When Jeff Daniel's character is cooking for his two sons and the son walks into the kitchen and catches his father putting their meal that fell onto the floor back into the pan.
Also when his son Walt walks in on his father and the young girl and you hear the father say "Put me in your mouth".
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Definitely when Walt described The Metamorphosis as "Kafka-esque." Surprised nobody's mentioned that one.
Also when Walt invites his dad along on his date and he says "I'll go to the movie, but not the party."
When bernard finds out his wife is getting published and everyone but him knows about her being in The New Yorker... And he answers: "The portion are big here, you only eat half what you order." It's funny in a very sad way.
- A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.
I didn't think of this film much as a comedy, but I did get a big laugh out of the scene when the kid puts the condom on and it falls off LOL
When he reveals the new 'writing desk' to his son.
shareI loved when Walt was on the phone with Frank, and Walt realizes that Frank is drinking, and he asks "when did you start drinkin", or something like that, and Frank says "since a while ago", very matter-of-factly.
shareI'm not going to answer that, for sure, after that would be when he takes the money for the food. And the fact that their family never gets enough food at a restaurant...wow.
shareThe 8-yr old singing "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister was awesome.
shareI always crack up when Jeff Daniels yells *beep* in the first scene. He just says it so perfectly... it's hilarious.
shareThe scenes when the dad is showing Walt and Frank his new house, and the whole your house/my house/mom's house confusion.
shareYes, the whole
"Our house looks nothing like this."
"Your mother's house."
"That's what I said."
And then Frank commenting that he got a lefty desk.
Also when Walt starts freaking out and making it seem as if it's Sophie's fault for the uncomfortable bedroom moments, she loses her cool and says
"My father said you had a weak handshake, which is a sign of indecision."
To which Walt gets very defensive:
"His hands are so huge! I couldn't get a good grip. "
lol
The conversation with the shrink about the song. When he says that it was approproiate because he thinks he could have written the song, so the fact that he didn't wasn't really revelant.
shareWalt saying to Sophie "It's very Kafkaesque" Sophie: "Yes, well Kafka wrote it" lol
sharethree years later, lol.
I'm surprised nobody said, when Walt says, isn't that a pretty standard question, or something to that effect, and the therapist says, that's pretty much how it works.
The whole scene with the therapist, I love how he is completely unfazed by Walt's attitude.
Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty
if your cup is full, may it be again
My favorite scene was the one where the counselor and the parents are discussing Frank's masturbating, and the counselor asks: "Can you think of anything that would provoke this behavior?"
Joan tells her it may have been something that Bernard did a few weeks ago, and then Bernard responds in a very snide manner "Or maybe the fact that she divorced me a few months ago had something to do with it"
When Bernard says he's moving to an elegant house and neighborhood, and when he takes his sons to see it, it's anything but elegant. I also thought it was funny when Frank was standing next to his mom in the bathroom and he says to her your ugly.
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