Search Engines Page #2

Synopsis: Sanity and relationships are put to the test when mysterious circumstances force a family to survive the annual American Thanksgiving holiday without their cell phones.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Russell Brown
  18 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.4
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
98 min
87 Views


I mean its-he's such an over

texter. It's really annoying.

What does he over text about?

Fire hydrants, um,

public parks, urban decay.

He sent me pictures of him

winking, but it just like

looks weird. Hmm, what about

you? I know you're having

adventures. Do you like anyone

other than Snapchat boy?

Mm, there's like this one guy.

Hmm?

Yeah, he's a club promoter, so

he's like in the scene.

Mm, he sounds fast.

Yeah, he's a little fast. But I

kind of like fast. I think.

Your sister couldn't

have lost her job at a worse time.

I know, when it rains it pours.

And I haven't been on Linked In

lately but the job market for

art critics does not seem

like it's exactly on fire.

Has she dated anyone

since the divorce?

I mean she's on Date Me

but I don't know, I think she

she might just be on there for

the validation. You know,

just to be liked and found

attractive from her picture.

Well I know that feeling. Even

if ugly guys or fatties like me

it still makes me happy. Like,

you know, this guy put himself

out there for me,

I'll always have options.

Yeah, no, having

options is, is great.

But sometimes too

many options is a problem.

Yeah.

Thanks.

- Cheers.

- Oh, Thank you.

Of course.

So, uh, what's your

field of reportage?

Oh, sports.

Really, I wouldn't

have thought that.

Yeah, I guess you probably

thought, uh, math meets.

Or, uh, chess tournaments.

Maybe some classical music.

I just think it's

a little bit unusual.

I guess.

Do you have, uh, a sport

that's your specialty?

It's LA, so basketball.

It's all about basketball.

Yeah, when you guys win there

are riots. It's terrifying.

It's crazy. I guess you're

a friend of Judy's in the

art world? Are you a dealer?

, No, no, no, I'm a,

I'm a multi-media artist.

I organize, uh, location-based

group happenings. I'm interested

in how people interact in

unusual, strange and

heightened situations.

Oh, Oh-uh, oh hey Rick,

um, we haven't talked about

the tour yet.

We'll do that over turkey.

You're busy.

Okay, save me a seat?

What were you saying?

Hey, hey, hey,

Jesse, you little b*tch.

Rick. Uh,

Dylan, this is Rick. He's

married to my sister's friend Georgia

and, uh, Rick this is my friend Dylan.

Hey, Dylan.

Nice to meet you.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy turkey day, gobble,

gobble, and all that.

Well for example recently

my team picked out, uh, this

drunken American guy in a bar.

And then we all went in and

pretended it was his birthday.

And, uh, eventually he started

joining in even though it wasn't

his birthday. And then we

uploaded the whole

thing onto YouTube.

So it wasn't his birthday,

you just messed around with some

innocent stranger?

Yeah, that's right

. In, in

a way. But it was a, it was a

jocular kind of messing.

Hmm.

And there was, you

know, some touching moments.

There was some real pathos.

So how's work?

It's pretty good I guess.

It is what it is. Gets a little

mundane, a little repetitive, a

lot of the same issues come up.

Like what kind of

issues, what do you do?

Oh I work for Google.

Really? That's awesome.

Google's like so now.

What do you do there?

Well I don't actually

work for the big G, I work for

a law firm that deals with, uh,

first amendment copyright issues

surrounding the Internet.

Are you working on anything now?

Yeah, I'm actually gonna

upload this Thanksgiving to my blog.

This dinner?

Yeah, I thought

it would be charming.

So you're gonna add

comments and cutesy

little pictures and things like that?

Yeah. Pictures,

and videos, image macros, gifts,

vines, and interviews. Actually,

I- I'd love to ask you some

questions if you are up for it?

Oh no. I'm not used

to being interviewed.

Uh, well I mean I can

understand how you might not like the

tables turned on yourself.

Oh no it, it's not about

the tables being turned, I mean.

Well there you go, and you

might enjoy being on the answer

side of the situation for once.

Okay.

Let's give it a shot

for what you call art.

Okay, great.

Okay great.

Well I mean I

guess there's a case

where a guy has been posting

pictures of his girlfriend, his

ex-girlfriend, nude pictures.

And Google's named in the suit

because he's using Google

ads on his blog.

Why would anyone

do something so creepy?

That's a good question.

No telling what people do when

they're pissed off.

Hashtag karma.

Kimmy's keen insight

on all forms of sports are known

to the legions of fans in, uh,

this great city. Uh, so Kimmy,

I want you to throw that keen

eye on yourself. Uh, what does,

what does Thanksgiving

mean to you?

Uh, you know, Thanksgiving's

always been one of my

favorite holidays since I was a

little girl. My parents were

immigrants and, uh, this

was the one American tradition

that they celebrated. My dad,

uh, was very reserved and always

focused on work. But when it

came to Thanksgiving he would

drop his work and he would join

the family and

he was the life of the party.

Um, and my mom just loved to cook.

She would cook up a storm.

And, uh, there'd be everything,

you know, turkey and stuffing

and mashed potatoes. She would

separate the white meat from the

dark meat. I mean it was an art.

There was corn, kimchee

There was always kimchee.

So Dylan, what do you do?

I'm a high-end dog washer.

He is the pup

pamperer to the stars.

I did not know there was

a, a high end to the business.

There's an entire ecosystem

of doggie care in Los Angeles.

Yeah, I mean I've seen

the vans that drive around.

But that's not...?

No, most of my clients

have an extra bathroom dedicated

to canine cleaning. My dogs

are the one percent.

Hmm. How long have

you been doing this?

Almost 15 years.

Wow. Jesse you are, uh,

you're in the dog world, yeah?

Uh, well, you know, rescue.

Like I save them,

he soaks them, you know, I'm

gonna go for reinforcements.

You good? Good.

No we're good.

With the world being so

overstimulated I feel like

Thanksgiving is a time to really

just disconnect from all that

and, um, really reconnect

with what's important.

Does your work normally

make you feel connected?

You're a sports journalist.

I mean you interact

with people all day.

Well you would think that.

But it, it, uh, somehow

has the opposite effect.

How so?

I get all these online

comments about my articles. Um,

from anonymous icons and names.

And they're really aggressive,

just really violent. You know,

and, uh, what's worse some of

them are actually totally racist

and sexist. You wouldn't believe

some of the ugly things people

have to say. They're just

complete strangers, they don't

even know who I am.

Uh, gorgeous. Okay. Now,

I will make a tent, okay.

If you say so.

Hey, So...

Look at my tent.

I guess you skipped

that class at Barnard, huh?

I guess I did.

So what's that smoky smell?

Uh, it's the oven. I

haven't used it in years.

Nice, so turkey cordon

dust and spider webs.

Very local ingredients.

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