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The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.
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- TriviaSome of the things in the film are based upon events that happened to star and co-Writer Jake Johnson. In the backyard of his own house, he ran across several items which are portrayed in the film, such as the gun and the bone.
- GoofsAbout 12:44 into the movie, Lee drives off in a gray Toyota Corolla. The model year is in the 2009-2013 range. But at 13:09 when she is pulling into a driveway, she is now driving a 2014-2016 gray Toyota Corolla.
- ConnectionsReferences 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- SoundtracksNumber One
Written by Bill Moss
Performed by Bill Moss
Courtesy of the Numero Group
By arrangement with Bank Robber Music
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improvisational indie
Tim (Jake Johnson), his wife Lee (Rosemarie DeWitt) and son spend some time in her client's hillside home. Tim finds a gun in the yard but the cops are uninterested. Lee and her son visit her parents while Tim is suppose to finish his work. Instead of work, his friends Phil (Mike Birbiglia), Ray (Sam Rockwell) and others come to hang out. The guys start digging up where Tim found the gun and they find a bone. They are joined by others to do drugs. Tim and Max (Brie Larson) find a shoe and they continue the dig the next day finding even more bones. Ben (Orlando Bloom) rescues Lee from a drunk at a bar.
Director Joe Swanberg continues to make his improvisational indies. The idea of digging and discovery does infuse the movie with an obsessive quality. It works well to keep the intensity up. It does mean that Lee has the lesser half of the movie. In fact, the movie would work better pointing the focus at Tim. There are lots of ways the dig could go. The cops could actually come. The owner could come home early. However Swanberg seems more interested in the couple's relationship.
Director Joe Swanberg continues to make his improvisational indies. The idea of digging and discovery does infuse the movie with an obsessive quality. It works well to keep the intensity up. It does mean that Lee has the lesser half of the movie. In fact, the movie would work better pointing the focus at Tim. There are lots of ways the dig could go. The cops could actually come. The owner could come home early. However Swanberg seems more interested in the couple's relationship.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $119,364
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,000
- Aug 23, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $119,364
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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