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Synopsis: Estranged since their father's first stroke some 17 years earlier, Lee and Bessie lead separate lives in separate states. Lee's son, Hank, finds himself committed to a mental institution after setting fire to his mother's house. His younger brother, Charlie, seems unfazed by his brother's eccentricities or his mother's seeming disinterest. When Lee comes to the asylum to spring Hank for a week in Florida so that he can be tested as a possible bone marrow donor for Bessie, Hank is incredulous. "I didn't even know you had a sister," he says. "Remember, every Christmas, when I used to say 'Well, looks like Aunt Bessie didn't send us a card again this year?'" "Oh yeah," Hank says. Meanwhile, Marvin, the two women's bedridden father, has "been dying for the past twenty years." "He's doing it real slow so I don't miss anything," Bessie tells Dr. Wally. In Bessie's regular doctor's absence, it has fallen to Dr. Wally to inform Bessie that she has leukemia and will die without a bone marrow tr
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jerry Zaks
Production: Miramax Films
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG-13
Year:
1996
98 min
2,526 Views


visit more often, but...

Mm... hmm...

You know.

You're not a nurse are you?

I'm a psychiatrist.

So you're the one that Hank talks to.

I'm in charge of his therapy.

Well, you know he lies.

Mm... hmm...

He told his guidance counselor

at school that I beat him.

Mm... hmm...

So, see what I mean?

Mm... hmm...

Oh!

So. See, now you're thinking,

I wounder if she does beat him.

Is that what you think I think?

Don't you?

Do you want me to think that?

What do you mean?

What do you think I mean? What do

you mean. What do I think you mean?

What do you think I mean

by What do you think I mean?

We'd like for you to become

more involved in Hank's therapy.

We'd like for you to come

more often for visits.

Doctor, can I be honest

with you?

I have forced my way through

school, and I'm about to get my degree.

And I'm very picky now

about the kind of guy I'll do with.

And I ke... I used to keep

a really clean house.

Hank makes fun of

my degree in cosmetology.

He terrorizes any guy

I go out with.

This last one, Lawrence,

Hank made fun of his being on parole.

He made fun of how he holds his liquor.

He made fun of his Pinto.

The point is, Hank cost me

a potentially good relationship.

And as for my house...

Hank is not something

I can control.

So what's the point

of my visiting?

He says he misses you

Well, I'm here.

So let me see him.

You want one?

No, thank you.

Hi, Hank. It's Mom.

Can you hear me?

Okay, well, um...

You be good. I... I'll leave you

some of these here...

so when you wake up

you can have them waiting.

You sure you...

No, no, thanks.

Okay, well, uh, I'll see ya.

Does this count as a visit?

Do you think this counts

as a visit?

Uh. Excuse me. Oh, uh, don't be

surprised if Dr. Wally is late.

He was an 11-month baby.

Can you imagine that?

I, on the other hand,

I... I was premature.

Sorry to have kept you waiting.

I got stuck at the hospital.

Oh, you must be very busy.

I wanted to check on your tests.

I was telling her that I weighed one

pound when I was born. No, you didn't Bob.

I, I was this big.

Oh.

Follow me.

Fo... Not you, Bob.

Follow me.

So, how are we today?

You tell me.

Dr. Wally speaking.

Yes, Bob, I know there's

someone waiting in my office.

I'm in my office.

That's all right.

Yes. Yes.

Is there a problem?

No, no, he's just neq here.

He'll get the hang of it.

No, no, no, no.

I meant with my blood test.

Did it get lost or something?

Because... I really

was getting myself all worked up.

I was thinking all kinds of horrible

thoughts. No, it didn't get lost.

But what I would like to do is...

run some other tests simply to

rule out certain possibilities.

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Scott McPherson

Scott McPherson (October 13, 1959 Columbus, Ohio – November 7, 1992 Chicago) was an American playwright. more…

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