Film Review: 'Post Grad' life is not always so predictable
by Alaina Akens l East Tennessean (East Tennessee State U.)
Issue date: 9/16/09 Section: Opinion
U-WireGraduation from college and entering the real world can be a scary thing.
Unless you're Ryden Malby, played by "Gilmore Girl's" Alexis Bledel, in the new film "Post Grad."
Then you enter the college graduate club with a false sense of assurance of getting your dream job and the perfect apartment right out of college.
In actuality, students today are likely to be much more aware of the state of the economy and would probably be content to stay in college longer in hopes of the economy looking better by the time graduation comes along.
Even though Malby's expectations out of college were unrealistic, the results and job hunt that followed were not.
The film humorously depicts post graduation life when Malby does not get the dream job she has so long been planning for, and the change of lifestyle that follows when she goes back to live with her parents.
The plot follows the digression of hopes followed by a long stream of endless interviews, each one more depressing and hopeless than the last, and she eventually finds herself lowering her standards when her dad encourages her to start selling luggage in his store.
Through all the struggles of finding a new job, she witnesses all her colleagues and friends doing something with their lives, which makes her feel even worse about her situation.
This is something that, at some point, all college students are likely to encounter. There will, inevitably, be a point of doubt in our college careers when we begin to question what we're really doing or where we're going with our major and then feel insecure when witnessing everyone around us who seem so sure.
In this way the film provides an element that is easy to relate to for all of us.
Even her platonic best friend Adam Davies, played by Zach Gilford, seems to have everything set out for him, or at least it seems to her that he does.
Despite focusing more on her career than her social life, her neighbor David, played by Rodrigo Santoro, sparks a brief love interest and even offers her a part-time job in infomercials.
Unless you're Ryden Malby, played by "Gilmore Girl's" Alexis Bledel, in the new film "Post Grad."
Then you enter the college graduate club with a false sense of assurance of getting your dream job and the perfect apartment right out of college.
In actuality, students today are likely to be much more aware of the state of the economy and would probably be content to stay in college longer in hopes of the economy looking better by the time graduation comes along.
Even though Malby's expectations out of college were unrealistic, the results and job hunt that followed were not.
The film humorously depicts post graduation life when Malby does not get the dream job she has so long been planning for, and the change of lifestyle that follows when she goes back to live with her parents.
The plot follows the digression of hopes followed by a long stream of endless interviews, each one more depressing and hopeless than the last, and she eventually finds herself lowering her standards when her dad encourages her to start selling luggage in his store.
Through all the struggles of finding a new job, she witnesses all her colleagues and friends doing something with their lives, which makes her feel even worse about her situation.
This is something that, at some point, all college students are likely to encounter. There will, inevitably, be a point of doubt in our college careers when we begin to question what we're really doing or where we're going with our major and then feel insecure when witnessing everyone around us who seem so sure.
In this way the film provides an element that is easy to relate to for all of us.
Even her platonic best friend Adam Davies, played by Zach Gilford, seems to have everything set out for him, or at least it seems to her that he does.
Despite focusing more on her career than her social life, her neighbor David, played by Rodrigo Santoro, sparks a brief love interest and even offers her a part-time job in infomercials.
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posted 12/30/09 @ 11:26 PM EST
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