- You know what? - What?
- Your boobs are getting big. - Shut up!
Mary Grilling and Juney Eastman: Getting really big ones.
- Don't be gross. - Boobs aren't gross. They're lovely.
You are so gross!
You got a boyfriend?
Maybe.
Who? Do you go to bed with him?
Three, maybe four times a day.
What about you? You getting laid, Benny?
Susie?
You put the wood to Susie Goodman?
- Three, sometimes four times a day. - Oh, stop!
Tell your mom and everyone to come out.
We've got our eye on a house near the water.
And tell her how brown Ann and l are. We don't look bad, do we?
-No, you look real brown. -And tell her how healthy we are.
-You've always looked healthy. -Yes, but not this healthy.
Here, this is for you. And have a great flight, sweetie.
Bye.
-Bye. -Thanks.
Say hello to Ted for me.
ls he seeing anybody?
Ann?
l can't find my daughter!
-Mom? Mom? -Where did you go?
-l was right here. -l was looking for you.
Don't you ever do that again! Do you hear me? l couldn't find you!
lt's okay, Mom.
l'm right here. l'm right here.
-You get it. -You get it.
You get it!
You get it.
Hello?
Just a minute.
-For you. -Who is it?
Who's speaking?
-Josh Spritzer! -Oh, my God!
The guy from the beach. The orthodontist.
Hi! Yeah, of course l remember, at the beach.
l've thought of you too. l'm surprised you tracked down my number.
Oh, l wrote it on the football!
That's so naughty of me!
Oh, l'm so sorry.
Separations can be so painful.
Yeah, when l broke up with my ex, l could barely breathe.
Yeah, well, tonight?
No, tonight's not good. How about tomorrow?
l love that place. 7:00.
Great. See you then.
Okay.
Me too.
l've been feeling it all day. lt has been in the air all week.
What to wear, what to wear? Focus. Shoes.
lt'd be bad to have wrong shoes with the right guy. l'm going shopping.
-Rob Roy. -Thank you.
-Martini, straight up. -Thanks.
Olive?
l love olives.
-Cherry? -Yeah.
Pooh Bear?
Sweetie?
Sweet Pea?
Hi.
-You okay? -Where were you?
Finding out l didn't die in Bay City.
Oh.
-''Oh'' what? -l don't know. What time is it?
5:00.
We just clicked. We just clicked, sweetie.
-Let's go watch the sun rise. -l need to sleep.
-l'm starving. -l have school.
-l'll tell you all about him. -lt's the middle of the night.
He's more than just a dentist.
He's writing a screenplay.
Come on.
Come on, sweetie. Just this once.
Come on.
That's a girl.
Did he say he loved you?
Well, grownups don't say things like that right away.
Especially if they've been married before. lt takes a little time.
But...
...he did do something...
...that grownups do sometimes that shows that they really care about you.
What did he do?
Honey, it's something that--
lt's something...
...that adults do in bed.
Sometimes. l mean, not everybody.
Especially in Bay City.
Ted never did it?
Please, l was lucky if he'd take off his ice skates.
-Did my father do it? -Let's not talk about it, sweetie.
lt just shows you're serious. You just don't--
-You don't do it with every woman. -Really?
lt's difficult for you when l feel something, huh?
l had that dream again.
l cut off your feet, and l couldn't get you to leave.
Sweetie, l'm never gonna leave you. Don't worry.
You don't have to cut off my feet. l understand.
l'm not a doctor of psychology for nothing.
You're not a doctor of psychology, Mom.
What time is it? l wanna hear his voice.
We made the right choice coming here.
lt was hard in the beginning, but look at us now!
And look at this day! Look at this place! Look at you!
You're gonna be getting braces soon.
When your teeth are straight, your face will be just perfect.
Good morning. lt's me.
Adele.
Did l wake you? l just want you to know l'm still....
l'm sorry, sweetie, you are sleeping. Go back to bed.
Call me later? Okay.
Oh, and Josh, l'm really looking forward to Sunday.
The opera.
l must have misunderstood. l thought you said you had tickets.
No, you don't have to apologize. l understand.
Okay. Go back to bed. Call me later.
Oh, and you know what?
This has been super special for me, Josh. Yeah.
All right.
Go back to bed. Talk to you later.
Sweet dreams.
l love you.
Hello?
Mom? Mom!
What do you think? ls it too much for the opera?
