Sunlight Jr. Page #2

Synopsis: Hard-working convenience store clerk Melissa and her disabled boyfriend Richie are trapped in a generational cycle of poverty. Their luck may be changing when they learn that Melissa has become pregnant. But as soon as she loses her job and they get evicted from the motel they live in, their joy vanishes.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Laurie Collyer
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Films
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
90 min
Website
143 Views


Got a light?

Give me a light.

I heard you got a

new man in your life.

Mmm.

Do I hear wedding bells?

Mnh, mnh.

Always getting married, man.

You know this.

All right, you freakin' losers.

It's about time we started

having a little fun around here.

Richie, we are having fun!

Who's got a pillowcase?

Pillowcase?

Pillowcase?

You got a pillowcase, Jorge?

I'm sorry.

What do you want

a pillowcase for?

You have some in your room.

Yeah, we got a pillowcase.

I'll be right back.

And step on it, Darth.

What are we gonna do

with the pillowcases?

I'm gonna have a little race.

A race?

Yes.

And the winner...

Gets to finish this here bottle.

Ahhh!

Richie

Come on, you people.

Up to the starting line.

Okay.

Molly, are you gonna

participate in this one?

No, I'm sitting out.

Okay.

Let's go.

All right. All right.

All right.

Come on. Get ready.

On your mark!

Get set!

Darth! Oh, my God!

Mom!

Hey, man.

Get back!

You got to wait

till I say "go," man!

All right.

Then say it!

All right! Go!

Move! Move! Move!

Rusty takes the lead by...

arriba! arriba!

Come on, Jorge! Arriba!

Ohh!

Don't they have bag races

South of the border?

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Winner!

Whoo!

Here we go!

Whoo-hoo!

What do I win, huh?

Not me, baby.

I'm taken.

Hey, buddy.

Did you get wet?

I sure as sh*t did.

Hey.

Hey.

Uh, I made you Richie's special

Spanish mac and cheese.

I hope you like it.

You're sweet.

Sorry about this morning.

You didn't do nothing.

Yeah, but still.

You know,

I really missed you today.

Me too.

Yeah.

I like the flowers.

So, how'd it go?

Boring.

How about you?

Come home all right?

Yeah.

Where's the car at?

Some jerk-off parked

in my space.

I had to move it down

to Molly's room.

Believe that?

I didn't know if you'd left

it on the road or what.

Oh, come on.

I take care of my business.

I tried talking to Edwin about

that college program again,

but he just keeps

on blowing me off.

So, what are you gonna do?

I don't know.

Call the number, I guess.

Just, I hate to make

phone calls like that.

I never know what to say.

Just be yourself.

Yeah.

It's crazy town's "Butterfly"

from MIX 100.7.

Come, my lady

I love this song.

Come, my lady,

Come, come, my lady

You're my butterfly,

Sugar, baby

Such a sexy, sexy

Pretty little thing

Fierce nipple pierce you got me sprung

With your tongue ring

And I ain't gonna lie

'cause your loving

Gets me high

So to keep you by my side

There's nothing

That I won't try

Butterflies in her eyes

And the looks to kill

Time is passing, I'm asking,

"Could this be real?"

'Cause I can't sleep,

I can't hold still

The only thing I really know

Is she got sex appeal

I can feel

Too much is never enough

You're always there to lift me

Up when these times get rough

I was lost, now I'm found,

Ever since you've been around

You're the women that I want,

I'm putting it down

Come, my lady,

Come, come, my lady

You're my butterfly,

Sugar, baby

Come, my lady,

You're my pretty baby

I'll make your legs shake,

You make me go crazy

Come, my lady,

Come, come, my lady

You're my butterfly,

Sugar, baby

Come, my lady,

You're my pretty baby

I'll make your legs shake,

You make me go crazy

Unh, come and dance with me

Come and dance with me,

Unh, unh, unh, unh

Yeah, come and dance with me

You know you got

To dance with me

unh, yeah,

Come and dance with me

Come and dance with me

You don't need these.

You know

You got to dance with me

Oh, baby.

Sorry, Viv.

I don't know what's

wrong with me.

I slept through my alarm again.

Thank you, sir.

You hung over, mamita?

You all right?

I'm just mad tired.

I'm mad hungry, too.

Tired and hungry, huh?

Yeah.

I feel sick.

