Post Grad

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Post Grad

PG-13

2009

1h 29m

Comedy

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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

Director Vicky Jenson has a sitcom script on her hands and proceeds accordingly.

Jun 10, 2013

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

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.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 5, 2010

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

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.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 5, 2010

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Consider me among the crowd that didn't hate the film as I thought it was well made at the time.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 22, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…settles for cheesy observation of lives that seem somewhat lacking in real drama…

Rated: 2/5

Jul 17, 2023

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Too safe to be memorable yet too entertaining to be completely forgotten.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 20, 2020

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Ed R

This project should have never been green lit. One of the worst romantic comedies I forced myself to watch.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/24/25

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Munching M

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.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/29/24

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donnie m

cute movie-nice to still have movies that that the whole family can watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/03/23

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Cathy J

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/27/23

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steve d

Sort of a poor man's Gilmore Girls but Alexis Bledel does her normal fun performance. The central relationship didn't work at all for me.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I love Alexis. She tends to have a subtle humor in her roles, but this film was painful to watch. The film is so fragmented and lacks any true climax. I had to stop maybe three times as I was so bored. There's no build up to a new job, or her budding romance with her best friend. No excitement and no chemistry. There was no feeling of unity with the family. They were probably thinking that we'll just throw Carol Burnett in there for some comedic reprieve, but even her humor was dry and inspiring. I enjoy comedy, but I didn't laugh even one time with this one. One of the worst movies I've seen on Netflix this year.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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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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