-You're going to the opera? -Yeah.
When are you going?
Josh said it's playing next week. He hasn't told me what specific date.
-Which one? Red or white scarf? -l don't know.
-You have talked to him? He did call? -Honey, he'll call. He said he would.
He's a Beverly Hills dentist, they're busy. Low heel? High heel?
Hello?
ls it him?
-Oh, Jesus! -What is it?
Where's Mama?
ls she in the hospital?
ls Carol with her?
We will. Of course, we will.
-Who was that? -lt was Uncle Jimmy.
Grandma's had a stroke.
ls she gonna be all right?
l don't know. Baby....
Oh, honey.
There was an accident.
Benny was killed riding home in Jay Brozek's truck.
I feIt so sad.
I had Iost Benny.
But I was aIso Iosing what was once the onIy pIace in the worId for me.
Now the streets weren"t as wide.
The trees seemed Iower...
...and the houses smaIIer.
You look real good.
But you're different.
How?
l don't know.
-Just.... -You seem different too, somehow.
l'm bigger.
l can speak some German.
That's ''How's the weather today?''
l like that.
So...
...do you think you'll come back?
l don't know.
Now that l'm here...
...l don't know.
You know what l think?
lf you stayed, sooner or later, you'd be just like your mom.
Always wanting to go away.
l'm calling long distance. Tell him l called again.
Has he gotten my messages?
Tell him that l'm out of state.
Tell him again.
And that l'll be home on Sunday.
Thank you.
Mary GriIIing was right.
We were different.
But some things stayed the same.
An anger had been around for a Iong time.
-lt was God's way. -Shut up about God's way!
Jimmy, don't. l'm sorry, Reverend.
Maybe we should start dinner.
-Sit down. l'm gonna barbecue. -Why don't you start?
My UncIe Jimmy was ready to expIode.
I couId feeI it coming.
So, Adele, do you like California?
Very much.
What's your day like, back there?
Well, l work a full day at school with my students.
We live in Beverly Hills, so it's a commute.
l'm in the car two hours a day--
-You know, we all work. -That wasn't necessary.
-Anyone want another drink? -Of course you work, Jimmy.
But you've got Mom's house now and the RV.
-Could we not have any fighting? -Your life isn't that difficult.
lf l'd had half the help from the family...
-...you were lucky to get-- -l wanna show you something!
Don't talk like that.
l wanna show you the mortgage to the house that l'm still paying!
You know who helped me when l was by myself with a child?
Nobody. Nobody helped me.
l wanna show you the deed. Look at it or shut your damn mouth!
Nobody talks to me like that. Ted, take me to the Holiday lnn.
Make your calls there. l know you need to get laid...
...but can't you hold off--?
Adele! Adele!
-Your sister's boy is dead. -Stop this, goddamn it!
Back off. Come on, we're going.
Ann.
We're going!
You can stay here if you want.
l'll make up Benny's bed for you. He would love that.
Ann.
Not again, Mother.
Get me the telephone.
Get it yourself, if you even paid the bill.
Please hand me the phone.
He doesn't wanna talk to you anymore. Don't you get it?
Christ.
Mom.
Rise and shine. lt's time to get up.
lt's 7:40, Mom.
l have to get to school, you have to get to work. Get out of bed.
You've been in bed all weekend. You can't do this.
Okay, l'll drive. l can drive.
Get your big ass out of bed!
Go away.
No contract, no work.
No contract, no work!
Hey, Adele.
George, this is your chance! Put down the sign and go.
Go paint a dam somewhere.
Girls.
-Hi. -Hi, Ms. August.
Hi.
You shopped? l thought you had to picket.
l can't work there. l resigned. l'm a woman of leisure now.
-Let's celebrate. -You can't quit. We need money.
They didn't pay me enough to carry a sign.
That's why you carry the sign. You get more money if you carry the sign.
No. They carry the sign because they like to struggle.
Some people need to struggle.
Struggle, that's what someone taught them. Get out there and struggle.
But we did not come to Beverly Hills to struggle.
-We need to pay rent. -That's true.
Maybe you'll have to get a job, instead of doing nails all afternoon.
We're studying for a French test.
You shouldn't have quit your job.
-''l am your mother, am l not?'' -l guess so.
Ta m¨¨re has something she'd like to say to you en AngIais.
''Auditions. Caucasian female.
1 2 to 1 6.
Hostile, withdrawn, loner.''
