Return

Synopsis: Back from a tour of duty, Kelli can't wait to rejoin her old life in the rust belt town she's always lived in. She's ready to experience the old feelings of everyday life- the carpet under her bare feet, a cold beer in front of the television, the smell of her baby's head. Slowly, though, she realizes that her everyday life doesn't resemble the one she left. Struggling to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes, what can she reclaim of her share of the way of life she's been fighting to protect?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Liza Johnson
Production: Dada Films
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
97 min
$6,717
Website
184 Views


- Hi, Mom!

- Hi!

Hi!

Hi, baby.

Look at you.

- Hi, baby.

- Yeah, she got big!

She got big, yeah?

- Baby, hi.

- Yeah.

What do you say, sweetie?

Welcome home.

Oh.

Hi.

Hi, sweetie.

- I love you.

- I love you so much.

I'll pick you up.

Oh, my God.

You feel so good.

All right, all right.

Here, let me get that,

let me get that.

- I got it.

- All right.

You sleep on the plane?

- Mm-hmm, a little bit.

- That's good.

I couldn't sleep a lot,

though, I was excited.

- Yeah, I bet.

- Yeah.

Hey, can you plate

the chicken, please?

Oh, my God, I missed you.

And Mike was such

a rock star.

I saw him

all the time at the Kroger's

with Brie in the basket.

You would have been

really proud of him.

And Missy said he was great

at spouse group, weren't you?

Come on, watch the hair!

- Hey, can I have a glass?

- Sorry.

Mike!

Oh, my God,

this looks so good.

- My favorite...

- That's my addiction there...

Go ahead.

Here, can you

hold this, please?

Go ahead, turn, turn,

turn, turn.

Let's see what you got,

let's see what you got.

Now do me.

Oh!

Look at you.

Oh, you're getting heavy.

I'm gonna dip you.

- Flip me!

- Flip you?

Oh, my...

How am I going to flip you?

You're getting so big!

Let's let Mom rest,

okay, here, here.

But Mom loves dancing.

I know, but it's time

for her to relax.

You guys,

it is so nice to have your own

f***ing chair and a beer.

Dollar in

the curse jar.

And she's still doing Bingo

on the weekends,

and so she's

wasting all her money there

and she's still working at

the grocery store.

And this guy,

he doesn't make anything.

So with this new husband,

she keeps borrowing

from us all the time.

And I... I let her

borrow the car.

She had to go out

and roll it, though.

Damn... totaled it!

So she writes me

this letter.

I mean, she's my own mother,

but she mails it to me,

saying she's

going to pay for it.

Like I don't have

a telephone, okay?

Can you believe this?

Of course, I haven't seen

a red cent.

Yup, I knew it.

I've been dealing with this

all over town.

It's not us,

it's the city pipes, you know?

They're all rusted out.

Doris Norman's

got six bathrooms.

Took me five hours

to set her up.

- Nice.

- Yeah.

Well, she said I could charge

her for the whole day.

- Seriously?

- Yeah, so I did.

- Nice.

- Yeah.

Hmm?

That's nice.

What?

- You're crazy.

- Mm-hmm.

Oh, now, hang on.

I don't have this

on yet.

Ah, sh*t, sh*t.

- No, no, no, no, no...

- What?

No, no, no, no.

No.

They say you got to

take it slow first.

Who's "they"?

The spouse group.

That's what they said!

- Are you serious?

- They're very serious.

No.

They don't know

everything.

Oh, God, hon...

- Mm-hmm.

- I'm almost finished.

You better be careful,

I'm almost done.

Oh, sh*t, sh*t.

Hey.

- Come on.

- Okay.

Wait, I forgot to

put this back on.

Get over here!

What are you doing?

I'm just...

making sure

she's breathing.

Check me, too?

Okay.

You're definitely breathing.

You go back

to sleep, okay?

Okay.

It's like

falling off a bike.

Yeah.

Everything seems so small.

What are you

talking about?

It's exactly the same

as when you left.

Yeah, but over there...

quantities.

Gigantic.

Then how did you lift it?

Mm-hmm.

What did you have,

like, a gigantic forklift?

