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Synopsis: Charlie and Muriel Lang have led simple lives - for most of their existance. That's until they win $4 million on the lottery! There is a problem, however. Prior to winning the lottery, Charlie had eaten at a cafe and hadn't been able to tip the waitress. He had promised her, jokingly, that if he won the lottery he'd give her half of it. This is why his wife, Muriel decides to leave him. She doesn't want the waitress to get a cent of their money. Infact she wants all $4 million for herself!
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Andrew Bergman
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG
Year:
1994
101 min
1,383 Views


You mean these?

No, it's just a prosthetic bra...

Charlie, don't do that next to me!

That's disgusting.

- I'm just soaking my feet.

- Please!

- Since when did this bother you?

- Since now, okay?

You're spilling water everywhere!

I'll call the Red Cross

and tell them we're a disaster area.

I have some larger ones

that I change into after work.

Charlie...

Should I get my b*obs done?

- Done?

- Enlarged. So I could be like that.

Are you nuts?

It seems so extreme.

- Forget it.

- I just don't think you need it.

Look, I had to declare bankruptcy.

When will I be able

to get my MasterCard back?

What are my chances?

- Under 15,000 a year...

- Shall I speak to them? Love to.

I see.

Well, thank you.

That's what I thought.

- What did they say?

- My chances are slim to none.

The lotto jackpot has grown

to over $64 million.

We'll check the winning numbers

when we return.

- You got the numbers wrong!

- Wrong?

- Our anniversary is the 27th.

- We always celebrate on the 26th.

We got the licence on the 26th.

We got married on the 27th.

- So why do we go out on the 26th?

- I don't know, maybe it's custom.

The fact is,

I told you our anniversary.

To anybody with any sense,

that means the day they got married.

I am sorry, darling.

Did he say 26?

Those numbers again are:

6, 12, 16, 26, 64, 84.

We won!

We got the jackpot!

- That's unbelievable!

- We're rich!

- The jackpot?

- We're rich, rich, rich!

- What are we having?

- BLT down with turkey bacon.

- Any Miracle Whip?

- Yes. No matter how broke I am.

You have to have things

that are stable. Permanent.

- Oreos, Smuckers...

- Exactly.

- Thank you.

- Will there be anything else?

Will there be anything else?

There'll never be anything else.

God, I hate this.

I feel bankrupt.

What?

A bowling team

had the same numbers!

- They get nine million!

- Why am I not surprised?

- How many are on the team?

- Average team is twelve guys.

Do each of them get a piece,

or do you consider them as one?

Muriel... your veins,

they're bulging out of your neck.

You look like a psycho.

Oh, my God. The bowlers,

thank God, only count as one.

That's 16 people that picked

these numbers... Oh, God.

That only leaves us with...

Four million.

We could live on that, right?

We could live on less, even.

Let's pray nobody else calls in,

so we don't have to split it again.

What?

What? You're making me nervous.

Honey...

I've got something to tell you.

- A complete stranger? Charlie!

- I owed her a tip.

A tip?

Two million dollars? Come on!

I never thought we'd win, darling.

- But we did win, like I said.

- But not with your numbers.

Don't do that!

Because you know and I know -

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Jane Anderson

Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) is an American actress-turned-award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. She has written and directed one feature film, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) and wrote the script for the Nicolas Cage film It Could Happen to You (1994). She won an Emmy Award for writing the screenplay for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014). more…

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