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Post Grad

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Recent college graduate Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) has a grand plan: Find a fabulous apartment and land a job at a prestigious publishing house. However, her rival Jessica steals her dream job, and Ryden has to move back in with her weird family while she sorts out her life. A stack of rejection letters grows while she hangs out with her best friend (Zach Gilford) and her neighbor (Rodrigo Santoro), but if she is to gain traction in her life again, Ryden will have to make a new plan.

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Critics Consensus

A lightweight, unambitious comedy, Post Grad features fine actors that can do little with its middling, uninspiring script.

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Cliff Doerksen Chicago Reader 06/10/2013
Director Vicky Jenson has a sitcom script on her hands and proceeds accordingly. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 01/05/2010
1/5
There's certainly a lot of material there but none of the comedy works in any way at all and Keaton is a dead zone at the centre of the film. Go to Full Review Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) 01/05/2010
1/5
Vicky Jenson's attempt at a go-getting romcom is a tragic underachiever on the com front: the rent-a-quirk characters feel like a Little Miss Sunshine tribute act gone wrong. Go to Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies 08/22/2024
3.5/5
Consider me among the crowd that didn't hate the film as I thought it was well made at the time. Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 07/17/2023
2/5
…settles for cheesy observation of lives that seem somewhat lacking in real drama… Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/20/2020
2.0/4.0
Too safe to be memorable yet too entertaining to be completely forgotten. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jacob B @JB3.0 Mar 22 Don't think this was bad enough to warrant such a low Tomatometer score but not exactly sure why Roger Ebert liked it. The oddest thing is that this is from the same lady who co-directed Shrek and Shark Tale. Female directors need work, I guess, even if they can't apply their animation experience to certain projects the same way men can like with those two Narnia films. Post Grad is just a harmless comedy that has its issues (they straight-up forget J.K. Simmons after his second scene, out-of-place black comedy concerning a dead cat, awkward romantic subplot handling and I feel disappointed by how our heroine literally never speaks to her younger brother) but has a charming lead actor, some funny moments (credit where it's due, this is the first time I've witnessed an animation director utilising PG-13 F-bomb allowance) and a chill vibe. Cheesy? Maybe. Predictable? Sure. But hardly anything offensive. Probably will appeal the most to Gilmore Girls fans. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Jan 9 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Ed R @JustcallmeER Aug 24 This project should have never been green lit. One of the worst romantic comedies I forced myself to watch. See more Munching M @RT87749653 06/29/2024 Very light hearted movie, although likely a result of its poor story line. Very predictable and not overly captivating. A few seemingly unnecessary plot deviations didn’t help either. Wouldn’t recommend watching unless wanting something on in the background. See more donnie m @RT64375194 11/03/2023 cute movie-nice to still have movies that that the whole family can watch See more Cathy J @jewels4jesus 09/27/2023 It's kind of cute. It was fun seeing Carol Burnette, an old time favorite comedian of mine, and a fellow alumnus from Hollywood High. See more Read all reviews
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Vicky Jenson

Director

Alexis Bledel

Ryden Malby

Zach Gilford

Adam

Rodrigo Santoro

David

Carol Burnett

Grandma

Michael Keaton

Mr. Malby

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Post Grad

Post Grad (2009) Rodrigo Santoro as David and Alexis Bledel as Ryden in "Post Grad." Alexis Bledel as Ryden and Zach Gilford as Adam in "Post Grad." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Recent college graduate Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) has a grand plan: Find a fabulous apartment and land a job at a prestigious publishing house. However, her rival Jessica steals her dream job, and Ryden has to move back in with her weird family while she sorts out her life. A stack of rejection letters grows while she hangs out with her best friend (Zach Gilford) and her neighbor (Rodrigo Santoro), but if she is to gain traction in her life again, Ryden will have to make a new plan.
Director
Vicky Jenson
Producer
Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Jeffrey Clifford
Screenwriter
Kelly Fremon Craig
Distributor
Fox
Production Co
Montecito Picture Company
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual Situations|Brief Strong Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 21, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.4M
Runtime
1h 29m
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