You'll Like My Mother

Synopsis: Francesa Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was rescently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a snowy Minnesota town only to get snowed in during a fierce blizard where she's forced to wait it out only to slowly uncover some terrible dark secrets that Mrs. Kinsolving has been hiding, one of them is her psychotic other son, a recent escapee from a lunatic asylum, who is shacked up in the basement of the house.
Director(s): Lamont Johnson
Production: Universal
 
IMDB:
6.9
PG
Year:
1972
92 min
48 Views


1

Hey.

Come on up front.

The heater's warmer.

Yeah, it's my uncle's bus.

I just drive it when I'm broke.

It gives me a chance to figure out

what I really wanna do in life,

you know?

Uncle Sam, the army,

has a way of leaving you

in that type of confusion.

Yeah, I know.

My husband was in the army.

- He didn't like it much either.

- Yeah? Is he out now?

He's dead.

He was killed seven months ago

in a plane crash.

- I'm sorry.

- Me too.

Well, you're certainly not dressed

for a Minnesota winter.

I keep forgetting how cold it gets

every place but Los Angeles.

L.A.?

Well, I tell you what.

If you're gonna stick around here

very long,

you're gonna need

some warmer clothes.

Both of you.

Well, I'm not really expecting

to stay very long.

I don't know. I may even go back

on the bus tonight.

Tonight?

That hardly seems

worth the trip up here.

What, are you visiting,

some people up here or something?

My husband's mother.

Yeah? What's her name?

Maybe I know her.

Maria Kinsolving.

Kinsolving?

Yeah.

Yeah, I know the Kingsolvings.

Everybody around here

knows the Kingsolvings.

They've lived over in Rosemont

since anyone can remember.

Sure, the Kingsolving estate.

I've been on busses

so long, nothing helps.

You look fine.

- What damn glow?

- What's that?

Pregnant women

are supposed to glow.

Hey, that snow storm's

moving in pretty fast.

You got someone meeting you?

No.

Well, how the hell are you gonna get

to the Kinsolving place?

I'll be right with you, folks.

Thank you.

- Where's Pete?

- He don't work here no more.

I'm with this young lady.

She has to get out

to the Kinsolving place.

Do you know anybody

going that way?

Well, not right off, no.

That's okay. I can get a cab.

No, ma'am, there ain't none.

It's about five or six miles

off the highway.

The bread man's due here

in about 20 minutes.

He can probably take you

as far as their private road.

Terrific.

All right. Damn it, I got to go.

You make sure she gets that ride,

yeah?

- Sure.

- Thanks for everything...?

- Red.

- Red. Thanks again.

You bet.

It's just part of the service, ma'am.

Besides, you're just so damn little.

This way. See you tonight maybe.

- Tonight?

- Yeah.

If you take that bus back to Duluth,

like you think you might, it's my run.

Yeah, right.

Bye.

Did you know Mrs. Kinsolving's son?

It's gonna be a long walk

up their private road

if the bread man won't take you

all the way to the house.

Well, could I leave

my suitcase here, then?

I'll pick it up tonight

one way or the other.

Sure.

I'll just put it right here

behind the counter.

Thanks.

No, no. This'll do fine.

Thank you very much.

Just stay on the road.

You can't miss it.

- Okay. Thanks again.

- You're welcome.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Mrs. Kinsolving?

Yes.

Kathleen, please.

I'm Francesca.

Yes.

You've come at a bad time, I'm afraid.

It was necessary

to drown some kittens,

and poor Kathleen

is quite upset about it.

She'd hidden one of the litter.

I followed the mother cat.

Kathleen.

Kathleen. Darling.

Look at this child.

Would you believe she starts the day

with every hair in place?

Hello.

- Is she -?

- Feeble minded?

Yes.

Or do you mean, "Who is she?"

She's Matthew's sister, of course.

You've made it just in time.

I'm afraid it's beginning

to snow quite heavily.

It's really beautiful.

Only to look at, I'm afraid.

Far too dangerous for walking.

However did you manage it?

The bus. Then I caught a lift.

Then you've asked and received

all the family background

from the locals.

- No. I just about...

- Do you want a cigarette?

Perhaps not in your condition.

Well, do sit down.

Thank you.

May I offer you a cup of coffee?

No, thank you.

I prefer lemonade myself.

Lemons, you know, are supposed

to be good for arthritis.

It's probably an old wives' tale.

Would you like some hot tea?

Kathleen could get it for us.

I'm sorry, what?

I asked, would you like Kathleen

to get us some tea?

Anything simple

Kathleen does quite well.

Has she always been that way?

Yes.

Matthew never mentioned her.

If she were your sister,

would you be overly anxious

to make her

the topic of conversation?

Why did you feel

you had to come here?

Well, you're Matthew's mother.

I wanted to meet you.

I must confess, I was astonished

to see you here today.

I never dreamed

you'd come here uninvited.

Well, I saw snow again.

I-I beg your pardon?

Mrs. Kinsolving,

I came a long way to see you

because I loved your son,

and he loved you.

I guess I felt I just had to meet

this very wonderful lady.

I wrote you when Matthew died,

and I wrote you again

when I was four months pregnant.

You never answered me.

Why, Mrs. Kinsolving?

I received a letter

from a total stranger

who called herself my son's wife.

Of course, all ties were broken

when my son was killed.

Why should I have answered?

Then another letter came.

It seemed now she was going to be

the mother of my son's child.

Since I didn't acknowledge her

the first time as Matthew's wife,

I saw no reason to applaud

the progress she'd made.

But I wasn't a total stranger to you.

Matthew wired you

the clay we were married.

He... he sent you a night telegram

from the hotel we were staying at.

I received no such wire.

Well, he sent it.

And you were standing right there

beside him, of course.

- No, as a matter of fact, I...

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Jo Heims

Joyce "Jo" Heims (January 15, 1930 – April 22, 1978) was an American screenwriter best known for her collaborations with actor-director Clint Eastwood. Born in Philadelphia, Heims moved out to the US west coast in early adulthood. She worked various jobs before starting a career writing for film and television during the 1960s. In addition to co-writing the story for Eastwood's role in Dirty Harry, Heims drafted the screenplay for Play Misty for Me, which served as Eastwood's own directorial debut in 1971. Heims continued to screenwrite throughout the decade before dying of breast cancer in 1978. more…

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