Must be coming down

with something.

Oh, my goodness.

You really are a dumb blanquita,

aren't you?

F*** you.

Tired, hungry,

and now very grumpy.

Huh. Let me see.

Thank you.

Good lord.

I'll take three of those, too.

Sure thing.

Here you go.

That's $9.72.

I'm sorry, ma'am, but you're

gonna have to hurry on up.

Oh, good morning, ladies.

Looking mighty fine today.

Honey buns, why don't you and me

step in the office?

Are you messing with me?!

B*tch!

I can smell your p*ssy

through the window.

F*** you!

Tell your daddy to behave,

'cause he's acting up,

and I'm about...

He don't listen.

Ha ha!

Bye, Missy!

Bye, Kyle.

How'd it go today?

It's okay.

Justin's stalking me again.

What do you mean?

He keeps coming in the store.

Why?

I don't know why.

I'm gonna kill him, Melissa.

This time,

I'm gonna freakin' kill him.

Don't be stupid.

Mom's probably egging him on,

knowing her.

Your mother

is an alcoholic b*tch.

Look who's talking.

Yeah.

You still love him.

That's why he's stalking you,

'cause he's in love with you.

And he wouldn't be

in love with you

if you weren't in love

with him, too!

What?!

I said it.

'Cause I know it to be a fact.

I hate that guy.

I hear his name,

and it gets me nuts.

I swear to God, that guy...

I...

What's the price?

Hey.

This is perfect for you.

Maybe you'll learn something.

I reckon you'd better

clean up your act

if you're gonna be a daddy.

Look.

It's brand-new,

still got the tags on it.

What are you talking about?

Well, it's too soon to know

if it's a boy or a girl,

but I think it's so cute we

should buy it just in case.

I'm pregnant.

Yeah.

Yeah!

Come here!

Big papa.

Big papa in the house!

You know it!

You like it?

Well, maybe it's not...

I wouldn't have my son

wearing that.

Oh! Oh! Oh!

I have to check and see if they

have a daycare at college.

No way, Melissa.

I'm taking care

of the little guy.

I'm gonna make

an awesome daddy.

You will, indeed.

You know,

I got some powerful sperm.

Yep. Sure do.

I thought you couldn't

make no babies.

Well...

I want a little girl.

I want to dress up

a little girl so bad.

Listen, I want

to ask you something,

and I want you

to tell me the truth.

Did you ever get pregnant

with Justin?

We already talked about that.

Remember?

Yeah. Okay.

Okay, but, uh...

Did... did you want to have

a baby with him?

I'm not gonna get mad.

He had Kyle.

That was enough.

I'm not talking

about that dick head's kid.

Look, Kyle... he don't have

nothing to do with Justin.

Yeah, and he don't have nothing

to do with you or us, either.

Yeah. That's true.

All right.

So, uh...

Well, let's get married, huh?

Are you...

Are you asking me?

Yeah.

Well...

Oh.

Okay.

Melissa?

Mm-hmm?

Would you marry me?

Hmm. All right.

What took you so long

to answer the question?

Okay.

Come on. We're in a restaurant.

Cut it out.

Hey! Stop it.

Can you... can you wait

till we get back home?

I love you.

I love you, too.

I mean it.

I really love you.

Come here.

So, you think I can make

an honest woman out of you?

Yeah?

I've been a bad girl.

Yeah. You really have been.

Oh, yeah.

And you're gonna be...

An even worse girl

in about two minutes.

Wait a minute.

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Laurie Collyer

Laurie Collyer (born 1967) is an American film director. Born in Summit, New Jersey, she grew up in Mountainside, New Jersey and attended Oberlin College. After working at a series of odd jobs, she went to film school at New York University. She is best known for writing and directing Sherrybaby, for which actress Maggie Gyllenhaal received a Golden Globe nomination. She also directed the film Nuyorican Dream in 1999. She is in development to direct a film based on the story of Julia Butterfly Hill and Luna which is to star Rachel Weisz. She has also written the screenplay of an upcoming adaptation of Sara Zarr's novel Story of a Girl. In 2013 she directed, Sunlight Jr., starring Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon. In 2015, she directed The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe which stars Kelli Garner, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Eva Amurri Martino. In 2018, she directed a comedy-drama Furlough, starring Tessa Thompson, Melissa Leo and Whoopi Goldberg. more…

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