnomes.

Don't tell Carmella.

- Hunty? Come on, Hunty.

- He broke the gnome.

- Oh, sugar.

- Jesus! What'd I just say?

Hand me...

What's going on?

Get dressed. We're late.

We need all the manpower we can get.

But what if I don't drive good?

Hey. Hey, you're a Malby.

Driving is in your blood. Okay?

Come on. Come on, let's go.

We gotta go. Come on!

- And it's "drive well,"honey, not

"drive good." - Wait. Don't drive good?

Proper English is "drive well."

I want you to drive well.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please turn your attention...

to the starting ramp

for the last event of the day.

This is the one you've been waiting for...

the final race for the 9th Annual

P. T.A. Boxcar Derby.

Racers and their teams,

please take your marks.

Let's go, Raymond!

All right. How you feeling?

- Look at Hunter!

- Go, Hunty!

Go! Go!

Are you focused?

Balls to the wall.

Don't tell your mom I said that.

Smoke 'em. Go get 'em.

Balls to the wall, Hunty!

All right, let's go!

Come on! Go!

- Dad! Dad!

- Brake! Pull the brake back!

- What?

- The brake!

Go, Hunter! Go! Go!

Yeah! Go get 'em!

Go!

Go!

- Walt,

watch your ankle! - Go! Go!

#Here's to you, honey #

#But I'm out of your league #

#Y ou're never gonna pass me #

- #' Cause I'm out of your league #

- Go! Get in there!

#L ooky here, baby #

#You're comin'my way #

#But I move like a landslide #

#So I get out of my way

and stay away #

#Up from the floor

on the count of 10 #

#Oh, you get up, you get down

and you try again #

#Up and down and around again #

#Oh, you get up, you get down

and you try again #

#Up and down and around again #

- #Oh, you get up you get down

and you try again # -

#You get up, you get down

and you try again #

#Get up, you get down

and you try again #

- #You get up, you get down

and you try again ## - Yeah!

Whoa!

- Come on! Let's go!

- Excuse me.

Dad!

Dad!

Oh!

Thank goodness. You okay?

By the way, you won!

- Wow! Look at that.

- That-a-boy!

- Come on. Up, up.

- That's okay.

- No?

- Not today.

Okay.

- That-a-boy.

- Let me see. Let me see.

- It's so cool.

- Look at that.

- Right.

- Mm-hmm.

Mom, Dad...

Sure you don't wanna get a little shut-eye

and see how you feel in the morning?

Nope.

Just out of curiosity though,

do you think I'm making the right decision?

Well, you know,

ever since you were a little kid...

you always seemed to have it figured out.

You know, you made good grades, you...

kept your room neat and clean,

you ate your vegetables.

Can I be honest with you?

I always found it a little troubling.

Because, see, hon...

the world's a screwy place.

It doesn't play by the rules.

So if you're asking me...

do I think it's a good

idea for you to, uh...

quit your job...

leave behind the only family you have...

and travel 3,000 miles...

to a place you've never been before?

I think it's the most kick-ass idea

you've ever had.

'Cause I think no matter where you are,

you're gonna knock 'em dead.

Thanks, Dad.

- See ya.

- Okay.

- Love ya, honey.

- Love ya. Bye.

No good-byes. Just see you later.

You be careful in New York.

There are a bunch of kookies there.

- Okay, I will.

- Call me frequently, okay?

- Okay. - I've got you on my

speed dial, and you're on mine.

- # Show me the world #

- Okay. Okay, bye.

- #In the shape of your looking glass #

- Bye.

#Beautifully bold when the colors unfold #

#Yes, it's easy to see #

#But it's harder to find #

#And I'm thinkin'of you #

#And it's clear in my mind, so I #

#Turn, turn, turn #

#I turn back around #

#And turn, turn, turn #

#I turn back around #

#And I'm eastern bound #

Thanks.

#Almost let slip all these words

in my fingertips #

#Still unaware #

#Of the pen in my hand, but I'm #

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Kelly Fremon Craig

Kelly Fremon Craig is an American screenwriter, producer, and film director. She is known for directing, writing, and co-producing the 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama The Edge of Seventeen. more…

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