Mortal Thoughts Page #3

Synopsis: The hairdresser, wife and mother Cynthia Kellogg is in police department being interrogated by the experienced detective John Woods and his partner, Detective Linda Nealon. Through flashbacks, she reveals how her best friend and colleague Joyce Urbanski married the scum and nasty James Urbanski; how hard Joyce's life with James was; and why Joyce became a criminal. The smart detective finds some contradictions in her statement and presses Cynthia, trying to disclose the truth of two murders.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Alan Rudolph
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
R
Year:
1991
102 min
170 Views


What? So go like this.|Come on.

No appointments, right?

Of course not. Who'd go to a shop|with lunatics running around upstairs?

He's gotta go.

Did you order this?

- No.|- No? I'm gonna send it back.

- We're not going tonight?|- We're going.

I'm just not taking that animal.|He should die in his sleep.

We're short.|We should wait till next week.

No, no. I got some put aside.

I'll get Arthur to watch the kids.|He won't wanna go anyway.

The hell with both of them.|lt'll be like old times.

Here. I hope he chokes on it.

I don't need you today,|so you could take off.

You're a real pal, Joyce.

What are you doing?

There. Why don't you|give him his sugar?

I'm not gonna give him that.

You wanna give him the sugar?|You give him the sugar.

Nice doggies.|You wanna give him a smooch?

Mommy, this looks like Buttercup.

Yeah, you're right, it does.

So now we wait.

You didn't do it.

Yes, I did.

What are you, nuts?

Come sit with your brother.

I can't believe you.

Hey, there, Cyn. What's up?

Want some tea?

- We gotta talk.|- Did Joyce send you up here?

You gotta learn to control|your temper.

It's not good|how you fly off the handle.

I don't "fly off the handle"|for no reason.

But you gotta learn to talk,|not yell.

You don't wanna be|intimidating everybody.

You used to be|such a happy-go-lucky guy.

Hey, I'm happy...|I'm very happy-go-lucky.

I don't intimidate you, do I?

Well, James, you can be|a little overbearing.

Cynthia, you see? You see?|Here's what I like about you.

I could talk to you.

I cannot talk to Joyce.

- I can talk to Joyce.|- Maybe you should...

because you're one of the last|five people in Bayonne that can.

- Got enough sugar?|- You're gonna start with the sugar?

I like tea. Okay?

I like coffee.|I can't take it without sugar.

We've been married five years.

I know her three years before that.|Can't she figure it out?

How hard is it for me to get some|goddamn sugar in my own house?

You look in the f***ing cabinet,|you go, "We need some sugar".

Then what? You take a pencil,|a piece of paper.

S-U-G-E-R, this is what we need.

You go to the store, you say,|"What do I need? A one-pound box?

Maybe that big five-pound sack?|Low-cal? NutraSweet?"

Whatever you need,|you bring the sugar home.

But, no. Can I get some sugar? No.

We can have this argument|about it.

Five minutes later, I don't even know|what I'm yelling about.

You wearing a bra today?

- What?|- Is Cynthia there?

We're talking up here.

- Did you get the sugar?|- I got it.

Thank you and f*** you.

Oh, sh*t.

We had an accident.|Cynthia spilled the tea.

Hold on. Hold on.|Let me get the Dustbuster.

Come here, look out.|Watch out.

You get out of the way.

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