Laggies
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| Directed by | Lynn Shelton |
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| Written by | Andrea Seigel |
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| Music by | Benjamin Gibbard |
| Cinematography | Benjamin Kasulke |
| Edited by | Nat Sanders |
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| Distributed by | A24 |
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.8 million |
Laggies (released in the United Kingdom as Say When) is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Lynn Shelton and written by Andrea Seigel. The film stars Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Kaitlyn Dever, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, and Mark Webber. The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014.
Megan (Keira Knightley) is an aimless twenty-eight-year-old who is in a committed relationship with her high school sweetheart and is still close with her high school friends. At her friend Allison's (Ellie Kemper) wedding, her boyfriend unexpectedly proposes marriage. She also sees her father cheating on her mother. Shocked and confused, she flees and runs into teenager Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her friends. After buying them alcohol, Megan plays with their skateboard. When they ask her to join them on their night out, she does.
Returning home, Megan's boyfriend suggests that rather than have a big wedding they elope. Megan agrees but delays the wedding by pretending that she has a week-long career advice seminar to attend.
Megan receives a call from Annika asking her to pretend to be her absentee mother at a guidance counsellor's meeting. Megan goes to the meeting and afterwards asks Annika if, in return, she can stay at her house.
Annika is unsuccessful at sneaking Megan into her house, where her single-parent lawyer father Craig (Sam Rockwell) questions Megan about her relationship with his daughter. Megan lies that there was a gap between her lease expiring and her moving to a new apartment. Craig reluctantly allows her to stay and gradually begins to trust her. Annika asks Megan to drive her to her estranged mother's house to see her for the first time in years.
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