Episode 590: In The Seats With....Andy Palmer and 'The Re-Education of Molly Singer'

It's hard to be familiar and fresh all at the same time....On this very special episode we are going back to school with a new movie that is in theatres (in the US) and on VOD platforms this coming Friday.  It's time for 'The Re-Education of Molly Singer'.In college, attorney Molly Singer (Britt Robertson) was the life of every party. Now, she’s about to be fired because she can’t leave her partying ways behind. Molly’s boss, Brenda (Jaime Pressly), tells Molly there’s one way to save her job: re-enroll at her old alma mater, befriend Brenda’s socially awkward son, Elliot (Ty Simpkins), and take him from zero to campus hero. Aided by her best friend (Nico Santos), Molly goes to battle with stuck-up hall monitors, boozed-up frat brothers, and her old archenemy in a hilarious quest through the past to save her future.Breathing life into a well worn genre is usually easier said then done, but 'The Re-Education of Molly Singer' actually manages to pull that off as it flips the gender rolls for the leads and actually allows for it's characters to have time to make us care about them in-between gonzo comic set pieces in the traditional vein of the college comedy.  It gives us something comfortable....but in a new way, and we liked it.In advance of the release we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with director Andy Palmer to find out how he got the job, breathing new life into the college comedy, casting Jonathan Lipnicki (Yup, the kid from Jerry Maguire) and so very much more.'The Re-Education of Molly Singer' is in limited theatrical release (in the US) and VOD platforms everywhere on Sept. 29th.