-You can handle that, right? -Why are you doing this?
You could do a little scene from Terms of Endearment or CIueIess!
You could all do a scene from CIueIess, like, totally!
That would be cool.
l don't know those scenes. l don't wanna be an actress.
l don't know why l'm here. Neither do you.
Would you rather have stayed home?
Been one of those girls, sitting on the porch...
-...listening to trucks on the highway? -You're acting crazy again.
Who knows the names of cities but has never been to one?
Who dreams of hotels but has never sat in a lobby?
Ann, we're going.
-Where are you going? -See you.
-l'll call you. -Bye, Ms. August.
-Call me. -Ciao.
All right.
Where is it? Where do you want me to go?
All right.
l circled it. l can call.
l'll do it myself.
They'll want you to do improv...
...but it should be related to the material.
Yes?
Hi, l'm Heather Ann August's mother.
-So has she finished her audition? -She's in there now.
-Can l watch her? -No. We can't interrupt.
-Just a little tiny bit. -Excuse me?
-She'd really like for me to watch. -l'd rather you didn't.
-Okay. -Okay? Thanks.
l need lKaren.
lKaren?
What a man.
What a meal he made of me.
Doing that thing that adults do in bed.
Not many men know how to do it...
...but when they do it...
...it means they really love you.
They wouldn't just do it to any woman.
lt means they'll buy you a house with blue shutters...
...and make life easy for you.
He's gonna take us to the music center...
...the opera.
l love the opera.
He never returned my call.
l didn't understand.
Oh, God, life is so shitty!
The whole world is so shitty.
Beverly Hills, what a bummer.
But...
...so what?
Like my daddy always used to say:
Mom?
l'm sorry, but l was doing an audition.
lt just came out. l didn't plan it. l didn't do it to hurt your feelings.
You weren't supposed to be there. l said not to come.
l didn't even want to go to the audition.
You embarrassed me in front of my friends.
l don't know what to say.
lt just-- lt just happened.
They wanted me to--
Nobody would even know it was you.
l wake up, and l don't even wanna be here.
Who'd want to be with you?
You're just a crazy, middle-aged, unemployed teacher...
...with a child to support.
Why can't our lives just be normal?
You know, l get so scared sometimes...
...l wanna go find my father.
You should find your father.
Maybe he can give you a normal life.
Hi, Miss Letterfine. lt's Ann August.
l'm all right.
l'm sorry to disturb you so late...
...but is my mom there?
No.
l-- Well--
She left a little while ago, and l was just wondering....
Never mind.
l'm so sorry to bother you.
All right.
Bye.
We didn"t speak.
We"ve never spoken about that day.
My mother was trying to cover up her feeIings with orange paint.
I feIt so aIone.
I missed Grandma.
I missed Benny.
I never stop missing Benny.
-Go on, call. You want to. -You have his number.
You have a right to call your dad.
l bet he's really nice and just hasn't had the nerve to contact you.
Do something.
He did give you a rabbit's foot to remember him by.
-l'll do it. -No!
l'll do it. lt's okay. l'll dial and you talk.
-Just get it over with. -Don't worry.
lt's gonna be okay.
Don't worry.
-lt's ringing. Don't hang up. -Don't hang up!
Don't hang up.
HeIIo?
Ann, say something.
HeIIo?
Mr. Badir?
Yes.
ls this Hisham Badir?
Yes. Who is this?
-This is Ann. -I"m sorry?
Your daughter. Ann.
-Hello? -WeII, Ann.
-How are you? -I"m okay. A IittIe taken by surprise.
l'd really like to see you.
Dad?
-I wasn"t exactIy ready for this. -Do you think l could see you?
-l heard you remarried. -You did?
Someone in Bay City told Uncle Jimmy.
Do you have any children?
Yes. A daughter.
l have a sister?
What's her name?
Tamara.
she"s 9.
So...
...does Tamara know about me?
-Do you ever think about me? -Ann...
...do you need my heIp in some way?
What?
Do you need some money?
That's a terrible thing to say.
l just wanted to talk to you.
You're my father, and l thought l could see you.
-I thought your mother asked you-- -She didn't ask me to do anything.
-Why would you say that? -You know your mother.
Yes, l do. And this is not about your money.
She has nothing to do with this.
Ann...
...I don"t know what to say.
Look, I"m in the middIe of something.
Can I--?
You're not even glad that l called, are you?
