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For a Good Time, Call...

United States

2012

86 Min
Color
English
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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DIR Jamie Travis

EXEC Ari Graynor, Daniel Matthew Miller, Jack Nasser, Joseph Nasser

PROD Josh Kesselman, Lauren Miller, Katie Anne Naylon, Jennifer Weinbaum

SCR Katie Anne Naylon, Lauren Miller

DP James Laxton

CAST Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller, Justin Long, Mark Webber, James Wolk, Seth Rogen, Mimi Rogers, Nia Vardalos, Sugar Lyn Beard, Vanessa Britting, Don McManus, Justin Wheelon

ED Evan Henke

PROD DES Sue Tebutt

SOUND Aymen Braek

Sundance (Premieres)

Synopsis

College “frenemies” Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie’s late grandmother’s apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until one fateful night, when Katie’s noisy bedroom activities make Lauren barge in and discover a dirty little secret. This revelation brings them closer together, and Lauren (the brains) and Katie (the talent) concoct a wildly successful business venture. As profits swell, the girls reevaluate their hopes and dreams and realize that just because someone pees in your hair in college doesn’t mean she won’t be your best friend 10 years later.

Acclaimed short-film director Jamie Travis returns to the Sundance Film Festival (The Armoire screened in 2010) with his feature debut that proves he is equally gifted working in longer films. Sizzling with chemistry, cowriter and actor Lauren Anne Miller and her costar, Ari Graynor, imbue the film with equal doses of raunch and charm to deliver a refreshingly original, female-driven comedy that will leave you screaming in surprise and delight. –Sundance Film Festival

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Jamie Travis

Jamie Travis is a Toronto-based filmmaker who has written and directed award-winning short films, music videos and television commercials. He received international recognition for his two short film trilogies: The Patterns Trilogy and the Saddest Children in the World trilogy. His six shorts, all of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, have drawn comparisons to filmmakers such as David Lynch, Todd Solondz, Peter Greenaway and Wes Anderson. Travis’ growing body of work has already earned numerous retrospective screenings at festivals and art galleries worldwide.

Travis has directed music videos for renowned Canadian indie artists Tegan and Sara and crafted characteristically stylish television commercials for prominent brands and organizations. –IMDb 

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Clarissa

10Apr13

Funny and entertaining!

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Algitya

11Jan13

Too bad it got prety biased for kind of Travis-y. Rather than a Travis-y you'll found both Duplass-y or Judd Appatow-y . but I do reallly get entertained by this off-beat idea of Graynor's. Nice scene of conclusion though .. ^ ^

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discobitch

6Jan13

New favorite!

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    Polyglot

    18Jan13

    I don't know DB. The one funny scene for me was when the brunette girl puts a dildo in her mouth and she ask her friend if she used it before.

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    discobitch

    18Jan13

    The one? Please http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8pvoePDR71qzglpso2_r1_250.gif

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    Polyglot

    19Jan13

    ok, like two scenes. whatevez. http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebc0a0726609a6b4efeaad3352ac0466/tumblr_mfumr6siHW1qcj7k0o4_250.gif

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Mathias Palmberg

30Dec12

Funny and sweet with a healthy dose of "feel-good". The acting and writing is spot on and the jokes work like a charm. Graynor and Miller make a great on screen couple and Justin Long really surprises. Well worth your time if you are looking for a good time.

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For a Good Time, Call... Director Jamie Travis for a Quickie Chat

By Twitchfilm.com on September 5, 2012
It’s a beautiful day in Vancouver, BC, when I get a call from Jamie Travis, director of the new movie For a Good Time, Call… . Opening Friday, the film stars Ari Graynor (Celeste and Jesse Forever, Nick
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Review: FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL... Pushes All the Right Buttons

By Twitchfilm.com on September 4, 2012
As difficult as the ins-and-outs of solid female friendships may be to navigate in real life, they prove even more difficult in the movies. Or so Hollywood would have us all think, given the dearth of
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Interview: Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller Talk FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL...

By Twitchfilm.com on September 1, 2012
[Our thanks to James Wallace for this interview.] After winning over audiences with its blend of saucy comedy and sweet emotion at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL… hits theaters
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For A Good Time Watch The Red Band FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL Trailer

By Twitchfilm.com on June 14, 2012
Phone sex is funny. That’s just a fact. Which makes it rather surprising that there aren’t more movies that take advantage of the inherent comedic value of said phone sex. Luckily the world has Jamie Travis
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