Ryden's dream is shattered, however, when her lifelong academic rival, Jessica Bard (CATHERINE REITMAN), gets the job instead of her. As a result, Ryden has to move back home with her family, and to make matters worse, she's temporarily without a car due to hers being wrecked.
Her luggage store manager dad, Walter (MICHAEL KEATON), says he can fix it, but is preoccupied with new business ventures when not obsessing about the cat owned by their infomercial director neighbor, David Santiago (RODRIGO SANTORO). Her mom,
Carmella (JANE LYNCH), is worried that Ryden's younger brother, Hunter (BOBBY COLEMAN), is weird, but Walter's mom, Maureen (CAROL BURNETT), says all members of the Malby family are that way.
As Ryden deals with all of that, the now disillusioned college grad must reassess her career path, all while falling for David and without realizing Adam's true feelings for her.
A sudden car accident occurs (no one is harmed), a car backs over a cat (not seen in full & played for comedy), and some light slapstick style material is also present. There's a brief scene of potential peril (played fairly lightly), while some potentially imitative behavior is present.
Bad attitudes are also present (and some viewers might not like some of the material that's played for laughs), as is some tense family material as well as some thematic elements. Alcohol is consumed or present in various scenes, while some crude humor occurs.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, there's some of that from flashing police lights.
For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, there's some brief but bouncy handheld camerawork.
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(2009) (Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Moderate
Minor
Heavy
Minor
None
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
Mild
None
None
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
None
Moderate
Moderate
Mild
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Reviewed August 17, 2009 / Posted August 21, 2009
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