Ryden Malby (Bledel) had a plan. Do well in high school, thereby receiving a great college scholarship. Now that she's finally graduated, it's time for her to find a gorgeous loft apartment and land her dream job at the city's best publishing house. But when Jessica Bard (Reitman), Ryden's college nemesis steals her perfect job, Ryden is forced to move back to her childhood home. Stuck with her eccentric family – a stubborn do-it-yourself dad (Keaton), an overly thrifty mom (Lynch), a politically incorrect grandma (Burnett), a very odd little brother (Coleman) – and a growing stack of rejected job applications, Ryden starts to feel like she’s going nowhere. The only upside is spending time with her best friend, Adam (Zach Gilford) – and running into her hot next-door neighbor, David (Santoro). But if Ryden's going to survive life as a post grad, it may be time to come up with a new plan...This movie is great . . . . . . . . . . . for teenage girls ages 11 - 17 or those of you that have the mentality of teenage girls ages 11 - 17. I went to see this with Stinka (and because I have a movie seeing addiction) and she liked it. I would go ahead and essentially tell you that this movie was Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 3 except Alexis Bledel's family really made this movie more watchable than that. Her mother, grandmother, and brother were all very weird and provided enough laughs that it wasn't a downright painful experience. The movie itself is beyond predictable and formula. You know everything just by watching the commercial and its your textbook teeny bopper movie. The one rant I have to make is how hard it is to watch Michael Keaton now playing these corny dad roles. It is just downright painful how Michael Keaton (as well as Matthew Broderick) were icons to me when I was growing up. This guy was downright hilarious and he was Batman, people!!! Now he has fallen so far that he is the dad in Post Grad!?! Its just sad and it cuts real deep.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone unless you are the aforementioned 11 - 17 year old or have the mentality of someone that age and gender. If you fall under those categories - go check it out!
