Benny & Joon Page #9

Synopsis: In Spokane, Washington, Juniper Pearl - Joon to those that know her - is an artist. She is also a mentally challenged young woman who requires around the clock care, as she could cause harm to herself or others. Her brother Benny Pearl, who owns and operates a garage and who is her only living relative since their parents died twelve years ago in a car accident, has made the decision that she would live at home with him, in the process sacrificing being able to have a personal life of his own. He has hired full-time housekeepers to provide that care when he isn't around. However, he has exhausted the list of housekeepers, who keep quitting because Joon is too much to handle. As such, Benny makes the decision that perhaps it would be best for all concerned if Joon were to live in a group home, something he is hesitating telling her for fear of her reaction. Into their lives comes Sam, the eccentric cousin of Benny's friend Mike, Sam who they obtained from Mike in a losing hand of poker.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jeremiah S. Chechik
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG
Year:
1993
98 min
851 Views


to do somethin', be somebody.

- He is somebody.

- Yeah, I know, but he wants to be more.

You don't know what he wants.

I know he doesn't want to be

a housekeeper for the rest of his life.

If you're worried about a new Smail,

don't worry, we'll get a new Smail.

He's not my Smail.

Housekeeper, whatever.

We have to tell him.

What?

Tell me what?

Benny...

Joon... and...

and I...

are... you know.

Bullshit.

You...

- Don't!

- Get the f*** out.

You can't throw him out. I won him.

You just settle down. Just settle down.

- I love him!

- Yeah?

Well, you are crazy!

I am not crazy.

You see what we've come to? You see?

I hate you!

I hate you!

Can I get you anything?

Tapioca.

OK.

Anything on it?

Raisins.

OK.

Hi.

- Hi. How you doin'?

- You're out late.

Yeah.

Listen.

Do you have any tapioca?

- Jeez, I've heard a lot of lines in my life...

- No, no, no, it's not for me. It's...

It's for Joon.

- Come on in.

- Yeah?

Joon.

OK?

- Yeah.

- Good, good, good.

I'm not. No, no, I'm not.

OK? All right?

Hold tight. OK. Shh. It's OK.

It's OK.

I am not! I am not! I am not!

Shut up!

No, no. No, no.

- Joon, please, come on.

- No, it's not all in my head.

Sir? Sir!

Stop the bus, please!

Please stop the bus!

No!

Joon.

- All righty. You wanna step out?

- Yeah, OK. Yeah, OK.

- How you doin', hon?

- You think I don't know who you are?

I know just who you are!

So just leave. Leave.

Leave!

Don't you touch me! Don't touch me!

Joon? Joon!

Look, I am going to see my sister. Would

you please just tell me her room number?

- Please, just come back in the morning.

- Let me talk to her goddamn doctor!

I'm sorry. She doesn't want any visitors.

Not you or anyone else.

She doesn't wanna see me?

No. And she doesn't want to leave.

Benny, why don't you go home?

Get some sleep.

I promise I'll keep in touch.

I hope you're happy.

I hope you are happy with

what you have done to her.

You just stay the hell away

from my sister.

No.

Wanna know why

everyone laughs at you, Sam?

Because you're an idiot.

You're a first-class moron.

- You're scared, Benny.

- I'm what?

You're scared.

I can see it. And I know why.

I used to look up to you.

But...

now I can't look at you at all.

# Come down off your throne

and leave your body alone

# Somebody must change

# You are the reason

I've been waitin' so long

# Somebody holds the key

# Well, I'm weary

and I just ain't got the time

# And I'm wasted

and I can't find my way home

# Come down on your own

and leave your body alone

# Somebody must change

# You are the reason

I've been waitin' all these years

# Somebody holds the key

# Well, I'm weary

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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