Benny & Joon Page #5

Synopsis: In Spokane, Washington, Juniper Pearl - Joon to those that know her - is an artist. She is also a mentally challenged young woman who requires around the clock care, as she could cause harm to herself or others. Her brother Benny Pearl, who owns and operates a garage and who is her only living relative since their parents died twelve years ago in a car accident, has made the decision that she would live at home with him, in the process sacrificing being able to have a personal life of his own. He has hired full-time housekeepers to provide that care when he isn't around. However, he has exhausted the list of housekeepers, who keep quitting because Joon is too much to handle. As such, Benny makes the decision that perhaps it would be best for all concerned if Joon were to live in a group home, something he is hesitating telling her for fear of her reaction. Into their lives comes Sam, the eccentric cousin of Benny's friend Mike, Sam who they obtained from Mike in a losing hand of poker.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jeremiah S. Chechik
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG
Year:
1993
98 min
828 Views


- You took him home?

- Yeah.

- To your house?

- Yeah, to my house.

- What, are you crazy?

Hey, believe me, it's only temporary.

Great. Hey, maybe he can tell Joon

about the group home, huh?

If I'm gonna do this group-home thing,

I gotta figure out the best way to tell her.

Where's Waldo? Is he not here yet?

- No.

- That's it. I'm gonna have a talk with him.

- No, you're not.

- Yes, I am. What's his phone number?

# Too late to cry, she turned away

# I started pushin'

# I saw no future in this lack

# I started pushin'

# Pushin', pushin' forward back

# I was pushin'

# Pushin', pushin' forward back

Too loud! Too loud!

# Pushin' forward back

What?

What? Oh!

Hey.

Where's Sam?

I didn't mean to kick him out. I mean,

I didn't kick him out, he just left.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

What happened? Did something happen?

He just... He just left.

He was... He was...

in the air and, and, and...

with a thing and... It was really loud...

It was really loud.

And I just kept seeing...

He didn't mean to do it.

Do it? What?

What did he... What did he do?

He cleaned the house.

And you kicked him out for that?

Maybe I should invite him back in.

Yeah. Before someone sticks a stamp

on his head and mails him to Guam.

Some cultures...

are defined by their

relationship to cheese.

Is that a fact?

He can really cook, can't he?

Yeah.

Although, for grilled cheese,

I might've used the wool setting.

That's what I told him.

Really?

- What did he use?

- Rayon.

Silk would've been too soggy.

- Cotton would've...

- Would've burned it.

Right.

Fortunately he consulted me

before giving it steam. I was against it.

I wish he could be my new Smail.

# The melodious songs of the blessed

# And our spirits shall sorrow no more

# Not a sigh for the blessing of rest

# In the sweet by-and-by

# We shall meet on that beautiful shore

# In the sweet by-and-by

# We shall meet on that beautiful shore

Good night.

Good night.

You need some help?

"Dear Mom, I've departed Mike's

with love and gratitude

and am now living with Benny and

Joon Pearl, two devoted new friends."

"Benny's predisposition to hypertense

Irish monologists notwithstanding,

he has given me a job

as a domestic engineer

and seems pleased with me so far."

"Love, Sam."

Wow.

I didn't know I could talk like that.

Tapioca?

Oh. Yeah.

- OK.

- Thank you, Ruthie.

You're welcome, Sam.

Let me know if you need anything, OK?

You don't like raisins?

- Not really.

- Why?

They used to be...

fat and juicy.

And now they're twisted.

They had their lives stolen.

They taste sweet, but really

they're just humiliated grapes.

I can't say I'm a big supporter

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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