Why Him? Page #12

Synopsis: Over the holidays, Ned, an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley millionaire boyfriend, Laird. The rivalry develops,and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): John Hamburg
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
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Year:
2016
111 min
$60,312,925
Website
3,098 Views


at the table, bro.

You did. He told me,

dad. He was, like...

"You're gonna

get that seat."

I can't believe

I finally got the seat.

Dragons and titties, baby.

Dragons and titties!

Breathe that fire.

Get up in there.

Get up in those titties!

Gonna get those dragons.

Dad...

Scotty!

Stop motorboating your dad,

and elevator pitch me.

Sorry. Uh...

Laird, I can't stop thinking

about your toilets, dude.

My toilets?

Yeah.

The fresh feeling,

the scented talc.

I was thinking if you can

get the controls in English

and maybe lower the price

point a little bit,

we could have

a potentially untapped

market here in America.

Oh, sh*t.

Right?

And look, we can contact

a Japanese manufacturer

about pricing...

Ooh.

No, Scotty. Pardon my French,

but f*** that noise.

Whoa.

Listen. We have a factory

right here in grand rapids

with 37 of the best employees

you're ever gonna want.

Let's build our own.

Hells yes, grateful Ned! Yeah!

Boom!

Okay, sorry. Yeah.

It turned out to be a pretty

cool holiday after all, huh?

It did, son.

Dude.

What?

Told you you'd be calling

me "son" by Christmas.

Oh.

That's just a figure of speech.

Sure, dad.

Hello there, you gang!

It is I, Gustav.

It's so great to see you!

Hey, what do you think

of the new facial hair, huh?

I'm based in Michigan now,

so you know...

I'm trying to do this

whole kind of

Paul Bunyan, Midwestern thing.

I wanted to fill it all out.

So Scotty, laird, and Ned

took the printing company...

Turned it into

a toilet factory...

And it's going great!

The toilet is water efficient

und eco-friendly.

It's state of the art.

I'm telling you, they have

invented the Tesla of toilets!

It's amazing.

Barbara has made sure

that each toilet

has a state of the art

vaginal cleanse.

You know

exactly what I'm saying.

Every single model

comes with Justine.

Talk about a smart toilet.

She knows

if you need a little sploosh

or if you actually need

the fountains

of the Bellagio up there.

Scotty has finally

got his seat at the table.

It's beautiful.

He went a little too far

with the dragons,

and the titties,

and the motorboating.

Oy vey.

Oh, miss Stephanie.

She had the idea to link

the Fleming-Mayhew company

with the new foundation.

So now, they're sponsoring

sewage projects

all over the third world.

I told you.

Smart, smart, smart girl.

So, things are working out

really well for the gang here.

The company is

a smashing success.

And my dear laird

has finally gotten

what he's always wanted.

To be part of a family.

All right, ciao for now,

you friends.

Until we meet again.

Laird, it doesn't count as

a sneak attack if I can see...

F*** you, goose!

Scheisse!

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John Hamburg

John Hamburg (born May 26, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. more…

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