I burst into laughter many times while watching this film...But the scene that sent me falling off the chair was the one where his wife walks up to him and tells him she wants a divorce...The conversation and also his reaction as well as his expressions....Brilliant, just brilliant...
share"Why does [God] make us feel the questions if he's not gonna give us any answers?"
"He hasn't told me."
"I didn't ask for Santana Abraxas!"
shareLAWYER: What does Arthur say?
LARRY : He says he didn't do anything.
LAWYER: Uh-huh.
LARRY : He says he just went in for a drink.
LAWYER: Uh-huh.
LAWYER: Does Arthur drink?
LARRY : No.
LAWYER: Uh-huh.
When the dentist is checking his wife's teeth for any inscriptions
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when the priest(?) is trying to pick up the torah which is very heavy and says "Jesus Christ"!
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Judith Gopnik: Esther died three years ago. And it was a loveless marriage. Sy wants a get.
Larry Gopnik: A what?
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Rabbi Marshak: When the truth is found. To be lies.
[the rabbi clears his throat]
Rabbi Marshak: And all the hope. Within you dies. Then what?
[the rabbi clears his throat again]
Rabbi Marshak: Grace Slick. Marty Balin. Paul Kanta. Jorma...
Danny Gopnik: Kaukonen.
Rabbi Marshak: ...something. These are the membas of the Airplane. Interesting. Here.
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Rabbi Scott: I mean, the parking lot here. Not much to see. It is a different angle on the same parking lot we saw from the Hebrew school window.
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Marshak's Secretary: The rabbi is busy.
Larry Gopnik: He didn't look busy!
Marshak's Secretary: He's thinking.
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Danny Gopnik: What's sodomy, dad?
Scenes with Clive (what kind of name is Clive for a Korean?...and an Asian who ostensibly can't do math...or was it that he could do it but didn't do it?)
And Clive's father.
I would not belong to any club that would have me as a member. G. Marx
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Actually, it’s the casual way she walks in and asks him “Honey, did you talk to Sy today?” As if, had he gotten the new from Sy, he’d just be sitting there calmly grading his papers instead of going apeshit.
shareThe way EVERYBODY keeps saying “Sy Albeman?” followed by “Hester is barely cold!”
shareThere’s so many, but another one nobody’s mentioned is when the detectives come to the door looking for Arthur Larry tells them “we’re sittin’ Shiva” he goes on to tell them “we’re bereaved”. When one of the detectives asks “who died?” Larry says “my wife’s... it’s complicated.”
shareI loved this movie ... never thought I would see any comments under this though.
shareFor me it was the end of that rambling dentist story.
"What happened to him?"
"The goy?"
"Yeah!"
"Who cares?"
That 'Who cares' just popped me for some reason. Perfect end cap to that scene.