Win Win Page #7

Synopsis: Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy's mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Tom McCarthy
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  5 wins & 22 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
2011
106 min
$10,100,000
Website
253 Views


from a co ege scout about me.

Yeah?

Hi, baby.

What are you doing here?

I just came to get you, honey.

And to see Grandpa.

Baby, I missed you so much.

Can I get a hug?

She go down?

Yeah, she passed right out.

How's he doing?

He's upset.

And don't b ame him.

It's weird she shows up like that.

Yeah.

And of course she's late, the druggie.

Can you stop with the "druggie" thing?

P ease.

What? She's a druggie.

I understand that.

You're gonna talk to her, right?

Yes, I intend to.

If you don't punch her first.

Okay, uh, that's her.

It's not my fault if I punch her.

You know what? It is.

That will be your fault.

Hi.

Hi.

Mike Flaherty. How are you?

Come on in, please.

Sorry, but my cab was late, so...

That's not a prob em.

Not a problem. Come in.

This is my wfe, Jackie.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

Right.

Uh, can I take your jacket?

Oh, yeah. Yes.

Okay.

CINDY:

Thank you. Ahem.

You have a really nice home.

Thank you.

Uh, do you wanna sit down?

Thanks.

Please.

So Kyle's downstairs

with Abby, our 6-year-old.

Oh, okay.

Uh...

Can I get you a drink?

Uh, water or soda? Anything?

Oh. No, I'm...

...f ne.

Okay, uh, I'll go get Kyle.

Yeah. How's he doing?

Uh, actually, he's doing very well.

Extremely well.

Yes, he's going to the high school here.

And he's wrestling on the team, actually.

Oh.

Yeah, that's great. Mm.

Yeah.

He loves wrestling so much.

know.

Oh, he's a sweet kid. Our girls love him.

Mm.

That's nice. I'm sorry.

I don't mean to-

It's just been a really hard time

and everything.

And I feel bad that-

Oh. Come on.

Now, come on. These things happen.

We loved having him here.

It's okay.

Hey, honey.

Uh... This is Abby.

Abby, this is Kyle's mom.

Hey, Abby.

Hi.

Hey, kiddo, you think you could

go get Kyle for us?

He left.

MIKE:
He left? What do you mean?

He left out the window.

I'm really sorry about this.

CINDY:
It's okay. Thanks.

You know, Kyle is doing really well

with the wrestling here, Cindy.

Mm.

He has the regions this weekend, and if

he wins there, he goes on to the states.

That's great.

It is, you know.

Could be a really good thing for him.

It might even mean a scholarship.

You know?

So I was wondering, actually, if you

wouldn't mind maybe staying around...

...another couple of weeks?

I don't think I can afford

to stay in the moteI for that ong.

Uh-huh.

Do you think maybe

we could stay in my dad's house?

Yeah, I think that we could

probably make that work. Yeah.

Yeah. Then, yeah.

Rea Iy?

Yeah.

That's great. Great.

Sorry. Excuse me. Ahem.

Hey.

Hey.

Yeah, Kyle's over here.

Really?

Good, we found him.

Yeah, we're playing Wii Golf.

I'm destroying him.

Hey, not for nothing, dude,

but this kid really hates his mother.

All right. Great, Terry. Thank you.

No, I'm serlous.

More than I hate my ex-wife.

Okay, I got it, Terry. Great. Thank you.

Bye.

All right.

He went to my friend's house,

we can get him there.

Yeah, you know, I think, um,

I probably should just go back to the motel.

It might be too much for him tonight.

You sure?

Yeah, think it's probably better.

I know how he can be.

It's hard, pal, I know.

But she's staying so you can finish the

season, that's pretty nice of her, you know?

I told her you'd go see her today.

Where?

Oh, you know, wherever you want.

Uh, you could see her here,

we could go see her at Leo's house.

She's moving in this morning.

All right.

I'll go see her at Leo's before practice.

But I wanna go alone.

Hi, Mike.

Hi, Betty.

How's the foot?

Fine.

Good.

Cindy's here.

Really? Did she say why?

No, but she's here with an attorney.

Hey, Cindy. How you doing?

Hi.

Hi.

Hi. Mike Flaherty.

Eleanor Cohen.

Great to meet you.

So nice to meet you.

Well, I didn't realize Cindy

was represented by counsel.

Oh, yeah, she retained me last week to

help sort out the situation with her father.

Okay. Uh, we I, come on in.

Well, thank you.

Yeah.

I thought, uh- I thought you said

you just got here two days ago, Cindy.

Uh, Cindy wanted a little time to settle in

and spend some time with her father.

Sure, yeah. Um, so how can I help?

Cindy's decided to have

a more active role in her father's care.

Mm-hm. Great. What kind of role is that?

Um, I want to take care of him.

Really?

Uh, do you wanna move here?

No.

Cindy's decided to bring her father

back to Columbus.

That's where my support network is now.

Mm-hm.

It's home.

Um...

My only concern is that

that may not be what Leo wants.

Yeah, I already talked to him about it.

He seemed to like the idea.

I understand that, Cindy. But, uh...

...you know, you haven't

seen Leo in a long time...

...and he's battling dementia now.

So it kind of puts me

in a tough position here, you know?

Yeah, I understand.

But seeing that she is the presumed

guard an, we hope to avoid litigation.

So do I. And I know that we can.

Absolutely.

We definitely can. Um...

Now, I'm sorry,

but I actually have to see another client.

Oh.

But we should set up another time

to talk about this, definitely, okay?

Yes.

Okay.

Is it that bad?

Yeah, it's that bad.

Take her to court. You'll kill her.

I can't.

What do you mean? She's a mess.

You're a pillar of the community.

I just can't go back in front of Judge Lee.

It'll look very bad. Trust me.

I can't afford that right now, Terry.

Well, then dump it.

Dump t. Just give her back Leo.

It sucks, but you got your business

to worry about.

Yeah, I do. Maybe you're right.

Incoming, dude.

Mike.

MIKE:
Hey, pal.

Do you know she wants to take Leo back?

Yeah, I know. She just told me today.

You're not gonna let her do that,

are you?

I don't know, Kyle. It's complicated.

What's complicated?

She doesn't give a sh*t about him.

You can't let her do that.

All right. Why don't you just go get ready

for practice, all right? I'll deal with it.

Fine.

But I told her I'm staying wth you guys

until I leave.

Stay focused, Kyle.

Wow.

What's your play?

Well, I have no fricking idea.

She's looking for a payout, dude.

Just give her an exit.

What does that mean?

Give her some of Leo's money and

send her home. He's not gonna miss it.

No, I can't do that.

She's not even in his-

That's right, she's not. And she

doesn't know it, and that's my play.

Wait, what's your play?

Uh...

Don't worry about it.

Can you get practice started?

Really? Yeah.

Good, go.

Want me to slap you, get you psyched?

No, I really don't.

I know that we're all concerned

with what's best for Leo...

...so'm hoping that we can

settle this in an am cable way.

Well, so do we.

Good.

Well, um, to that end, I thought that

I would lay all the cards on the table...

...so that maybe you can understand why

I'm hesitating in turning Leo over to Cindy.

Okay.

Okay. Um...

Cindy, your father disinherited you

from his will, completely.

And I'm afraid that that can't change

now that he's been declared incapacitated.

What?

Is that true?

We' have to see a copy of the will, Mike.

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Thomas Joseph "Tom" McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who has appeared in several films, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and television series such ... more…

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