Get a Job (2016)

Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But with help from their family, friends ... See full summary »

Director:

Dylan Kidd

Writers:

Kyle Pennekamp (screenplay), Scott Turpel (screenplay)

Stars:

Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, Bryan Cranston

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miles Teller	...	Will Davis
Anna Kendrick	...	Jillian Stewart
Bryan Cranston	...	Roger Davis
Nicholas Braun	...	Charlie
Brandon T. Jackson	...	Luke
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	...	Ethan
Alison Brie	...	Tanya Sellers
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Katherine Dunn
Jorge Garcia	...	Fernando the Janitor
Bruce Davison	...	Lawrence Wilheimer
Parker Contreras	...	Sam
Megan Gallagher	...	Abby Davis
Mimi Gianopulos	...	Cammy
Jay Pharoah	...	Skeezy D
Ethan Dizon	...	Kwan

Storyline

Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But with help from their family, friends and coworkers they soon discover that the most important (and hilarious) adventures are the ones that we don't see coming.

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Plot Keywords:

childhood memory | recognition | laid off | intern | lap dance | 

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Taglines:

Graduating was the easy part

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude and sexual content, nudity, drug use and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 July 2016 (UK)

Also Known As:

Arrume um Emprego

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Films, Double Feature Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anna Kendrick plays a 22 years old girl while she was 27 when the movie was shot in 2012 and when it was released it 2016, she was 31 years old.

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Goofs

When Will watches his viral video, he expands it to full screen then sits back to watch. As Skeezy D speaks without interruption, the next shot of the screen shows it is no longer a full-screen view even though Will was not shown leaning forward to press the ESC key. Similarly, when he gets excited about the number of views rising in real time (which YouTube does not do), he raises his arms above his head, but in the immediate next shot the laptop screen is displaying the comments section that was not visible in the previous shot, even though there's no way Will could have scrolled down while his hands were high in the air.

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Quotes

Will Davis: I just need something to keep the lights on until I find my dream job.
Charlie: I don't think you can monetize masturbation.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Tina Fey/John Stamos/Jay Pharoah/Patrick Carney (2016)

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Soundtracks

Come With Me If You Want To Live
Written and Performed by Nick Sena & Danny Echevarria

User Reviews

Get a job, get along in a job, drugs, video game addiction, young generation.

This film delayed its release for a couple of years due to the distribution issues. That's not it, the film is no good, the writing was terrible, but a bunch of good actors in it. It is about the recent college graduates who struggles to get a job, even if they do, finds hard to fit in. A very good theme, but they failed to draw a decent storyline for it. I think they knew the film won't get a good response, so they used 'distribution issue' card to hold it back, but now it's out and the result was as expected.

It should have been called a drama than the comedy, because right now it lacks from those two categories. It digs on the topics like workplace bullying, harassment, as well as the youngsters' addiction to drugs and video games. In one of the scenes it emotionally appeals when the father tries to pay the bill in a restaurant. They had the right content, but lost in the translation to the screen. There's no proper flow in the story, they had tried too much, at a time it all remained very plain.

This is the second film to release in this year for Anna Kendrick and both of them did no good for her, especially this film fell short from a long distance. Same goes for Miles Teller and Bryan Cranston. I hope they all forget it and come strong in their next projects. A few people might like it, but not me. I like quality contents where this film is not one. Thankfully it was short, but only thing is it was not sweet.

3/10