Wanderlust Page #4

Synopsis: In New York, the aspirant filmmaker Linda convinces her husband George Gergenblatt to buy an expensive Micro Loft apartment in Manhattan. Linda expects to sell a documentary about penguins to HBO to help the payment of the installments and George expects a promotion. However, HBO rejects the documentary and George's company has folded and he is fired. With the American financial crisis, they lose a large amount selling the apartment and George does not find a new job. George's brother Rick offers a job position in his company in Atlanta. They drive from New York to Atlanta and they decide to stop for the night in the hotel Elysium. However they see a naked man running toward their car and George tries to return to the highway but accidentally he turns his car over. Soon they learn the Elysium is a hippie and vegan community and the dwellers invite George and Linda to stay with them. However, they decide to go to Atlanta but soon George has an argument with his arrogant brother. George
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): David Wain
Production: Universal Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
R
Year:
2012
98 min
$17,255,675
Website
3,032 Views


success. You're the winner.

Come on. You know I'm being

a dick to be a dick.

I'm just being a dick to be a

dick. Family's family, right?

My little brother needs

a job, I hook him up.

I'm looking for something

on my own, actually.

In this economy? You think you're

going to find something?

Here comes the lecture.

"Here comes... "

"Here comes the... "

All right, then I'll shut up.

I'll shut up. You know

what? I'll shut up.

Because I don't want

to lecture you.

In my own house!

God damn it!

Okay, you know what?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I "apologize," okay?

But can I give you one

piece of advice?

You're doing it wrong.

Rick, come on. Can I get

a word in edgewise here?

You come to my house,

crawling for help.

What do I do? I open

my door to you!

Can I please have some

more mimosa juice?

Marisa, please, mimosa juice.

You know, you don't have a goddamn

clue how to live life!

I gave you a gift, and you

think you can do better?

Who else do you know who

owns their own company?

So what if it's the

doo-doo business?

You want this? This

is how you get it!

Forget what you think

and do what I say!

I pull down six figures, George.

You should listen to me!

But you just talk, talk,

talk, talk...

Who knows how many days any

of us have on this Earth?

I want to fill mine with laughter,

happiness and love.

Let's get the f*** out of here.

Linda, take off your

robe. We're leaving.

No, upstairs, with your other

clothes. I'm sorry.

Come on. Okay.

Are you guys going to

be back for dinner?

With open arms and open hearts

we welcome George and Linda

as resident members

of the Elysium community.

Welcome home.

All right!

This is it.

What? Wait a minute.

What happened to that fancy

room with the fireplace

that we were in the last time?

That room is for paying guests,

you silly billy.

I love it. I think it's great. What

more do we need, you know?

We got a bed. It looks

nice and broken in.

We've got a shelf, got a door...

...way.

Got a doorway.

Doors close us off

from one another.

We like to keep a nice,

open flow in the house.

Yeah, I don't need a door.

Do you need a door?

Nah.

I'm glad we don't have a door.

Doors are bullshit.

That's right.

Honey, I can't do this. I can't.

I like doors. I love them, in fact.

We're going to stay here. This

is the best place for us.

He's absolutely right, Linda.

Seth, you're back!

I never left.

I was just relaxing outside

the door, here.

But I think you two should

talk privately.

All right.

Oh, my God. Is this the stupidest,

most crazy decision

we have ever made?

Honey, come on. We're just

running away from life.

Linda, the concept of an intentional

community like Elysium

is far more involved

and far more evolved

than any of these plastic,

shrink-wrapped

summations you're coming out with.

He's right. Thank you, Seth.

Thank you.

Is he gone? Let me see.

I'm not gone yet. But I'm

going to leave now.

George, convince me that

this is the right thing.

Didn't you feel more alive

that first night than you

had in a long time?

Yes, I did. Honey, it was amazing.

So why shouldn't we feel

that every day?

I think it's such a obvious choice.

There's no one way

to live our lives.

I think it's really

cool if we do that.

I get what you mean.

It's not like we're signing a lease.

If we don't like it, we leave.

But let's stay a month,

and at the end

we can decide if we're in

it for the long haul.