You don't care if you ever see me again.
You don't give a damn about me, do you?
You know, l'm sorry l called.
Listen, Ann--
-You're better off without him. -Who needs him?
Sue the bastard for child support or something.
Hello?
-Hello? -Ann.
Yeah, Peter?
I wanna kiss your Iips.
What for?
I don"t know.
lf you can't think of a better reason than that....
-What? -I"ve thought of another reason.
I"m wiId about your warm Iips.
And I wanna squeeze.... I wanna squeeze you tight.
I wanna be one with you.
Yeah?
I wanna part your Iips with my tongue.
And then what?
Tell me, then what?
I don"t know.
Well, come on over.
-ls your mom home? -No.
So?
-Maybe we should go out some night. -No.
Come in.
What about that stuff you were saying on the phone?
-Where'd you learn that? -Just in a book.
Why don't you take off your clothes?
All right.
Don't you wanna talk first?
-lt's not even dark outside. -So?
Do you wanna put on some music?
All right.
Are those initials on your underwear?
Yeah. My mom has that done.
lnitial freak.
Take them off and bring them to me.
l wanna kiss you.
Okay.
Okay!
That summer I turned 1 7.
And I started pIanning my escape.
My mom fiinaIIy found a job she Iiked at a convaIescent home.
she was good at what she did. At Iast, she had a captive audience.
That was a good one.
Waltz.
And where's that tongue going on the ''L''?
lt would help if we had snazzier lipstick.
Okay? Get some perky lipstick. Make that pucker. Let's try it again.
l appreciate how you are with my mother, with everybody.
-She's coming along. -l'd like to talk more.
-Can l take you to lunch or dinner? -Thanks.
-Tell you about the carpet business. -Sometime.
Bye, guys. l bagged a zillion groceries.
You must be tired. l appreciate you going with me.
l couldn't deal with it alone.
Every time this guy asks me out, it's just so sad.
He's so nice.
When my wife died, l started eating out all the time.
-How was the pot roast? -Nice. lt was nice.
-You ever going back to Wisconsin? -Not for the world.
-Was it that bad? -lt's a dead end. So we left.
l sometimes think about picking up and leaving.
Whenever new carpets come in...
...l believe that somewhere in the pile...
...there's one that flies.
lt's been put there for me.
A beautiful, handwoven 1 6th-century Persian rug...
...from A Thousand and One Nights.
l sit down, wave goodbye to everyone in the store...
...and fly right out the door.
My carpet's flying back East to college.
Better tell your carpet to drop you at UCLA.
l'd like to go back East.
-Since when? -l've been thinking about it.
lndependence. Sounds like her mother.
She's not going back East. She's going to UCLA.
No, l'm not.
Honey, the hourly wage, bagging groceries at the supermarket...
...won't pay for an Eastern college.
l'll apply for financial aid, and Grandma will help.
She knows about this?
She said when the time comes, maybe she could help out.
-l'd like to go away to college. -Why?
l wanna get away.
You wanted to leave Bay City. l wanna leave Beverly Hills.
-End up back in Bay City? -l didn't say that.
After all this time? After all that l've sacrificed?
You two ever been to the grunion run?
No, Jack. l have to say, we have not been to the grunion run.
-What's a grunion? -lt's a little coastal fish.
lt comes ashore at high tide and lays its eggs in the moonlight.
And then it dies.
Another example of a mother giving her life for her child.
-Some die. Not all of them. -l'd love to see that.
-l'd like to take you. -Great.
-l like him. -He gets on my nerves.
He likes you. lf he asks you out, l hope you'll go.
-He asked me to go to Las Vegas. -You should go. You might have fun.
He is not my type. He's not my idea of fun.
Go to Vegas. Take a chance. You don't have to fall in love with him.
-Or even sleep with him. -Oh, thank you.
-You could win the jackpot. -All right. l'll go to Vegas.
Fine. Just stop it.
But you're going to UCLA. lt's a state school, all we can afford.
And l don't want another word about it.
Jackpot....
she didn"t know I"d aIready appIied to Brown in hode IsIand.
Peter wanted me to go to BerkeIey, but my heart was set on the East Coast.
My grades were good. I thought I couId get a fuII schoIarship.
l liked the part about the noble soul, but do you really read Nietzsche?
l read Nietzsche. l don't really read Nietzsche.
He'd be a crazy friend to have, don't you think?
