Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room (1996)

11 quotes

(1 vote)

Movie Quote Quiz

Hank: There's this one dude on my floor, held a razor blade under his tongue for like 5 hours. He talked to the orderlies, he ate, everything.
Bessie: Well, why on earth did he do that?
Hank: He was trying to break my record.

Dr. Wally: Okay, Augustina... Is it okay if I call you Augustina?
Bessie: Well, my name is Bessie.

Bessie: We're all really glad you're here.
Hank: Yeah we should do it again in like another 17 years.

Hank: Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be... someone else.

Lee: This is my sister we're talking about. We're not gonna let her die just so you can have one of your moods.

Bessie: Goofy carried me to Mickey's house?

Lee: We're going to see your Aunt Bessie in Florida. She's not feeling so well.
Hank: I didn't even knew I had an Aunt Bessie.
Lee: She came to the house right after your Dad and I were married.
Hank: I wasn't even born yet.
Lee: Oh.

Ruth: How could one sister be so good and the other so bad?

Bessie: I wish we could get along.
Lee: We do get along.
Bessie: No I know but I mean really get along and be polite with one another.
Lee: We're Sisters.

Bessie: Dad's dying. He's been doing it for about twenty years so I don't miss anything.

Lee: We call it the loony bin, or the nut house, to show that we've got a sense of humor about it.

Question: The part where Hank, Bessie, Lee and Charlie were in the living room and Hank gets a chip, why did Lee asked him to put back the chip because she said that "Bessie hasn't offered him the chip yet and he has to wait to be asked" and when Bessie offered him the chip and Hank refuses, why did Lee forced him to get one? I'm so confused.

Answer: Lee is being an overbearing mother with strict rules and Hank is a little mentally unstable (most likely because of Lee's parenting). Hank is just resisting his mother and probably even felt embarrassed and angry. It's a scene meant to show the strained relationship Lee and Hank have.

Bishop73

More questions & answers from Marvin's Room
More movie quotes

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.