A would-be governor's addicted son goes down the long, rough road of rehab, fighting against recovery every inch of the way.A would-be governor's addicted son goes down the long, rough road of rehab, fighting against recovery every inch of the way.A would-be governor's addicted son goes down the long, rough road of rehab, fighting against recovery every inch of the way.
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- 1 win
- Jimmy
- (as Zack Grant)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRob Reiner said in Marc Maron's podcast interview that this is the most personal film he has directed about his son. Reiner's son, Nick, battled with drug addiction a decade ago, and Nick Reiner cowrote the screenplay.
- GoofsTravis the counselor tells Charlie he spent two years in County Jail. By law the maximum time you can spend in County Jail is 364 days. Any sentence beyond that gets you sent to prison.
- Quotes
Jimmy: Hey, I never sucked dick.
Charlie Mills: [startled] Good for you.
Jimmy: Some guy did blow me once, though. What? It was for some H.
Charlie Mills: Some guy sucked your dick for heroin?
Jimmy: Sure. Why is it such a big deal? I'm not gay. I was desperate.
Charlie Mills: But... you gave some guy heroin to suck YOUR dick, so technically speaking...
Jimmy: Wait. No, no, no, no. He gave ME the H. I was jonesing.
Charlie Mills: Oh. Wait. That doesn't make any sense.
Jimmy: It was a fucked up time. I'm not proud of it.
Charlie Mills: Hold... but wait, wait, hold on, hold on. Some guy gave YOU heroin to suck YOUR dick.
Jimmy: Yeah. It's not that complicated.
Charlie Mills: But...
Jimmy: Addiction is a disease, man!
Charlie Mills: No, I get WHY you did it. I get what YOU got out of it, but what does HE get out of it?
Jimmy: Fuck if I know.
Charlie Mills: I can't believe I'm saying this, but that doesn't sound like such a bad deal.
Jimmy: Yeah, if you close your eyes and think of Jessica Alba, it's really not that much of a difference.
- ConnectionsReferences Deliverance (1972)
- SoundtracksHappy Birthday
Composed by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill (as Patty Smith Hill)
Nick is from a very well-to-do family with his father (Cary Elwes), a former movie star running for Governor of California. The bulk of the film will center on Nick's rehab attempts, as he continually flaunts and disregards the recovery program's and counselors recommendations, thinking he has all the answers. Unfortunately, it will take a tragedy to finally get his attention.
There's lots of unlikable characters here, plenty of drug use, raw language, explicit sexual references, and some nudity.
Overall, I had trouble caring about the characters here, and just found the movie to be more irritating than enjoyable.
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,400
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,872
- May 8, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $32,964
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1