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* BareYourMidriff: Most of Scout's shirts do this.
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* TightsUnderShorts: Scout spends much of the movie wearing ripped leggings under her shorts.
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* ParlorGames: At one point Gloria plays Charades with some friends. One of them mimes rocking a baby and then stabbing it, and Gloria struggles to remember the word for infanticide.
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Fifteen-year-old Scout Havers (India Ennenga) lives with her little sister Lulu (Onata Aprile) and her elderly grandmother (Creator/EllenBurstyn). When Lulu almost overdoses on Gram's pills, social workers send her to live with Ray (Creator/TimGuinee), the girls' biological father, a carnie whom they barely know, and his pregnant girlfriend Georgie (Creator/NikkiReed), Scout runs away to find her. She joins forces with Sam Prescott (James Frecheville), a young man whom she breaks out of a mental institution where he's recovering from a suicide attempt.
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Fifteen-year-old Scout Havers (India Ennenga) lives with her little sister Lulu (Onata Aprile) and her elderly grandmother (Creator/EllenBurstyn). When Lulu almost overdoses on Gram's pills, social workers send her to live with Ray (Creator/TimGuinee), the girls' biological father, a carnie whom they barely know, and his pregnant girlfriend Georgie (Creator/NikkiReed), Scout runs away to find her. She joins forces with Sam Prescott (James Frecheville), a young man whom she breaks out of a mental institution where he's recovering from a suicide attempt. They are pursued by Red Freston (Creator/DannyGlover), a friend of Sam's deceased father who works for the family.
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* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: Sam's father was also suicidal. He escaped from a mental institution, stole a car, and drove it off a cliff.
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* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: Sam's father was also suicidal. He escaped from was in a mental institution, institution when he stole a car, the director's car and drove it off a cliff.
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* BathroomBreakout: Scout escapes from the authorities through Gram's bathroom window.
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* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: Sam's father was also suicidal. He escaped from a mental institution, stole a car, and drove it off a cliff.
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* FiveFingerDiscount: At a rest stop, Scout tells Sam to ask for condoms to create a distraction while she steals food. They're interrupted by a news report on Scout and Sam's car theft.
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* KidsDrivingCars: Scout does almost all the driving, even though Sam has a driver's license.
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* AffectionanteNickname: Sam's mother Gloria (Creator/JaneSeymour) calls him "Pigeon."
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* AffectionanteNickname: AffectionateNickname: Sam's mother Gloria (Creator/JaneSeymour) (Jane Seymour) calls him "Pigeon."
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* TantrumThrowing: When Scout thinks that [[spoiler:Sam has abandoned her and Lulu]], she angrily smashes empty bottles on the wall near the bus station.
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* TantrumThrowing: When Scout thinks that [[spoiler:Sam has abandoned her and Lulu]], she angrily smashes empty bottles on the wall near the bus station.stop.
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* AffectionanteNickname: Sam's mother Gloria (Creator/JaneSeymour) calls him "Pigeon."
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* TantrumThrowing: When Scout thinks that [[spoiler:Sam has abandoned her and Lulu]], she angrily smashes empty bottles on the wall near the bus station.
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* BlandNameProduct: Scout looks up Sam on search.com, whose logo uses the same colors as Google. Weirdly, Sam then uses the word "Google."
* BookSafe: Sam hides money and drugs in a copy of ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls''.
* BookSafe: Sam hides money and drugs in a copy of ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls''.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Sam assumes Scout is named after the protagonist of ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'', but in fact she and Lulu are named after Creator/DemiMoore's daughters.
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* BringingRunningShoesToACarChase: Scout futilely runs after Ray's truck as he drives off with Lulu.
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* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Scout tells Ray that the only fatherly thing he ever did was knocking up her mom.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: The characters are strangely fond of the word "effing."
* GoshDarnItToHeck: The characters are strangely fond of the word "effing."
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* SayMyName: Lulu yells "Scout!" as Ray drives her away.
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* TightsUnderShorts: Scout spends much of the movie wearing ripped leggings under her shorts.
