BENNY & JOON
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Title: Benny & Joon
Year: 1993 Johnny Depp plays: Sam Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik Written by: Barry Berman (screenplay); Barry Berman & Lesley McNeil (story) Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance MPAA Rating: PG Runtime: 98 minutes |
PLOT
Ever since their parents died, Benny has devoted his life to taking care of Joon, his younger sister who is mentally ill with an unpredictable personality. One night while playing a poker game with unusual stakes, Joon loses her hand... and she wins a fellow player's cousin. He is a quirky young man named Sam, and he soon charms his way into Joon's heart.
QUOTES
Sam: You don't like raisins?
Joon: Not really.
Sam: Why?
Joon: They used to be fat and juicy and now they're twisted. They had
their lives stolen. Well, they taste sweet, but really they're just humiliated
grapes. I can't say I am a big supporter of the raisin council.
Sam: Did you see those, those raisins on TV? The ones that sing and dance
and stuff?
Joon: They scare me.
Sam: Yeah me too
Joon: It's sick. The commercial people they make them sing and dance so
people will eat them.
Sam: It's a shame about raisins.
Joon: Cannibals.
Sam: Yeah. Do you like avocados?
Joon: They're a fruit you know.
Sam: Ruthie, do you got any avocados?
Joon: Why do you hate me so much?
Benny: I don't hate you.
Joon: You need me to be sick.
Sam: How sick is she?
Benny: She's plenty sick. Now listen to me, I've been doin' some thinkin'-
Sam: Because, you know, it seems to me that, I mean, except for being a
little mentally ill, she's pretty normal.
Joon: Some cultures are defined by their relationship to cheese.
Joon: Having a Boo Radley moment, are we?
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