Post Grad (2009) Movie Overview

Post Grad is a 2009 comedy film starring Alexis Bledel, Carol Burnett, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch, and Rodrigo Santoro, about a recent college graduate who moves back in with her family while she figures out what she wants to do next. It is directed by Vicky Jenson. Originally under the working titles of Ticket to Ride and then The Post-Grad Survival Guide, Amanda Bynes was originally set to star in the film, but was replaced by Bledel. The film was released on August 21, 2009. Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) graduates from college in the middle of the late-2000s recession and is forced to move back in with her parents, because her dream job has been given to her college nemesis Jessica Bard. Ryden and her best friend Adam (Zach Gilford) must find a job for Ryden before she loses hope for her future dream as an editor of a big publishing company. But will sudden feelings for her long time friend interfere with her dreams? The film received highly negative reviews by film critics and moviegoers alike. It stands with a “rotten” 8% approval rating by 93 critics at Rotten Tomatoes (8% of the site’s 25 top critics). By comparison, it has a finer score of 37 at Metacritic, base… Source

• Post Grad Movie Details
• Director: Vicky Jenson
• Official Sites: Fox Searchlight [us], Fox Searchlight [us]
• Tagline: Now What?
• Country: USA
• Run Time: USA:88 min
• Genre: Comedy

• Cast Overview
• Alexis Bledel as Ryden Malby
• Zach Gilford as Adam Davies
• Michael Keaton as Walter Malby
• Jane Lynch as Carmella Malby
• Bobby Coleman as Hunter Malby
• Carol Burnett as Grandma Maureen

Post Grad Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

Post Grad (2009): Ryden Malby 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, Ryden's college nemesis steals her perfect job,… Source

Post Grad Movie Review from New York Times

When someone as fetching as Alexis Bledel can’t get a job — or a decent movie role — then we are officially in the depths of economic recession. As Ryden Malby in “Post Grad,” Ms. Bledel works her “Gilmore Girls” charm to the hilt, but no amount of cerulean-eyed sparkle can transcend this level of thudding mediocrity… Source

Post Grad Movie Details from Imdb

Ryden Malby has planned her academic life since she was in high-school to get a college scholarship; now she has just graduated in English and in her master plan she expects to get a job as assistant editor in the publishing house Happerman & Browning, in Los Angeles. Her platonic best friend is Adam Davis that has a crush on her and is frequently… Source