strange thought of tody
Classic dialogue from an unjustly forgotten movie; this stands up with the best the Coen brothers have produced.
Cedric the Entertainer - "They never grow up, lady.They just get tubby." (referring to cheating husbands)
Catherine Zeta-Jones - "How charming. An aphorist."
CTE - "Oh, yeah, I've always had ample proportions. But believe you me, it's all muscle. I'm as hard as a rock. ... Gus Petch don't pussyfoot around."
CZ-J - "I must say, for someone in your line of work, you don't exhibit a great deal of tact."
CTE - "You want tact, call a tactician. You want an ass nailed, you call Gus Petch."
4 Comments:
I watched that movie recently. It was good, but it's not a pure Coen film. I was told that someone else wrote the script, and it wasn't working, so the Coens were called into save/rewrite it. They did a good job.
Now I'm not exactly sure what defines a "Pure Coen film", but I thought this one had the perfect blend of quirky sarcasm and actual message-stuff. Great movie.
I'd always thought this was just another dumb rom-com, but after reading the above, decided to rent it. Hilarious movie! Much, much cleverer than I'd expected.
What is a "pure" Coen brothers film? Is there an essence of Coen?
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