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Free Samples

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 20m
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5.6/10
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Free Samples (2012)
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Stanford Law dropout Jillian wakes up with a hangover and is pressured by her friend to take a shift at an ice-cream truck in LA, giving out free samples. People drop by.Stanford Law dropout Jillian wakes up with a hangover and is pressured by her friend to take a shift at an ice-cream truck in LA, giving out free samples. People drop by.Stanford Law dropout Jillian wakes up with a hangover and is pressured by her friend to take a shift at an ice-cream truck in LA, giving out free samples. People drop by.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
2.2K
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  • Director
    • Jay Gammill
  • Writer
    • Jim Beggarly
  • Stars
    • Jess Weixler
    • Jesse Eisenberg
    • Halley Feiffer
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  • Director
    • Jay Gammill
  • Writer
    • Jim Beggarly
  • Stars
    • Jess Weixler
    • Jesse Eisenberg
    • Halley Feiffer
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    • 26User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
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    Free Samples (2012)
    Wendy Shapero, Matt Walsh, Jay Gammill, and Jess Weixler in Free Samples (2012)
    "Free Samples" - Los Angeles Premiere
    Actress Jocelin Donahue attends the "Free Samples" Premiere during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival at the Clearview Chelsea Cinemas on April 20, 2012 in New York City.

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    Jess Weixler
    Jess Weixler
    • Jillianas Jillian
    Jesse Eisenberg
    Jesse Eisenberg
    • Texas Tex
    Halley Feiffer
    Halley Feiffer
    • Nancyas Nancy
    Jason Ritter
    Jason Ritter
    • Wallyas Wally
    Jeff Sloniker
    • Harvyas Harvy
    Tanner Vale
    • Twin Robbyas Twin Robby
    Taylor Vale
    Taylor Vale
    • Twin Bobbyas Twin Bobby
    Wendy Shapero
    Wendy Shapero
    • Homeless Stacyas Homeless Stacy
    Abigail McFarlane
    Abigail McFarlane
    • Patriciaas Patricia
    Johari Powell
    • Joelas Joel
    Angel Parker
    Angel Parker
    • Joel's Motheras Joel's Mother
    Jordan Davis
    • Peteras Peter
    Barrett Shuler
    Barrett Shuler
    • Tommyas Tommy
    Choice Skinner
    Choice Skinner
    • Larryas Larry
    John Rosenfeld
    John Rosenfeld
    • Joeas Joe
    Madison Leisle
    Madison Leisle
    • Annaas Anna
    Joseph McKelheer
    Joseph McKelheer
    • Richard Swingeras Richard Swinger
    Suzy Nakamura
    Suzy Nakamura
    • Neighboras Neighbor
    • Director
      • Jay Gammill
    • Writer
      • Jim Beggarly
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    • Trivia
      Filmed in 13 days in Los Angeles.
    • Goofs
      Reflected in the driver's side window of the ice cream truck as Jillian repeatedly drives forward & backward (approx. 35 minute mark).
    • Quotes

      Betty: One life is enough for anyone. But there are so many lives within that life.

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      Tiny Push
      Written and Performed by Kevin W. Buchholz and Jessie Shapiro

    User reviews26

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    4/10
    Too precious for its own good.
    This one-set Indy tries very hard to be sharp and mordant and timely. The trouble is that nothing about the characters or their situations rings true. The main set is an ice cream truck located in what looks like a borderline ghetto where the heroine must give away free samples of chocolate and vanilla, nothing else. The workers and everyone in the neighborhood seem to already know that the pseudo ice cream is horrible. So what are they really doing there? In what alternate universe would this actually happen?

    Apparently in the same universe where a self-absorbed Cali-blonde Stanford law student would be SHOCKED, SHOCKED I say, to learn that 5 years after she left home, her dad moved out and took up with a trophy bimbo. That evidently never happens in alternate universe Z, so of course it sends our heroine into a drunken tailspin where she must engage in contrived sardonic banter with every unlikely walk-on character who ambles by her pseudo ice cream truck. Sadly, none of these encounters feels more forced or contrived than the heroine's confrontation with her unwanted fiancée.

    After 90 minutes of this I yearned to get back to our universe where Cheech and Chong would have a very good business plan for that ice cream truck working the ghetto and where all their customers' curious demands for "stamps" would make sense.
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    • dmblanch
    • Dec 8, 2013

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    • Release date
      • April 20, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Searching for Love
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Film Harvest
      • Sawhorse Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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