Two weeks.

Two weeks.

Hey, George.

I need a wine critic,

I got a new batch.

Why not? I'm not driving.

It's got to be better

than this, anyway.

To you. Welcome to the clan.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Mmm.

That's Italian.

These grapes were grown

here in Georgia,

so the proper word would

be "delicious. "

I'm going to let that go.

Let what go? You know what?

I'm going to show you the

method to my madness.

Okay.

But first, I have to put on the

old dangle bag, just in case.

Just in case of what?

You know, pubes.

You're certainly the first nudist

winemaker I've ever met.

There's a lot of us.

Yeah, we meet from time to time.

But my real passion is writing.

Yeah? I'm writing a

novel right now.

Hi. Hi, honey!

What's that?

We're choking the birds

on our smoke.

Detergents in the ocean.

Seth, are you okay?

Yeah! Never been better, my man.

I just like to begin my day with

a little primal gesticulating.

We were convinced that someone

was getting axe-murdered.

The only thing getting axe-murdered

are my anxieties, tensions

and fears.

Speaking figuratively, of course.

I'm against violence of any kind.

Come on, gesticulate with me.

I'll give it a shot.

So, what you do is just basically

shout out whatever you don't like!

Shout it out!

Why is there war?

Mushrooms!

Sure. Mushrooms!

It's a textural thing for me.

Pomegranates.

The Dallas Cowboys!

Hummers!

The car, not an actual...

Pick something a little

more global.

Ketchup! I don't like that.

No, ketchup's okay.

All right! Traffic!

Really try and come up with some

stuff that's self-reflective.

Wheatgrass! Wheatgrass?

It tastes like grass!

I know!

War! War!

He's doing great. War!

Great job! And other card games!

Thanks.

Linda, do you want to top that?

No. All right.

I won't right now.

You're sure? Yeah.

We're going to get you in here.

Time is our friend.

Oh, my God! This place

is incredible!

Do you live here?

No. I live wherever I am.

But this is where I

take my slumber.

So, what do you do when it rains?

I drink the nourishment that Gaia

is feeding me through

her cloud teats.

You guys are getting

the hang of it.

Get some callus on those

hands of yours.

Oh, yeah!

Hey, man.

Look at this. We've got an

axe man in Brother G.

You guys like Spin Doctors?

Yeah!

Go Seth!

Oh, my God.

Coming your way in

a second, George.

Take it!

Come on, take a solo!

Rip it out, man. Let it out.

Let it out from your heart,

not from your fingers.

Wait, wait.

I don't like it. I don't like it.

It's a simple story. Princes.

Like this, ready? Watch.

Just nice and simple.

You.

It's like he has sausage fingers.

I feel stupid.

Honey, that was great.

You just go, man.

Are you sure? Yeah.

Please! Erase this.

But what am I going to sing?

Give me something to sing about.

Linda.

Wind?

"The Wind" by Linda.

You're really good. Okay.

The ways of the wind

Won't free you from sin, woman

See your sweet breasts heavin'

Feel my blue jeans screamin'

Yes, sir.

I'm gonna love you like an animal

Eat you alive, woman

Seeds

and

all

That was pure magic.

Who wrote that?

You did.

I did not.

That's like saying, "Did

you make that coffee?"

No, I didn't make that coffee.

I'm just the coffee pot.

You're the beans.

This is awesome.

Isn't that cool? Yeah.

No f***ing doors.

I can help you with

the constipation.

A little senna root from the garden

ground up with some cannabis.

I'm all right, thanks.

Yeah, I just sat down.

I don't know what to

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David Wain

David Benjamin Wain (born August 1, 1969) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director. He is most widely known for directing the feature films Role Models, Wanderlust and for both creating the Wet Hot American Summer franchise and directing the feature film Wet Hot American Summer, and the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. He is also known for his work on the sketch comedy series The State; for producing, directing and writing the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital; and voicing The Warden on the Adult Swim series Superjail!. Wain is a founding member of comedy group Stella, along with Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, writing and starring in the Stella shorts and the later Stella TV series. more…

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