Hickey

Hickey is a 2016 American workplace teen comedy film directed by Alex Grossman. The film was released theatrically in the United States on January 6, 2017. Plot As good at math as he is terrible with girls, Ryan Chess (Troy Doherty) has spent an entire summer pining away for his pretty and vivacious co-worker, Carly Alvarez (Flavia Watson). Just as the summer is coming to a close and he has worked up the courage to ask her out, he is shocked to learn the store is closing at the end of the day. And Carly is going to move away. Far away. With a full ride to MIT only a few months away, he knows he is nuts to care. But he does. And so he hatches a crazy plan to save the store by the end of the day and thereby make Carly fall in love with him, with the help of his best friend Jeremy (Zedrick Restauro), and his co-workers Ellen (Raychel Diane Weiner), and Gary (Ross Mackenzie). An uphill battle that gets even more difficult when the handsome and possibly sinister regional manager, Brady (Alex Ashbaugh), arrives. Brady says he is there to roll up his sleeves and pitch in with the sale, but Ryan suspects ulterior motives. And when he discovers that Carly and Brady were once romantically involved, he really loses his composure and chances of saving the store. Ultimately, Ryan relies on his big brain to save the store and out Brady as the villain he is. It is here that his confidence shines and Carly sees him for who he really is and falls in love with him. Cast Troy Doherty as Ryan Chess Flavia Watson as Carly Alvarez Raychel Diane Weiner as Ellen Zedrick Restauro as Jeremy Alex Ashbaugh as Brady Krane Ross Mackenzie as Gary Nicholas Azarian as Derek Janie Haddad Tompkins as Jane Chess Tommy "Tiny" Lister as Henry Jeremy Rowley as Sam Brennan Murray as Berger Production The film is writer/director Alex Grossman's first feature film, coming from a background of directing mostly commercials. He has described the budget as "less than 90% of the commercials [he] made before this movie," and revealed the budget of the film, from start to finish, was less than $200,000. Significant changes to the script were made weeks before production started due to location changes, and due to recasting of the Jane Chess character.