Best line ever is it not?
Followed by Gary walking in on them bashing men. Haha. I love this movie.
-Di
My favorite is "Oh mom, back off....the last guy you dated stole our furniture."
shareThat scene actually speaks alot to the way Gary was turning out. Being 13 or so and already going through tough teenage boy stuff without another guy around to give him guidance, hearing his mom and sister trashing men. That had to hurt him.
Granted they both had bad experiences with guys. Even if Julie & Gary's dad isn't seen in the film, he's a huge deadbeat piece of sh*t, so I can't blame Helen for that one... and Todd trashing Julie just to be cool in front of his brothers, was pretty jerky too. But you should never negatively stereotype an entire group of people just because of the bad apples, and you really need to be careful what you say around whom.
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shareGranted they both had bad experiences with guys. Even if Julie & Gary's dad isn't seen in the film, he's a huge deadbeat piece of sh*t, so I can't blame Helen for that one... and Todd trashing Julie just to be cool in front of his brothers, was pretty jerky too. But you should never negatively stereotype an entire group of people just because of the bad apples, and you really need to be careful what you say around whom.
It had been a few years since I saw it until tonight...I just caught that line and snort/laughed. The way she delivered it, subtle and dead-panned was great.
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I thought that line was hilarious! This film has some of the funniest lines I have ever seen in ANY comedy ever!
I crack up hard when Julie screams at Todd:
"I wouldn't live with you if the world was flooded with PISS, and you lived in a TREE!"
or
[Ms. Buckman frantically puts away vibrator]
Taylor: "Mommy, what was that thing?!"
Mom: "It was...an electric ear cleaner."
Taylor: "It sure was a big one."
Grandma: "It certainly was!"
[Helen & Grandma leave the room after glimpsing a porn video]
Grandma: "One of those men reminded me of your Grandpa, God bless him!"
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.
********SPOILERS AHEAD*****In the scene after Helen discovers what's in Gary's bag, although it's a very deep, powerful scene in a dramatic sense ["All these feelings, you're right to have all these feelings...You're a great kid, you're a great kid, you've just got a lousy dad. You just have to learn how to say the hell with him. Actually that's good advice for me, too. The hell with him!"] there's a really hilarious, unexpected line (one of the several throughout the movie, of course) when she goes on: "I don't know what to say about the tapes. [stuttering awkwardly] Well, you know, I mean, you know, I assume that you're watching them 'cause you're curious about sex, you know, or filmmaking." (Great movie! And far ahead of its time in every way.)
Helen had the best lines. The 'then they come.' Line was class.
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