All right, maybe the boxes

are the same size,

but there is a lot of them.

Slow down,

you're making me look bad.

All right, Brie.

Get in your seat

like a big girl.

What?

Shorty crunk so fresh so clean

Can she pump that question

been harassing me

In the mind this b*tch is fine

I done came to the club about

Now can I play

with your pantie line?

The club owner said I need to

calm down

Drop that ass yeah

shake it fast

Throw that ass to the left

and the right ya

Turn that ass

Shake it fast

Throw that ass to the left

and the right

You okay baby?

Damn you're fine

Move it so you sock it to me

one more time...

# Hey girl

shake that thing #

# Shake that thing

don't stop #

What?

# Hey girl

shake that thing #

# Shake that thing

don't stop ##

That's right, girl!

That's great!

Good girl.

# M-A-N-I-A #

# The best #

# By far #

Smile!

- # Cheer mania #

- Yes!

- Yes!

- # Are stars #

Yes, yes!

Very good.

Yes!

Beautiful!

Here we go, and five, six,

seven, eight!

Yes, yes, tight!

Tumble!

Remember to smile!

- Smile!

- That's my girl.

Yes!

Aw, thank you, baby.

We got more ketchup, if anyone

needs any more ketchup.

He made it.

Be careful...

Hey, stop, hey!

You think these walls

are too yellow?

I could give it a coat

with a lighter-colored paint.

You know?

Look, Ma,

she's about to fall over.

Ooh!

Ooh, you called

that one, Jackie.

You all right, Adam?

Even on vacation,

Sally's mind

is still on her job

at the dry cleaner's.

Oh.

Uh-oh.

- Hey.

- Oh!

You okay?

What's that?

You want to

show me that?

Brie.

Hey.

Hmm?

What's she doing?

Nothing.

She just does that.

I think he's trying to

tell you he wants you to put...

- You done with this, hon?

- Uh-huh.

Oh, honey,

don't worry about that.

I'll do it later, okay?

Aren't you going out

with your girls tonight?

Yeah, I guess I better

get dressed.

Yeah.

Go have fun.

Cheers it, cheers it.

Yeah.

Mmm...

Gross.

Mmm...

This one's on the house.

My house.

Drink wisely.

- Hi!

- Hi!

- Hey.

- Hey.

How you doing?

Hey, I'm Cara Lee.

Hi, I'm Kelli.

Cara Lee works at Lambert's

Chrysler Chevrolet now.

She moved down

from Chillicothe.

I live real close to you.

I met your kids and stuff

while you were gone.

- They are so great.

- Thanks.

I even watched them

for him once.

There was a plumbing

emergency or something.

Oh, that's really nice,

I appreciate it.

Yeah.

Well, good night.

Yeah, you too.

Who is that?

Oh, my God, she's just some girl

that works at Lambert's.

Don't do that now.

No, I gotta

get it even, stop it.

Ladies, woo!

These are for you.

These are from the bartender,

she's very proud of you, so...

Thanks.

Yeah, oh, yeah, check it out,

they're new, too.

Except you

have to go, "Whoo!"

Do you work here now?

No, no, no, I'm just... just...

just helping out, you know?

So, uh, so, uh...

So any of you ladies

got five bucks

for a guy

who really needs it?

Vonnie.

Oh, my God,

let us be, Vonnie, go away.

- Five bucks.

- Go away.

Bye.

What, is he, like,

a volunteer now?

How does... how does

my eyes look?

Good.

Ladies,

how you doing tonight?

- Hi.

- How are you?

Kelli.

What do you mean?

I came out the window,

I don't know.

- What window?

- The bathroom.

Come on, come on,

let's go back inside.

No, no, no, no, no.

I want to go home.

I am done.

I gotta go home.

Come on.

They say it helps...

it helps to talk about it.

What, who says that?

Come on, what,

Jerry Springer?

Kelli, come on.

Seriously.

Other people had it a lot worse

than I did, I promise you.

I mean, yeah, I saw...

some dead people and...

there's weird sh*t there.

You know?

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Liza Johnson

Liza Johnson (born December 13, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and writer. more…

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