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* BareYourMidriff: Most of Scout's shirts do this.
* BathSuicide: Sam attempts suicide by cutting his wrist in the bathtub.
* BridalCarry: Scout carries Lulu out of the hospital this way to get around the fact that they need an adult to sign them out.
* BathSuicide: Sam attempts suicide by cutting his wrist in the bathtub.
* BridalCarry: Scout carries Lulu out of the hospital this way to get around the fact that they need an adult to sign them out.
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* DineAndDash: Scout obtains a milkshake for Lulu this way. She says that her "boyfriend" (Sam, who happens to be sitting next to her) will pay for it. The waitress yells that the glass isn't for takeout, but she runs away.
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Gram is so old, she can't remember how many children she has.
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Fifteen-year-old Scout Havers (India Ennenga) lives with her little sister Lulu (Onata Aprile) and her elderly grandmother (Creator/EllenBurstyn). When the girls' biological father Ray (Creator/TimGuinee), a carnie whom the girls barely know, takes Lulu away to live with him and his pregnant girlfriend Georgie (Creator/NikkiReed), Scout runs away to find her. She joins forces with Sam Prescott (James Frecheville), a young man whom she breaks out of a mental institution where he's recovering from a suicide attempt.
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Fifteen-year-old Scout Havers (India Ennenga) lives with her little sister Lulu (Onata Aprile) and her elderly grandmother (Creator/EllenBurstyn). When Lulu almost overdoses on Gram's pills, social workers send her to live with Ray (Creator/TimGuinee), the girls' biological father Ray (Creator/TimGuinee), father, a carnie whom the girls they barely know, takes Lulu away to live with him and his pregnant girlfriend Georgie (Creator/NikkiReed), Scout runs away to find her. She joins forces with Sam Prescott (James Frecheville), a young man whom she breaks out of a mental institution where he's recovering from a suicide attempt.
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''About Scout'' is a 2015 dramedy film written and directed by Laurie Weltz.
Fifteen-year-old Scout Havers (India Ennenga) lives with her little sister Lulu (Onata Aprile) and her elderly grandmother (Creator/EllenBurstyn). When the girls' biological father Ray (Creator/TimGuinee), a carnie whom the girls barely know, takes Lulu away to live with him and his pregnant girlfriend Georgie (Creator/NikkiReed), Scout runs away to find her. She joins forces with Sam Prescott (James Frecheville), a young man whom she breaks out of a mental institution where he's recovering from a suicide attempt.
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!!''About Scout'' contains examples of:
* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: A woman at the daycare center says that Lulu is too old and needs to be in public school. Scout says, "She is four," but the woman replies, "If Tallulah is four, I am the queen of Sheba, and I don't see no crowns sitting on top of my head."
* CouldntFindAPen: Before his suicide attempt, Sam writes "SORRY" on the mirror in shaving cream, then crosses it out and writes "FUCK YOU" instead.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Lulu's real name is Tallulah, but the only people who call her that are unsympathetic authority figures.
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Fifteen-year-old Scout Havers (India Ennenga) lives with her little sister Lulu (Onata Aprile) and her elderly grandmother (Creator/EllenBurstyn). When the girls' biological father Ray (Creator/TimGuinee), a carnie whom the girls barely know, takes Lulu away to live with him and his pregnant girlfriend Georgie (Creator/NikkiReed), Scout runs away to find her. She joins forces with Sam Prescott (James Frecheville), a young man whom she breaks out of a mental institution where he's recovering from a suicide attempt.
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!!''About Scout'' contains examples of:
* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: A woman at the daycare center says that Lulu is too old and needs to be in public school. Scout says, "She is four," but the woman replies, "If Tallulah is four, I am the queen of Sheba, and I don't see no crowns sitting on top of my head."
* CouldntFindAPen: Before his suicide attempt, Sam writes "SORRY" on the mirror in shaving cream, then crosses it out and writes "FUCK YOU" instead.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Lulu's real name is Tallulah, but the only people who call her that are unsympathetic authority figures.
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