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Synopsis: Alex, a sad-eyed mournful man, goes into psychotherapy: he discloses he's a hit man. He also tells the doctor, after a few sessions, that he's attracted to a young woman he's met in the waiting room. She's Sarah, 23, quick, edgy, and perhaps attracted to him as well. But he's married, the dutiful father of a young precocious boy, so Sarah brushes him off. In flashbacks we see him get his start as a killer, at his father's prompting: it's the family business. Dad gives Alex his next assignment: to kill the therapist. Alex keeps returning to Sarah, calling her, stopping by her apartment, as he decides what to do about the hit, his father, his marriage, and his malaise.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Henry Bromell
Production: Roxie Releasing
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2000
88 min
1,191 Views


It's late. It's a

school night, remember?

Good night, dad. Good night, sweetheart.

Close your eyes.

Sleep tight.

Don't let the... what?

Don't let the... robbers

come through the window?

Go to sleep.

He's seeing a shrink.

Our son. Who?

Alex is seeing a shrink? Mm-hmm.

What for? I can't imagine.

Shrink.

They talk, right?

Spills his guts?

It's his age. Maybe it'll pass.

On the other hand,

maybe you're losing him.

Like hell I am.

I thought you should know.

Please, don't say anything. I

promised him I wouldn't tell you.

It's so... sensitive.

I just thought you should know.

I'm late.

I hate having to compress a whole

week's tragedies into 50 minutes.

I mean, it's probably all they're

worth at most. I know that.

But the fact of the matter is,

they're my tragedies.

They're all I've got, and I don't

wanna have to just rush through them.

Not for 130 bucks an hour,

thank you very much.

- Hundred and thirty?

- Yeah. Why? How much do you pay?

Hundred and twenty-five.

I'll be damned.

That b*tch is overcharging me.

Hi, sarah.

Hi.

- Sorry I'm late.

- That-that's your name, huh? Sarah?

- Sarah cassidy.

- Alex.

Why'd you come back, alex?

I don't know.

Are you married? Mm-hmm.

- What's your wife's name?

- Martha.

Children? A boy...

sammy. He's six.

Does martha know what you do?

Mm-mm.

Would she approve if she did know?

Mm-mm.

Alex, if you're going

to continue seeing me,

it's important that I'm

clear about the rules.

What you say in here about the

past is completely protected...

by doctor-patient

confidentiality,

but if I think a crime

is going to be committed,

I'm under obligation to

report it to the authorities.

You understand?

I like p*ssy. Is there

anything wrong with that? No.

Then why are you staring at me

like I kill people for a living?

I'm listening, sarah.

I'm just listening.

Seems more like

disapproving to me.

What if I were to tell you

I was gay?

You are? You'd take my point?

Might. So, anyway,

we had some wine.

Where?

At my place, on the couch.

And the next thing I know, I've got

this idea that I can seduce her.

I mean, why not, right? No big deal. Like

I said, I've slept with girls before.

So what did you do with tracy?

I just kind of leaned over

and kissed her.

She kinda liked it, because the next thing I

knew, she's got her tongue down my throat,

and she's moaning and stuff,

you know, making a lot of noise.

And we're off to the races.

Hey, dad. I got louie to bring

you the chicken a la king.

Love that chicken a la king.

You're lookin' good.

Thanks. You too.

My tits are saggin'

. You, you're young,

strong.

I envy you.

When I was your age,

I used to look

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Henry Bromell

Alfred Henry Bromell (September 19, 1947 – March 18, 2013) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and director. more…

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