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(SOLVED) Single mother, little boy, happy man - family movie

posted a year ago by wositelec (304)
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I found. It was extremely hard, but I found (thanks IMDB filters) and my quote database.

The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

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I'm looking for American family/comedy movie from the 90's. I remember that it tells the story of a about 10-year-old (maybe younger) kid who is raised by a single mother. I know that later this kid insisted that she meet such a man. This kid answered the phone, but she said: "You tell that I'm absent". Then the kid failed to lie (typical "lie" for kids): "She told me that she isn't home" and she later had to come to the phone.

Definitely not (I watched and I checked it exactly)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Pay It Forward (2000)

[–] RoboReCop (3379) a year ago

This kid dated her over the phone, but she asked him to say she wasn't home.
^ What does this even mean? The mother's kid dates his mom over the phone?

Then the kid threw the typical "lie" for kids: "She told him to say she wasn't home," and she later had to come to the phone.
^ How is it a "lie" when in the previous sentence you stated, "she asked him to say she wasn't home"?

Does the film take place in a rural area?

[–] wositelec (304) a year ago

I'm sorry. It was language misunderstanding. I corrected it.

Summary: The kid answered the phone and he speaks with this man by phone. Kid's mom told that she is absent. Then, the kid told that mother is absent, because mother told the same. The film is set in USA, in big city and I remember that kid wasn't similar to Macaulay Culkin, but rather somebody less popular.

[–] RoboReCop (3379) a year ago

Oh, okay. I get it now. The kid "threw the typical "lie"", meaning he failed to lie for his mother causing her to come to the phone. Makes sense now. Thank you for the clarification and no need to say sorry.

I'll have to take some time to ponder about this one. It's a head-scratcher for me. If you remember anything else about the film, post it.

[–] wositelec (304) a year ago

I corrected my description. Polish idioms (and other Slavonic idioms too) are very difficult and it causes different problems in communication sometimes. "Throw" means eg. "throw the ball" or "throw the lie" sometimes and it was my mistake.

I am sure that it was movie from 90's or early 2000's, but I think that it is tough to find, because I don't remember more details. On the other hand, I found many very difficult riddles (eg. "Beastmaster" mixed in my memory with "Hercules" or "Swamp Thing" with "Are you Afraid of Dark"). Perhaps I find my movie (and "my" prison episode of TV series as well).

[–] movieace11 (1368) a year ago

Hi!
Could it be:

Man of the House (1995) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113755/?ref_=kw_li_tt
or
Abandoned and Deceived (1995) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112273/
?

[–] wositelec (304) a year ago

Hmm, maybe the first movie is good answer, but I am not sure.

I will check.

[–] wositelec (304) a year ago

I found. It was extremely hard, but I found (thanks IMDB filters) and my quote database.

The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

730
00:36:19,878 --> 00:36:21,647
CAN I TALK
TO YOUR MOTHER, PLEASE?

731
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,450
UH, JUST A SEC,
ALL RIGHT?

732
00:36:24,483 --> 00:36:25,451
IT'S FOR YOU, MOM.

733
00:36:25,484 --> 00:36:26,518
IT'S UNCLE MAX.

734
00:36:26,552 --> 00:36:28,554
UNCLE MAX?

735
00:36:28,587 --> 00:36:29,621
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

736
00:36:29,655 --> 00:36:33,859
TELL HIM THAT I'M...
TELL HIM THAT I'M NOT HERE.

737
00:36:33,892 --> 00:36:36,962
SHE SAYS TO SAY
SHE'S NOT HERE.

[–] movieace11 (1368) a year ago

Wow