Uncertainty Page #3

Synopsis: A young couple, Kate and Bobby, flip a coin on the Brooklyn bridge to determine the paths their lives take that day, the Fourth of July. The green path takes them to Brooklyn where they spend a quiet day with Kate's family, coming to a better understanding of their status as a couple. The yellow path takes them to Manhattan where they are being chased by a gunman and are in the center of a dangerous crime ring involving large amounts of money. What does the future hold for Kate and Bobby?
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
Year:
2008
101 min
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but I'm not trying

to set you up with.

I mean, I like Bobby.

Really, I do.

Sylvia, you're almost

out of olive oil.

Yeah, well,

I'll get some later.

Let's chop that...

Okay.

Quickly.

Yup.

I need it.

Yup, yup, yup.

Do you think we can use

these computers?

I don't know.

I'm gonna go ask.

Excuse me.

Hi.

Are these computers

for public use?

Yeah, go ahead.

Knock yourself out.

Thank you.

What are you doing?

Looking up this guy Perez.

The baseball player?

"Lottery deputy director George

Perez was charged with 3--"

Lottery deputy director?

"The indictment is certain

to be merely the first move

by a grand jury."

I mean, there could be a lot

of different George Perezes.

Do you think this is him?

I don't know.

It could be him.

It sounds like him.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

"Whether Perez is under

investigation for arson

in the fire that destroyed

a lottery building."

Right? Doesn't that sound

like the guy?

A guy who'd pay half a million

dollars for a phone,

works for the lottery

commission, stealing money.

So, wait, you think

that's what's on the phone?

Whatever information

is on the phone

that's in my pocket right now

is probably being used to--

And you think it's this?

We have to get rid

of this f***in' thing.

Bobby?

I mean, I don't know

if this is him.

Bobby?

There could be a lot

of different George Perezes.

What?

What?

Come on.

What?

What?

What?

What if--

What?

What if we sell the Treo?

$500,000 is a lot of money.

You're not kidding?

No.

What the f***'s Dmitri

gonna do to us

if we give it to Perez?

Dmitri is the guy

who has my number,

that probably has my address

and knows where I live,

that found us in Union Square,

sent somebody after us.

You--

No.

You could only sell it

to Dmitri.

But he hasn't asked to buy it.

He would.

He definitely would.

But how would we contact him?

You'd have to turn on the phone,

and then they could track us.

Yeah, so you'd have to

talk to him.

You could talk to him

through e-mail.

You set up an e-mail account.

You get him the new address.

But then you'd have to call

him to give him the e-mail,

and he could still

track us.

That's true, we would have to

turn on the phone

for, like, a second.

Turn it on,

get him the address,

and turn it right back off.

So how would they

not track us?

Well, you could do it

while we were moving.

You know, we get on a bus,

send him a text,

turn it on, turn it off.

We take it one step at a time.

We can come back here

whenever we want to.

Okay.

$500,000...

Is a lot of money.

Yeah.

Over here.

One more.

How's it going?

That's so cute.

This one...

or this one?

That one.

That one?

Okay, that's it.

Sweet dog.

Yes, you are.

Who do you belong to?

Do I remind you of my mother?

Is that a trick question?

What, you think I-I--

you--I do?

I don't know,

I don't know how to answer that.

I was raised by a single dad.

'Cause, you know, she just...

grilled me down there.

It was so intrusive,

and it made me not want

to be here, so, that's--

What did she ask?

She's asking a lot

about your job, and--

and then she was asking me,

am I happy?

I think she asked me, like,

if I was happy,

if you and I were happy,

and it made me so uncomfortable,

considering what's going on.

Well, she's your mother.

She should want to know

if you're happy, right?

I mean, I don't know.

Look at her.

This goes here.

She's so cute.

It's a good flyer, right?

Hi, I'd like to use

the internet, please.

I need your credit card

for a deposit.

Here you go.

And can I have

some of those crackers?

This'll just take a minute.

Then we'll find a bus.

Don't use your real name.

Yeah.

What's your password?

You gonna tell me what it is?

It's "I love Treos."

Now...

we have an e-mail address.

Get it, come on!

Tiger! Tiger!

You ready?

All right.

"We have an offer

for the phone.

$500,000."

Wait, 5.

Yeah.

$500,000.

Yeah.

"Will you match? "

Yeah.

"Contact us via e-mail

Okay, is that it?

Yes.

Okay, send.

Okay, turning it off.

Put it away.

It's off.

Bobby, what are we gonna do

if he actually says yes?

Well, I mean, I guess we'll

meet him somewhere, and he'll--

What do you mean you guess

we'll meet him somewhere?

I don't know, I mean,

we didn't talk about it.

F***, Bobby.

This isn't all me.

This isn't--

Okay, so, please,

a small bottle, nothing fancy.

Okay.

Just Bertolli

or something like that.

May I buy the olive oil,

please?

No, thanks.

It's--it's on me.

It would really be

my pleasure.

No, no, I insist.

I can't. I can't. I can't.

Mom, let him buy

the olive oil.

No, it's my bottle

of olive oil, okay?

That's okay, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

I tried.

Buenos dias.

Hey, Diego.

How are you?

Hi.

Good to see you.

It's Bobby.

Hi, Bobby.

Hi.

Sylvia, can you make me

some breakfast?

That okay?

It's lunchtime.

It's okay,

he doesn't remember you.

It's okay,

he barely remembers me.

Okay.

Katie!

In here.

Where's that mutt you found?

Here she is.

Let's see if this works.

There we go.

Bobby can keep his belt.

Nicely done.

Thank you.

Yeah.

All right, take her outside

before she goes all over

the kitchen floor, all right?

Mom, I'm gonna check on

the kids, okay?

Wash your hands.

We're leaving too.

Don't take too long.

We're just gonna put up

the signs.

See you.

See you.

Don't be too late.

See you later.

Have fun.

Hey, tio Dio, you want to play?

No, no, I'm waiting

for something to eat.

Which way should we go?

Let's go this way.

Sit.

Good dog.

My God!

Did you see that?

Bye, papi.

We'll be back soon.

All right, see you later.

I can't believe

what idiots we are.

How could we not

think it through?

Okay, let's just say

that he agrees.

He says, "Okay, I'll pay."

He's gonna want to meet us

face-to-face.

He's not just gonna give us

any money

without getting the phone

right away.

But you can't trust a guy

like that.

If we meet him face-to-face,

you don't know

what he's gonna do.

He could kill us.

It's kind of ironic,

plotting criminal activity

with all these guards

and cameras and security around.

That would do it,

though, right?

Guards and cameras would do it.

If we were somewhere

with a bunch of security,

what could he do?

If we were standing right there,

he couldn't do anything.

What, at the UN?

We can't do it there.

Okay, well, we find somewhere.

Like an airport.

Or even a bank.

Right?

We say, "Meet us at this bank

at this time.

We bring the phone;

you bring us money."

Yeah, we're safe

when we're inside the bank,

but what happens when we leave?

We have the money;

he has the phone.

He could just--

You're right,

he could just follow us.

He could have a gun.

He will definitely have a gun.

It's hot.

She must be hotter

than we are.

Hey, not as hot as you.

I don't feel very hot.

Why not?

That's my ringer.

Yeah, sorry,

I still have it in my pocket.

It's your mom.

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Scott McGehee

Scott McGehee (born April 20, 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is a Columbia University graduate and did graduate work in the Rhetoric department at UC Berkeley. He was born in California, and currently resides in New York City. He is half of a long-standing writing-directing partnership with filmmaker David Siegel. Neither attended film school. McGehee is openly gay.He was a member of the US Dramatic Jury at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. more…

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