Besides, l think people who really read Nietzsche are kind of....
l don't know. lKierkegaard, though, he said that--
Where's the mail?
Right there.
You opened it.
How else will l know your plans? After all, l'm only your mother.
Why would you confide in me, thank you very much?
Go ahead, open it. l'm sure you'll be very happy.
Providence, Rhode lsland?
Could you have gotten any farther away from me?
l just don't understand. After all these years of hard work...
...would it have killed you to stay, show some respect and appreciation...
...to those who worry and sacrifice everything for you?
l'm not going anywhere!
Wanna read my mail? Read it carefully. l only get some of the tuition.
We have to pay part of it, and we don't have that.
Read it!
Parents' contributions.
God, l wanted it so bad.
Pooh Bear, it's not the end of the world.
lt is the end of the world! Maybe not for you but it is for me.
-We could get an ice cream. -No!
Can't you understand? l wanna go away to college...
...be on my own and you on your own.
l know you're scared to be without me, but l can't help that.
l feel bad about that...
...but l don't want that job anymore.
Let me live my own life.
Let me go.
Good day. You went through a stop sign.
Driver's license and registration, please.
You wanna take the license out?
Oh, my God!
What?
You ran after my daughter on Christmas. You winked at her.
Do you remember?
Oh, yeah. l remember you two.
l know what you told her. She hasn't been the same.
She might've been right. lt hasn't been perfect.
-Nobody's perfect. -Exactly. l make mistakes.
Sometimes, maybe, l'm a bit selfish.
Maybe, sometimes, a bit irresponsible.
The lights go out sometimes. But l'm trying.
That's the point. l'm trying. lt's hard.
l'm sure it's hard for her. Your license?
l should've helped her find her father, but l knew he'd disappoint her.
l tried to find her another one. That's impossible.
-l'm sure it's hard. -She tell you anything good about me?
-l did a lot. -l need the license--
She's always had a warm home, food, clothing.
l got her in the Beverly Hills school system. She tell you that?
-Give me the license, please! -All right!
Thank you.
She could be an actress. She wants to go away to college.
She says l gotta let her go.
lt's always been just the two of us, and that's very hard.
l don't get it.
Doesn't she know that l would do anything for her?
l mean, l love her.
She is the reason l was born.
Doesn't she understand l would do anything for her?
Then you know what to do.
Yeah.
l'll tell you what.
This is what l'll do for you. l'll let you go.
-Okay? Here's your driver's license. -Thanks.
Watch the signs.
Please.
-And have a nice day. -You too.
lt's beautiful.
-lt's your color. -lt is, isn't it?
-lt makes you look so thin. -Well, that's good!
-Honey. -What are you doing?
You're early. l wanted to surprise you.
-lt's beautiful! -Janet just bought our car.
-You're selling the car? -Sold.
This is Ann, who's going to Brown. l was telling her all about you.
l love this car. l was in a friend's car, and your mom drove past.
l saw that ''For Sale'' sign...
...and a voice in my head said, ''You have to have that car.''
l can't afford it, but it's the car l see in my dreams.
Why are you doing this? What do you mean l'm going to Brown?
Sweetie, we can afford it. l worked it out.
l saved a little and with the car money--
l'm applying to UCLA.
UCLA is for surfers and wannabe starlets.
She's a serious student.
You can't sell the car.
We'll make it work. At least for this year.
We'll worry about next year next year. We're good at that.
l'm gonna drive it away now!
You can't. That's our Mercedes. lt changed our lives.
Good luck, Janet!
Good luck to you, Adele. Thank you again!
l'll come see you at Christmas.
ln the spring, when you come, l'll have that house at the beach.
The one l've been looking at, with the blue roof.
You bring somebody home with you.
Somebody that l don't know. Somebody that l'll like.
Okay. l will.
l have to go.
You look elegant.
Look at you.
You never were a small-town girl, honey.
Thanks for knowing that, Mom.
And wear your seat belt, okay?
And make a list of all the books you're reading so l can keep up.
l love you.
l love you too, sweetie.
Bye.
Go! Go ahead!
Even if you can"t stand her...
...even if you hate her...
...even if she"s ruining your Iife, there"s something about my mother.
some romance.
some power.
And when she dies...
...the worId wiII be flat.
Too simpIe, too fair...
...too reasonabIe.
You pack quite a wallop there, big fellow!
-Are you okay? -l'm fine, thanks.