Best Laid Plans Page #2

Synopsis: Bryce (Josh Brolin) is a successful man who returns to his tiny hometown for a visit. While there, he runs into his old friend Nick (Alessandro Nivola). The two decide to go out for the night. When they enter a bar, Bryce encounters Kathy (Reese Witherspoon), a blonde temptress whom he eventually takes home for the night. When he awakens, Kathy informs him that she is underage and threatens to tell the police that Bryce has committed statutory rape. Bryce panics and decides to tie her up and hide her away in the basement. He then makes a call to Nick. Unbeknownst to Bryce, Kathy is actually Nick's girlfriend Lissa. The two had schemed to use Bryce's money to pay off a $15,000 debt they owe small-time hood Jimmy (Terrence Howard).
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Mike Barker
Production: Twentieth Century Fox
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
1999
92 min
213 Views


I'm not sure

because my sense of time|is all f***ed up.

Guess.

Um, I dragged her down,|and I tried to talk to her,

and I called you.|Maybe half an hour?

You didn't touch|her after that?

No, Nick, I swear|I didn't touch her.

[Crying Softly]

Bryce:
Nick--

No!Just--Just|hold on a minute. Um...

But, Nick--

Oh, f***!

[Kathy Crying]

Nick, come on.|It's not my place.

Goddamn it, Bryce.

Look, I'm sorry, Nick.|When she said

that she was going to|call the cops,

I tried to stop her to|find out what happened,

and she kept going|for the door,

and I just lost it.

Nick, I swear to God,

I didn't touch her|after that.

It's OK. It's OK.

Where'd you get these?

Upstairs. I found them|in the parents' bedroom.

You have the key?

The key? Why?

I'm going to|take them off.

Uh-huh.|And then what?

And then I'm going|to drive her home.

Bryce:
Could we talk|about this first?

Bryce, give me the key!

I know this looks bad,|and I screwed up.

But I don't think|I did before

what she said I did,

and I want to|talk about it first.

What is there|to talk about?

What the hell|is going to happen to me

if we just let her go?

What the hell is going to|happen to you if we don't?

This chick is going|to ruin my life.

She's going to f***|it all up.

Bryce, give me the key.

No.

[Crying]

Shh. It's OK.

I'm sorry if that hurt.|It's Kathy, right?

Are you OK?

All right, look.|This is pretty crazy here.

This situation is|not very good. I know.

I'm going to take you out|of here in a minute.

I'm going to drive you home.

But first I need to know|if you're all right.

I mean, are you injured|at all?

OK, OK. Look.|Take a deep breath, OK?

Just breathe in, OK?

[Inhales]

Good. Yep.|Now exhale. Let it out.

OK.|It's all right. OK.

You're doing great.|You're a real pro.

OK, now, listen.|Are you hurt?

Are you hurt anywhere?

My lip.

Yeah, I can see that,|but it's nothing serious.

It's just a little cut.

But what I want to know is,|what about the rest of you?

Are you hurt|inside anywhere?

No? OK. Good.

Your friend|didn't hurt me.

No?

I don't care|what he did before.

I won't tell anybody.

I just want to get|out of here.

I just want to go home.

I just want to go home.

Lis-- Listen--

I just want to go home.

I just want to go home,

and then everything|will be fine.

You will. I promise you.

I promise.|I promise you will.

Just hold on.

Hey, Professor...|come on.

We'll be back|in a minute.

Everything's going|to be fine, OK?

Bryce:
You don't|believe her, do you?

Because the second|she gets home,

she's going to|call the cops.

Yeah, she might.

The thing is,|you got to let her|go now.

But there's more to this.

What? What? What?

Look at that.

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Ted Griffin

Ted Griffin is an American screenwriter whose credits include Ravenous, Matchstick Men, and Ocean's Eleven. Born in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University in 1993. more…

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