Plot

Gaby Winters is desperate. In order to pick up some extra cash, she has agreed to babysit a precocious and smart assed 16 year old girl. But while Gaby is supposedly watching her, the rebellious girl mysteriously vanishes. Urgently needing to find the defiant girl before the parents come home, Gaby embarks on a wild adventure which leads her on a seemingly endless search, encountering numerous bewildering, amusing and sometimes dangerous characters. We first meet Gaby being video recorded while she is recounting the story of her bizarre evening. As her tale becomes more and more embellished with myriad twisting subplots, it is impossible to determine what is true and what is a figment of Gaby’s fertile imagination. But one thing is clear: her story is one of total chaos and anarchy. Jennifer Morrison (TV’s House) gives an audacious performance as Gaby, a young woman who yearns for the trust she has so assiduously failed to earn. As her storytelling spins more and more out of control, Gaby seeks to find answers to not only a situation but also a world that seems to have too many questions. Director Kevin Palys has created an original and surprising tale that warns that many layers have to be uncovered before one can seize control of an out-of-control situation.

Reception

Reviews:
Back Stage West (5.0) ""Jennifer Morrison is a revelation in a completely original film filled with twists, turns and unexpected humor.""

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Quotes and Credits

Credits

Director Kevin Palys

Film Editor Peter Samet

Cinematography Maximilian Gutierrez

Original Music Julian Sakata

Original Music Andrew Kaiser

Key Make-Up Artist Michelle Easter

Costume Design Lauren Palys

Art Director Alicia Haverland

Production Design Chris Wright

Second Second Assistant Director Sierra Donley

Additional First Assistant Director Sierra Donley

Production Manager Leigh Paonessa

Additional Make-Up Artist Carrie Lee

Art Department Production Assistant Conor Dickinson

Art Department Production Assistant Michael Arnold

Second Assistant Director Leigh Paonessa

First Assistant Director Christian Lohf

Producer Jennifer Morrison

Producer Kevin Palys

Co-Producer Erica Kaufman

Executive Producer Frank Mannion

Eddie Gator Jesse Spencer

Lucy Covner Leighton Meester

Producer Jason Peterson

Gabrielle Winters Jennifer Morrison

Wendy Covner Connie Ray

Mary Wilcox Victoria Kelleher

Charles Covner Daniel Roebuck

Bridget Burnham Olivia Burnette

FBI Agent Earnest Rhea

Psych Orderly Michael Novick

Dr. Carter Kaufman Ian Brennan

Medical Resident Aulani Rhea

Grip Nathan Dean Fetzer

Electric Swing Nathan Dean Fetzer

Electrician P.J. Gaynard

Electrician Braden Freeman

Electrician Jason Goodell

Key Grip AdamGenzink

Additional First Assistant Camera Colin Kelly

Additional Second Assistant Camera Matt Heath

Additional First Assistant Camera Jennifer Lai

Second Assistant Camera Phoebe Krueger

Grip Julian Lopez

Additional Gaffer Robert Lam

Best Boy Electric Jay Muranaka

First Assistant Camera Hilda Mercado

Grip Sean P. Neelon

Grip Alex Murray

Property Master Alicia Haverland

Art Department Jake Spivak

Art Department Production Assistant Trisha Stevens

Boom Operator Nikola Dupkanic

Sound Re-recording Mixer Mark Landry

Sound Effects Recordist Mark Landry

Production Sound Mixer Tana Rusitanonta

Title Sequence Design/Animation Taran Reese

Electrician Team Bashet

Grip Team Bashet

First Assistant Camera Matthew Caudillo

Additional Key Grip Ron Coleman

First Assistant Camera Ryan Copeland

Grip Jay Cotton

Best Boy Electric Trevor Crist

Additional Second Assistant Camera Nikola Dupkanic

Behind-the-Scenes Documentarian Mark Samet

Script Supervisor Elena Rogovsky

Production Assistant Bret Polopolus

Payroll Accountant Jason Peterson

Justin Lillehei Production Assistant

Production Assistant Justin Lillehei

Production Assistant Nathan Jongewaard

Production Assistant Kathleen Hof

Production Companies Swipe Films

Production Companies PettingZoo Pictures

Production Companies Symbolic Entertainment

Production Assistant Ryan Trapp

Additional Key Set Production Assistant Ayron Sequeira

Production Assistant Adam Saul

Key Set Production Assistant Sienna Sartori

Project Documentarian Mark Samet

Chief Lighting Technician Aaron Torres

Grip Edmond Vinh To

Rigging Electrician Lucia Starkey

Electrician Joseph Tamas

Second Assistant Camera Christopher Preston

Additional Still Photographer Ayron Sequeira

Still Photographer Alicia Paredes

Best Boy Grip Marialice Penalba

Location Manager Mike Begovich

Production Assistant Justin Dial

Musician Contractor Mark Robertson

Music Recording Engineer John Rodd

Costume Assistant Heather Hershman

First Assistant Editor Mark Samet

Best Boy Jason Webster

Electrician Jason Webster

Distributors Cinequest Distribution

Producer B.P. Cooper

Executive Producer Jerry Francis

Writer Kevin Palys

Memorable Quotes:
"Gabrielle Winters: You see this you little bitch? You see that? What is that? What is that? What are these? Scars. Scars! This one, right here's a scar from when a piece of glass cut right into me, inside me, it went right inside me, it cut inside me, right inside the baby! Lucy Covner: Inside the baby? I don't buy that. [Gaby slaps her face] Lucy Covner: Ow! Owhowhow! My mom does that! Why would you do that? [crying] Gabrielle Winters: Wow, okay, you're being a bit much. Lucy Covner: I am not! I am fucking out of here! Gabrielle Winters: Wait can't you wait til tomorrow to go? I think your parents would enjoy watching you run away more that I would. No! It's your dad's room, that room! Don't lock the door, please; I can't see you when you're in there! "

"Gabrielle Winters: I lost the girl I was babysitting... technically, of course. But it doesn't really matter... I mean, fuck it, people lose their kids all the time, right? "

"Gabrielle Winters: If you want it told right... about me, the girl I lost that night... then the beginning's where I'll start. "

"Eddie Gator: You're getting my karate gi wet! "

"Eddie Gator: Bridget! This towel is weird! "

"Gabrielle Winters: You have to tell it in a certain way, so that it sounds right... so it sounds realistical. "

"Dr. Carter Kaufman: So Gabrielle, some people say you're insane. Gabrielle Winters: I don't agree with people in theory, but yeah I'm insane. That's why I'm here. Dr. Carter Kaufman: And you're here voluntarily? Gabrielle Winters: Of course. I had no choice. "

"Gabrielle Winters: See... logicalistically I can tell from your eyes that you're lying. How does that make you and Jesus feel? "

"Gabrielle Winters: What happened to that big funeral? That would be fun to go to... you should go to that. Wendy Covner: We went Gabrielle, we're done. Gabrielle Winters: Don't be done. Have fun, go back. "

"Gabrielle Winters: You have a temperature of at least three or four hundred! "

"Wendy Covner: Open the door. Lucy Covner: You're gonna hit me! Wendy Covner: I am not gonna hit you; you sound like your father! Lucy Covner: I just wanted to use your car for one minute to run an errand before Gaby got here, okay? Wendy Covner: Please open the damn door. Really, I'm not going to hit you. Also, I didn't know you were into the "F" work; when did that happen? "