Post Grad2009
Post Grad (2009)
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Critic Consensus: A lightweight, unambitious comedy, Post Grad features fine actors that can do little with its middling, uninspiring script.
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Cast
as Ryden Malby
as Adam Davies
as David Santiago
as Carmella Malby
as Walter Malby
as Grandma Maureen
as Hunter Malby
as Jessica Bard
as Barbara Snaff
as Roy Davies
as Chancellor
as Woman at Graduation
as Security Guard
as Receptionist
as Interviewer
as Funeral Director
as College Grad
as College Friend #1
as College Friend #2
as College Friend #3
as Gary the Buckle Man
as Guacanator Pitchman
as Manager at the Mint
as Cute Funky Girl
as Police Officer
as Young Cop
as Lloyd Hastings
as Buckle-O-Bill
as Juanita
as Box Car Racer #1
as Box Car Racer #2
as Box Car Racer #3
as Landlord
as Basketball Player
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Critic Reviews for Post Grad
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Director Vicky Jenson has a sitcom script on her hands and proceeds accordingly.
Post-Grad finds Alexis Bledel sinking into the quicksand of typecasting, playing nearly the same role she perfected during seven seasons as the ambitious Rory on Gilmore Girls.
Alexis Bledel plays a Ms. Sunshine who's fresh out of college and unable to find work, and thus -- conveniently for the uninspired makers of this dismayingly conservative dramedy -- she's temporarily bunking back home
Bledel brings a sweet, steady presence, but this sort of minor project is a step backwards. It's high time she graduated on to bigger and better things.
Excessive niceness may be an unfair charge to lob at a movie, but Post Grad is so swaddled in good intentions that it's like taking a very short journey cushioned on all sides by air bags. That are stuffed with cotton candy.
The story that writer Kelly Fremon wants to tell in Post Grad -- recent college grad strikes out at finding a job, moves back home with her wacky family and finds true love -- is pretty tired.
Audience Reviews for Post Grad
A sadly uneven movie that falls apart with its schlocky third act, and completely undoes (1) a relatable story about an exemplar of the generation of children told they were wonderful for their entire lives (only to discover upon leaving college that they're only as wonderful as their peers), (2) a charming (if cliche) romantic plot, and (3) borderline hilarious supporting character work by Michael Keaton, as the heroine's dad. The way the character gets out of her bind is entirely based on a series of coincidences, and it's all-too convenient to seem meaningful or even plausible. A friend said to me that she felt when watching this that in the end, the main character should have failed. I completely agree; had she failed, but retained some sliver of success or learning from the journey, the film could have been a winner. As it is, though, it seems to be yet another surprising, promising slice-of-life chewed to pieces by the Hollywood pap machine.
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A bland concoction on the surface about the difficulty of life after the certainty of college (hence the title), noticeably buoyed by the much-better-than-the-material cast. But even their efforts fail to raise much interest in the sugarcoated Disney-esque proceedings.
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Meager comedy
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