Song: Grace Kelly, Mika

Faces
Cast: Jon Hamm, Olivia Williams, Reed Diamond (request by leanstein and my brain)

Carter Smith (Jon Hamm) is a washed-up former child star trying to find his way back into show business. He has appeared in countless late-night commercials and though he feels like he had acted his heart out in all of them, he hasn’t caught a break. Not a single one (he has played a giant chicken, a greasy con-man, a legless pirate…etc.). When Carter finds out that he’s going to Cannes for the 30th Anniversary celebration of Finding Mickey, the hit, coming-of-age movie that brought him to Hollywood at the age of 10, he knew that this is his way back in.

However, there's one catch. Carter must go with his two co-stars in the movie or he won’t be able to go at all. The determined Carter looks for Ben Johnson (Reed Diamond), who played the chubby, scaredy-cat Jeremy in the movie. He finds Ben in Connecticut, running a boat-rental business. Ben initially refused to be swayed by Carter—yes, he had a great time making Finding Mickey, but his role as the chubby scaredy-cat became a stigma that took him years to shed. Going to Cannes for the anniversary would only make people remember. But after a few rounds of drinks, Carter manages to convince Ben to go.

The two men then go to London to fetch their other co-star in the film, Margaret Lewis (Olivia Williams), who played the boys’ savvy, tomboy-ish British neighbor in the film. The slightly eccentric Margaret writes detective novels under a pseudonym and it doesn’t take much for Carter to convince her to come with them to France.

But the moment they set foot on France, they get held up by a bunch of thieves. With no money to even call his agent, Carter decides to play con-man (he played one on TV, how difficult can it be to actually do it?) and devises a plan that will make use of his charm and acting skills, Ben’s business skills and Margaret’s fluency in French to pull off a con that will bring them to Cannes just in time for the party.

Me and leanstein thought that their ridiculous facial expressions should be showcased in one movie. It would be epic.