{"id":2092,"date":"2009-08-25T13:17:45","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T19:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2009-08-25T13:17:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T19:17:45","slug":"movie-review-post-grad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=2092","title":{"rendered":"Movie review: Post Grad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>BY MAGGIE SCOTT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Section2\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span> <\/span><em>Post Grad<\/em><\/span><span> is a plodding puff piece euphemistically depicting the endeavors of a newly-minted college grad to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153do something amazing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with her life&#8212;specifically as a shoe-in hire at the L.A. publishing firm of Happerman &amp; Browning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span> <\/span>Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) has dreamed of the day she can flip the tassel from one side of her mortar board to the other and set her alarm for the first day of the rest of her life according to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Plan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as outlined with boundless enthusiasm on her Blog.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span> <\/span>Trouble is, it appears her limited Facebook world seems to have not heard that there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a recession out there, with hundreds of applicants for every job as dreamy as being the editor of the next Great American Novel.<span> <\/span>Ryden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s youth, beauty, zest, non-existent history of high wages and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153love of books\u00e2\u20ac\u009d do not get her a call-back at H&amp;B, much to her depressed disbelief.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span> <\/span>Before they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a chance to enjoy the half-empty nest syndrome, Mr. (Michael Keaton) and Mrs. (Jane Lynch) Malby are helping Ryden carry her stuff back to her bedroom.<span> <\/span>There&#8217;s ia mirror in front of her bedroom which she practices over the next few months various versions of her upbeat, self-promoting sales pitch for a variety of interviews for just about anything with a paycheck.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span> <\/span>Always available to offer moral support and an Eskimo Pie to help Ryden \u00e2\u20ac\u0153maintain balance in the Universe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is Adam (Zach Gilford), her best friend since before his hormones turned like into love.<span> <\/span>He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s torn between a career practicing law and a career performing music.<span> <\/span>One means pleasing Dad (J.D. 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