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Synopsis: An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic young public defender and at the same time falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Matthew Newton
Production: FilmRise
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
Year:
2017
95 min
93 Views


Yeah?

All right.

I mean, look,

it's one of the perks of

being the boss, right?

Vince.

Hey.

What's up?

So weird, I was just hang out

and you guys should walk by.

It's crazy, right?

Hey.

- Hi.

- Hi.

I didn't get a new phone.

What?

I did not get a new phone,

in case that's why

you didn't call.

You thought I had a new phone.

I didn't, same phone.

Thought you were gonna call me.

Um, I can...

No, no, no, sorry.

Is that the new waitress.

Are you the new waitress?

Beth, here,

was just walking past, let' go.

I'm not walking past.

I'd like to talk

to you, actually.

Okay.

Do you mind?

I do.

Why don't you just...

What? Suck a dick again?

You want me to suck

your dick again?

Do you have to suck his dick?

Did you maker her

suck your dick?

Is that how you got the job?

Kelly.

You know what, I'll

meet you back inside.

I forgot a draft of the menu

anyway that I wanna get,

so can you ask Jamie

to print one out

and I'll be right in.

I'll be right in.

Okay.

Just stay warm.

Be right there.

Where does this go?

In your mind, when you were

planning this whole thing out,

where is the best

place that is goes?

I don't like what you're

saying to me right now, Beth.

I don't like it.

It's scary.

You're scaring me, Beth.

What are you talking about?

You come up and you threaten me

and the girl I gave the

job you wanted to, that's...

No I didn't.

I'd say you did.

You may have even told me

that you were gonna kill me.

You may have said that you

were gonna hurt my daughter.

I have a daughter, by the way.

You may have even told me that

you have been watching her

go to and from school.

All because I didn't

give you this little job.

I don't wanna see

you again, Beth.

Do you understand me?

I do.

Okay, I was thinking about it

and no, absolutely not.

- Yes.

- No, no, no.

Yes it was.

Yes it was.

It was.

It most certainly was.

It doesn't make any sense.

Remember, Bobby went in drag.

Oh my god, he

was Marilyn Monroe.

What?

So awesome but it

was jus the makeup.

Just the face.

The rest, he was still

in his school uniform.

His makeup was amazing.

He was so much better at it.

Right?

Got married?

Married?

Yes.

I can't believe

the idea of that man

confining himself to one dick

is mind-blowing.

Yeah.

Okay, hang on. Hang on.

The debate doesn't

make any sense.

None of it makes any sense.

We were 15.

So you're dressed

as a beat poet,

you're a...

Love child.

Love child.

And Bobby is Marilyn Monroe?

That's right.

What's the topic?

Something about the 70s.

The 70s were a bad influence.

Yes, that's it.

Why weren't you there?

I had been suspended, remember?

Oh my god.

For having sex with James

on the basketball court.

That was then?

Yeah.

I mean, please.

The infamy, the fame.

No autographs, please.

Okay, I will let this die...

Oh, god.

After the question.

Okay?

Where you for the topic

or against the topic?

I don't think we

had any f***ing idea,

to be honest with you.

I just remember you kept talking

about the Seven Deadly Sins.

Yes, oh again, no relevance

at all, what-so-ever.

And you kept repeating "lust."

Lust.

"Lust, Fiona, you can feel

it deep in your breast."

I think that's probably

why we were disqualified.

Yeah, you think? Maybe?

Totally worth it.

Really?

That's because you

didn't have to go

in front of the entire school

and apologize the next day.

Totally worth it.

You were always

trouble, you were trouble.

You were.

My mom used to always say

you're gonna wind up in jail.

F***.

Sh*t, I'm sorry, Beth.

It's all right.

Oh Sally, don't worry.

I don't forget I went to jail.

It's fine.

Actually, they call it prison.

It's fine, who

wants another drink?

No.

Please.

I want to but I...

Oh, come on. Don't

let that be the...

It's not, it's fine.

It's fine.

I thought that a

half an hour ago.

Yeah, I kinda have to kick

you guys out in a little bit.

Don't let this be weird.

I really don't want it.

I know, I'm sorry.

It's not weird at all.

It's not weird at all.

I have to go to a birthday party

with my stupid kid tomorrow

because it's so freaking early.

Yeah, it's Henry's

only night off.

He's gonna be home

in a little bit.

Oh and they haven't

f***ed in two months.

Sad but true.

True facts.

Cheers.

I'd like to meet him.

Yes, we gotta arrange that.

This month is a little tricky,

but I think next

month I'm wide open.

So hopes Henry.

It was so, sorry, you have

to have give that to me.

It was right out there.

It was right out there.

It was hanging there

waiting for me to pluck it.

Yeah.

Okay, so you call me

and we'll go to that new

Japanese place on Houseton,

I was telling you about.

Morgan's?

That place isn't new,

it's like three years old.

Well it's new for.

Sh*t.

Hey.

One of us disappeared

for ten years.

It's weird.

It's okay.

It's a little weird.

It's a little.

It's a little weird.

Okay, here's a dumb question.

I'm gonna ask it.

Uh oh.

Did you, are you able to

color your hair in prison?

I wanna know.

That would be so important.

That's one of my big fears.

Hold on.

I'm not able to...

Let's go on the

record as saying,

we agree it's a dumb

question, right?

We agree it's a dumb question

but we also agree

I need the answer.

Yes you can.

You can?

Yes.

Want some nuts?

I'm good, thanks.

More wine?

No, thank you.

Are you on for a repeat

performance from last week?

Get me drunk, I mean.

No.

Because you don't

have to get me drunk.

I'm pretty sure you're gonna

get lucky tonight, okay?

Is that right?

I'm gonna have,

do you want more wine?

You drink the wine.

F*** this, you know

what I do want is...

Hey, excuse me?

Can I get a scotch,

double, please?

Same.

Sounds good.

I didn't even know

I had this jacket.

It's nice.

Thanks.

You trying to impress me?

Yeah.

Well, you already did that.

So I should stop trying?

You don't have to.

I was glad you called.

I was glad you answered.

I haven't done that in...

forever, called a girl.

I was actually nervous

coming over here.

You were pretty confident

putting your number in my phone.

Thought that was a bold move.

Well, my life is

generally one badly thought

out move after another.

So take that for

what it's worth.

You were nervous.

That's nice.

Tell me.

My ex-wife.

I'm sorry, this is a

stupid topic to bring up.

Tell me.

I don't know how

this is gonna come out

but I'm just gonna say it.

The sh*t I saw over there,

in Afghanistan,

is some of the most horrific

sh*t that exists in this world.

But I miss it.

Because I knew who

I was over there.

And I knew who my friends were.

And trust meant something

and it was a f***ing nightmare.

But I was awake.

But this sh*t with my

old lady and my kid,

this is...

someone who...

I trusted completely.

She destroyed me,

she took away everything I had.

Took a different

kind of nightmare.

Because I know that

there's a monster out there

and I can't see it

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Matthew Newton

Matthew Joseph Newton (born 22 January 1977) is an Australian actor, writer, and director. His acting career was interrupted by treatment in a psychiatric unit for bipolar disorder after several serious incidents of domestic violence and assault which were widely reported in the Australian media. Newton has relocated to New York City where he has resumed his directing and acting career. more…

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