My favorite line (mild spoiler)
"Why don't you just take over the bank?"
The look that Linney gives and then the look Broderick gives is just priceless. It's a very subtle, very funny display of how Linney's character had grown through the movie.
I love when Samantha is talking to Terry about her son, and she says (I know I'm gonna get this terribly wrong, but it's something like):
"I don't want him to know those things now!!!!! He'll have plenty of time to grow up and go out into the world and realize it's a horrible place and that everybody sucks all by himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He doesn't need any help right now."
It's so true.
(And I know I mangled that quote)
There were many humorous moments in the film but one that immediately comes to mind is one of the exchanges between Brian and Sammy at the bank, the part where he is getting more and more fussy and says "Obviously you're not happy here. You keep leaving, and fighting with me."
Sammy counters with "You have got to be the worst manager we've ever had. The worst."
Then he says, "I think this is just an issue we need to explore!" and her hilarious response, "YOU explore it! I'm going back to work."
LOL! Yes, all the scenes between her and her boss are funny. I love all those quotes plus when she says
"Brian, get OFF my ass."
"Excuse me?"
"I didn't change the color(whatever she says!) on your screen."
"Well then that's all you had to SAY!"
"Would you classify that as a launch problem or a design problem?"
I think the funniest scenes occur between Terry and Rudy. I especially love the one when Terry comes into Rudy's bedroom late at night and he talks to Rudy like hes an adult. Mark Ruffalo completely embodies how I think the director wanted Terry to come off- my favorite lines: "I know, theres just NOTHING to do here" and "I'm just reading some of your... compositions" Actually just the entire scene was amazing.
The other one is when Sam catches Terry and Rudy in the stairwell and Terry blames them being up late on Rudy. I think it went something like this: "We were out stargazing and Rudy here lost track of time... which I totally warned him about! You are a bad kid!"
Mark Ruffalo's performance in the whole movie was amazing- how he flawlessly transitioned from the charming and funny Terry, to the deeply troubled and vulnerable little brother. It was totally in keeping with all his performances and probably his best (although We Don't Live Here Anymore's Jack was awesome too!) Rory Culkin and Laura Linney also really impressed me!
My favorite line was from Terry in the bar with Rudy:
"I got a hundred bucks here that says me and my nephew can beat anybody in here, only we gotta get the next game because he's got to be in bed by ten o'clock."
--"The principles of surgery are the same above and below the neck."--
Yep - a fantastic movie that I bet not a lot of people have seen, and I wish they would. Ruffalo and Linney are as good as it gets in this. And you're right - the way Terry speaks to Rudy as an equal and treats him like an equal is so great.
shareAlthough I suggested another favourite line in an earlier post I have to agree entirely with the mention of the scenes between Terry and Rudy, especially the scene mentioned by TOWchanschic. Terry arriving in the bedroom and beginning a tirade, going on and on and on about how boring life was in the place, nothing to do and Rudy should make his mind up to get away as soon as he could and on and on and on about this and the many other difficulties of life.
It was worth paying the money just to see the look of sheer confusion on Rudy's face as he asked "WHAT are you talking about?" And Terry's response, almost for the first time realising that he was talking to an eight-year-old "I have NO idea!"
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omg algebroad..I totally loved that scene too! Especially after he lets Rory Culkin's character do it himself and ends up hammering it like Terry as Terry watches. But the significance was,as you said, that Terry respects other people and is an open-minded person.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.~ Carl Sagan
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