Stuck in Love Page #7

Synopsis: Meet the Borgens. William Borgens is an acclaimed author who hasn't written a word since his ex-wife Erica left him 3 years ago for another man. In between spying on Erica and casual romps with his married neighbour Tricia, Bill is dealing with the complexities of raising his teenage children Samantha and Rusty. Samantha is publishing her first novel and is determined to avoid love at all costs - after all she's seen what it has done to her parents. In between hook ups, she meets "nice guy" Lou who will stop at nothing to win her over. Rusty, is an aspiring fantasy writer and Stephen King aficionado, who is on a quest to gain 'life experiences'. He falls for the beautiful, but troubled Kate and gets his first taste of love and a broken heart. A tale of family, love (lost and found), and how endings can make new beginnings. There are no rewrites in life, only second chances.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Josh Boone
Production: Millenium Entertainment
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
R
Year:
2012
97 min
$100,000
Website
5,700 Views


No, Dad,

I'm getting out.

Samantha, you restrain him.

Don't let him out of the car.

I'm getting out.

Stay in the car, Rusty.

Get back in the f***ing car!

G. Unit G.

Who is it?

Is Kate there?

Who wants to know?

She's a minor, a**hole.

She's a minor.

Okay, where is she?

In the bedroom.

Bill...

Help me.

She won't wake up.

Jesus, what did you give her?

She was drunk

F***ing liar!

Oh, f***! We did a little coke.

That was it.

She'll be fine.

I got her.

You're expelled.

She's just passed out.

You've be lucky if that's all that happens.

You can't do that.

Is she all right?

Is she okay?

Get in the car.

Do you have her parents number?

Yeah, where's my phone?

Okay.

What's going on?

How's Louis?

Who's Louis?

Why don't you see if

your brother is up yet?

You don't need to send me

away to talk to Mrs. Wolcott.

I know you two

are sleeping together.

You don't know sh*t.

I know you f*** Tricia Wolcott.

Hey... go wake up your brother.

Rusty, wake up.

Rusty?

Oh, my God.

Dear Rusty, I know you probably

never wan! to see me again.

I did a terrible thing to you.

My Dad fold me you

called to see how I was.

As I'm sure he fold you,

I'm in rehab.

My biggest mistake

other than hurting you

was thinking you could fix me.

Only I can fix me.

I'd like to become a person who actually

deserves to be with someone like you.

I don't know how long that' will take, but

I hope you're around when it' happens.

In the meantime, just know I'm truly

sorry for everything I put you through.

Love, Kate.

Oh, P. S. You were

right about that book.

I cried a! the end.

Big time.

I know it's been a

rough couple months...

but you coming home drunk...

or stoned...

every night?

Now you've been in a fight?

It was payback for something that

happened last fall. I don't care.

I know it's your first heartbreak.

I know it hurts.

Nothing hurts like the first one,

but you've got to channel

this into your work.

Make something

positive out of it.

Is that what you did

when Mom left?

What?

Is that what you did when Mom left?

You turned it...

You're grounded.

You kidding me, Dad?

Would you just chill out? You can't

round me. Yeah, I just did, okay?

I just did.

You're the one who told me...

No journal, nothing.

You're the one who told me to

go out and get experiences.

You can't make me write, Dad.

I don't have to! You're a writer.

You'll do it yourself.

When you were little,

you used to run down

to the edge of the water like that

when the tide was pulling out.

And you would turn around

screaming when it came...

I'm letting the ocean

get me, Daddy!

I'm letting the ocean get me!

Your mom used to watch

you like a hawk.

She was terrified that the

ocean was going to grab you

and pull you out to sea.

Why are we talking about her?

What are we doing down here?

Your mom loves you.

She never did anything to you.

It's pointless. I know

what you're going to say.

No, you don't.

Those things she did to me,

the things you've been

holding over her,

I had already done

to her years ago.

What are you talking about?

I fell in love with somebody,

and and got lost, left.

Bullshit. You were just a baby,

and your mother waited for me.

Shut up, Dad.

She waited six months, Samantha.

And when I realized what a selfish

sh*t I'd been... Shut up, Dad!

She took me back.

It's the truth.

You couldn't tell me, Dad?

Really?

You just made me hate her!

She made me promise that if she

did something as stupid as I had

she hoped I'd have the

decency to wait for her,

so I am.

I should have told you, Samantha.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

She waited six months, Dad.

You've been waiting three years.

I think you made good

on your promise.

It's okay to stop waiting.

Yeah...

She's coming back.

What makes you so sure?

Because she waited.

And your mother is a far better

person than I'll ever be.

Hello?

Sam?

I'm here.

She's dead.

My mom is dead.

I don't know what to do.

Mom's dead.

I'm coming,

I'm coming.

Hello?

Hello? Is Rusty there?

This is Rusty.

Rusty, this is Stephen King.

Hello?

Uh, yes, sir.

I'm here.

Your sister sent me your story,

I've Just Seen a Face.

I read it, and I

think it's damn good.

I've loved it.

My sister sent it to you?

Yep, I took the liberty

of sending it.

to the Magazine of Fantasy

and Science Fiction.

They've published some of

my stories over the years,

and I thought' they might

be a good fit for yours.

Uh, wow, thank you.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

I think you've got a bright

future ahead of you.

Hey, tell your dad I said hello.

I'm a big fan of Suit Monkeys.

It's a classic.

Keep up the good work.

Wait!

Mr. King, don't go.

I'm still here.

Okay, I just want to...

I just want to tell you how

much your books mean to me,

but I don't even...

I don't even want to try.

It's kind of like what you said

in the opening of The Body.

The most important things

are the hardest to say.

Right, right.

I can't believe you

actually read my story

and you liked it.

I just...

I didn't say I liked it.

I said I loved it.

Oh, my God Oh, sh*t.

It was great talking

to you, Rusty.

Okay, yeah. Okay, yeah,

I'll see you, Stephen.

You're going to kill yourself.

Do you know how to do that?

Yeah, Dad, I'm doing it.

Hi.

Hi.

We're here.

Good to see you.

They're laughing at your work.

It's not funny.

It's pretty interesting.

It's really a short story.

No, no, it's great.

It's about a detective

with Alzheimer's.

You're kidding me.

No, I'm not.

I'll get it. I invited Kate.

She might come.

It should be entertaining.

Mom?

Hi... Um.

I kind of pictured your

dad opening the door.

Could you shut it

and go get him?

Hi.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

I got a little lost.

I was just...

I was wondering if there's

still a place for me here.

I completely understand

if there isn't,

because I know that

I really... every...

I really don't deserve it.

It's okay.

I'm so sorry.

We got food in here?

You do?

Yeah. Come on in.

Hi.

Hi.

Rusty, why don't you make

a place for your mom?

No, no, I got it.

Thanks.

I'll move this over.

Yeah.

Move her?

No, here.

Thank you.

Oh, wine glass.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Good, well...

I sold my first story.

Rusty, that's wonderful.

That's great.

Uh, it was actually all Sam.

You wrote it.

I just sent it to the only

person I could think of

who would actually like it.

A toast.

To Rusty.

To Rusty.

And Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I could hear

my heart beating.

I could hear

everyone's heart.

I could hear the human noise

we sat' there making.

Not one of us moving,

not even when the room

went dark.

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