The Lifeguard Page #4

Synopsis: 29-year-old Leigh is on leave from her job in New York City after feeling a sense of emptiness and sadness in her life. Leigh has returned to her parents' home, to her high school job as a lifeguard and to her high school friends still in town. But Leigh continues to struggle in finding happiness since her parents don't approve and she's bullied by local kids at the pool. Leigh finds an almost like kindred spirit in high school student Little Jason; but when their friendship turns into an illicit relationship, her friends don't approve and even more tragedy awaits Leigh in her personal journey towards happiness.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Liz W. Garcia
Production: Screen Media Films
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
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Year:
2013
98 min
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man?

There we go.

I Was Cut Open

On The Way Down

Reelin'

From The Blow

And You Were There

On The Other Land

In Between

The Tears And the light show

What's gonna happen?

You're asking me?

Um...

everything's gonna be fine.

Life has great things in st...

But All This Talkin'

It's Drivin' Me Insane

And I Was Told

If I Was To Sing Along

Forget About Myself

We're All The Same

Yes. Take it down.

Well, Maybe I Should Chae

My point of view

Dizzy In The Morning

And I'm Shakin'

In the afternoon

There's Never No Warning

When It's Gonna Hit

And I'm Lie An earthquak

When I Get To Thinki' Too much

Everything's Fallin'

And shakin' and fallin

Through My Hands

Well, Maybe I Should Chae

My point of view

Leigh, what is wrong with you?

What?

Nothing.

Doesn't mean you can take

advantage of your father and I

and pretend this is a hotel.

You came in

at 3:
00 in the morning.

I was worried.

I didn't know where you were.

Sorry.

I lost track of time.

Just do a couple of dishes

once in a while.

Pick up after yourself.

Huh?

Your father's out.

I need to get out of here too.

You need a ride to work,

you got to get going now.

I don't... I don't need a ride.

I'm not working

till the afternoon.

Good morning.

Hans, what are you doing here?

Leigh's got the morning off,

so I thought we'd make

granola bars like the old days.

Yes!

Please tell me

this isn't happening.

You're supposed

to be in hartford.

What?

Picking up my banners

for the trade show.

You told me

that you would do it...

Because today I have to do

the yoga workshop, Hans.

I'm so sorry, justine.

I forgot. Shoot.

I saw Leigh's schedule

on the fridge,

so I thought this

would be a good morning

for us to do this.

Oh, and you didn't happen

to see the directions...

That are right there

to the printer?

No.

What kind of a trade show is it?

It's a health

and fitness trade show...

To get out the word

on dance mamas.

Uh...

I'm sorry.

It's just the name, mom.

It's... it's just the name.

Justine, I'm sorry.

I forgot, okay?

Sweetie? Justine.

- Shoot.

- yikes.

We got all morning.

Sorry. I...

I'm s... sorry.

In the summers,

when I was really little,

we'd go up

to my mom's friend's,

up in Vermont.

He had, like,

a... Cabin.

So small, on a lake.

You'd have to shower

in the lake.

We'd catch sunfish.

And, you know,

they were just...

people usually throw 'em back.

But we'd cook 'em on the fire.

They were the best.

You can bite.

Be careful.

We don't want you

getting hurt.

I Was Out

Paying close attention

Or Was I Lost

Inside my thoughts

These Days It's hard to tel

What's Outside

From what's in my mind

Oh, God, It's Beautiful

Insatiable

The Way Our chemicals collid

Slower.

I Was Out

Catching up to tomorrow

Or Was I Caught Up In the past?

These Days It's hard to tell

What's Out In Front

From what's behind

Oh, God, It's Unforgettable

Unpredictable

The Way Our chemicals collide

Think we're gonna move soon.

School's gonna start.

Gotta get a move on.

Soon when?

Few days.

Do you actually

have money saved?

I have, like, 400

from helping my dad

around here.

Jay, you need

at least a thousand.

At least.

You don't know

how long it's gonna take you

to get work up there.

Why don't you just take

a few more weeks...

And work hard with your dad...

And...

Just hang out?

I Was Sleeping In the lilies

Or Was I Up All Night?

These Days It's hard to tell

What's Half Asleep

From fully alive

We Were Loving Like a landslide

Or Were We In A Fight?

These Days It's hard to tell

What's Right From Wrg

And wrong from right

Please, please,

don't be doing something...

That I can't know about.

What?

I would have to tell.

You're stoned.

I am?

I am.

I am merely spending time.

I am merely

sucking up his youth

like a vampire.

When are you leaving?

Okay.

A week.

Excuse me.

They're leaving in a week?

What?

It's time.

If you want a change,

then, uh, try

picking up a hobby.

Yeah. Guys, I... I really...

I wanna talk about this.

I think we can even

bring guidance in to...

no.

No. No.

I'm not staying

in this f***ing town

with these a**hole people.

Okay?

There's, like,

a world out there

outside of this town.

The world is full of a**holes.

At least we're

the a**holes

that you know.

You need a drink?

Let's get you a drink.

I'll come.

Oh. Do you have

a lighter?

Thanks.

Are you okay?

No. I hate it here.

I hate my life.

I did too.

I did too.

But, like,

why don't you leave, man?

I mean, like,

you actually could,

like, go to New York city.

'Cause I can't.

And my parents are here,

you know.

Family, friends.

People know me.

Once I leave, everything...

Would be very, very different.

You know how my brother died?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, we were seniors.

I remember really well.

Like...

he was a fuckup.

I mean, he was such a fuckup.

But...

I don't know.

And, like,

he died, and my mom

can't even stand

the sight of me.

Like, for real.

I see it on her face

every time I walk in the room.

So...

I'm sorry.

That's terrible.

That's terrible.

What the f***, dude?

I'm not gay.

No, but you're very cute.

What is wrong with you?

I was trying

to f***ing talk to you.

Look, I was... I was...

we were talking.

I'm sorry.

I was talking to you.

Sorry.

What the f***, Matt?

Let's go tomorrow.

Why? I thought we said,

like, in a week or whatever.

I need to get out of here.

I need to get the f***

out of this town.

Are you coming or not?

Yeah. Yeah.

Okay.

But not, like, tomorrow.

I mean, dude,

I need some time

to get some money.

I don't wanna just go

up there with nothing.

How much time do you need?

I don't know.

But not now.

Okay.

I Have Seen You

In various stages of undress

I Have Seen You Through

Various states of madnes

I Have Seen Your refractions

And I Did Not Recognize you

I Have Seen You

In various states of madness

How High

Your Highest Of Heights?

How Low Are Your Lows?

How High

Your Highest Of Heights?

How Low Are Your Lows?

Um, 2003,

I think...

I wanna say.

So yeah, like nine years.

Sh*t, my dad could do this

in, like, two months.

They want to do it themselves.

It's like a...

Midlife thing,

like a... "Do something

with my hands" thing.

Yeah?

Well, they didn't.

I know.

I know.

It's so embarrassing.

It's like...

how hard is it...

To just move forward and...

Leigh.

Just wanted to make sure

you weren't the raccoons.

Oh, no. Are you still up

because of me?

We started that addition

when you went off to college.

You know, I made

your dad do it.

I made him go to home depot.

I made him do

the plans with me...

So we would have...

Something together.

You know how that worked out.

But it's not funny, Leigh.

And it's not yours...

it's not yours

to be embarrassed about.

I...

I need you to move out. Now.

Are you serious?

Mom, I'm sorry

that I was snarky

about the addition...

has it ever occurred to you...

That I might be working

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