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Title: Post Grad (2009)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Alexis Bledel | ... | Ryden Malby | |
| Zach Gilford | ... | Adam Davies | |
| Michael Keaton | ... | Walter Malby | |
| Jane Lynch | ... | Carmella Malby | |
| Bobby Coleman | ... | Hunter Malby | |
| Carol Burnett | ... | Grandma Maureen | |
| Rodrigo Santoro | ... | David Santiago | |
| Catherine Reitman | ... | Jessica Bard | |
| Mary Anne McGarry | ... | Barbara Snaff | |
| J.K. Simmons | ... | Roy Davies (as JK Simmons) | |
| Robert Arce | ... | Chancellor | |
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Jeanie Hackett | ... | Woman at Graduation |
| Oscar Dillon | ... | Security Guard (as Oscar 'Big O' Dillon) | |
| Vanessa Branch | ... | Receptionist | |
| Shirley Jordan | ... | Interviewer | |
Ryden Malby has planned her academic life since she was in high school to get a college scholarship; now she has just graduated in English and in her master plan she expects to get a job as assistant editor in the publishing house Happerman & Browning, in Los Angeles. Her platonic best friend is Adam Davis, who has a crush on her and is frequently close to her. However, her arrogant classmate Jessica Bard gets the position and Ryden is forced to return home in the suburb to live with her family: her optimistic father Walter, who wants to do everything by himself; her careful mother Carmella who administrates the short resources of her family; her eccentric grandmother Maureen; and her weird little brother Hunter, who wants to race in a boxcar derby. Ryden unsuccessfully seeks a job and feels frustrated, but is emotionally supported by Adam. When Walter accidentally runs over the cat of his next-door neighbor David Santiago with Ryden's car, they visit him to give their sympathies. ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
After college graduation, finding a job - make that finding a life can be the hardest task. Alexis Bledel is ideally cast as the upbeat if clueless young woman who, after her job aspirations got shattered, moves back home to a kooky (mildly put) family: Michael Keaton (propells fatherhood to new heights of lunacy), Jane Lynch (underused, but making the best of it), and Carol Burnett (priceless, as usual; she gets the best line catching her granddaughter in a compromising situation with the heartthrob Brazilian neighbor)...uh, and there's a younger brother who licks other children's heads (don't ask). "Post Grad" doesn't explore new territory, let alone dodging every cliché there is in the book, but it's got its heart in the right place and - like its protagonist - it's smart and funny and sweet.