A Little Help Page #9

Synopsis: Dental hygienist Laura Pehlke's marriage has become sexless and dysfunctional. Because she drinks and smokes too much and has let her appearance go, she suspects her husband is cheating on her. When he suddenly dies, she finds herself buckling in to her controlling sister and mother who push her into initiating a lawsuit she doesn't want to pursue against her husband's doctor and sending her introverted, troubled son to an elite private school he doesn't want to attend. Things get more complicated when she finds her son has told classmates his father is a dead 9-11 hero, and her brother-in-law confesses he's always loved her, not her sister. Laura needs "a little help" to deal with her life.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Michael J. Weithorn
Production: Freestyle Releasing
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
2010
109 min
$85,789
Website
205 Views


# on down the street

a little again #

# The busy people,

they've taken their seats #

# stranded us

on our feet #

# The sunday papers

are stacked up high #

# Tomorrow happens

in the blink of an eye #

# Ain't nothin' movin'

down the line #

# Ain't nothin' lookin'

much alive #

# But the wind screams

and without lights #

# You belong to me since

you left your mother's side #

# Everything's slowin' down

to a crawl #

# This ain't no season,

this ain't no season at all #

# We can't get right,

we can't get left #

# We can't get out

from under it #

# Nothin' floats

and nothin' sinks #

# I've been dragged out

behind the ship #

# All this country

and all this steel #

# Everything's far off,

nowhere's near #

# Over valleys

and over hills #

# It looks like spring happened,

but just not here #

# Come out of the background

into the front #

# your punches in bunches

and all at once #

# This ain't summer,

it's nothin' like fall #

# This ain't no season,

this ain't no season at all #

# Rainbows are grounded

like they were dust #

# We been down under

the blacked out sun #

# My heart is open,

but it's filled with love #

# It's the sale of the century,

you still want some #

# weddin' fiddles

are playin' loud #

# beyond the borders

of the sleepy town #

# Bite the apple

on down to the core #

# the sweetest parts

have yet to come forth #

# I walk the interstate

and into the void #

# These streets are too narrow

for this kind of joy #

# I see the moon

slippin' over the wall #

# This ain't no season,

this ain't no season at all #

# Looks like

you're just wakin' up #

# You'd think the circles

would disappear #

# They don't #

# They wanna walk,

but you're not tryin' it #

# They wanna talk,

but you're not buyin' it #

# You can say one thing

to take it back #

# But you won't #

# You can dream

it went a different way #

# Close your eyes

and fly the lie away #

# Rewrite the endin'

of the play #

# and take a shot

and fly your heart away #

# Your heart away #

# well #

# The belle

has finally left the ball #

# still waitin'

for that other shoe to fall #

# some basic rules,

but you don't follow them #

# gaggle of fools,

but you don't bother them #

# You make it all up

as you go along #

# but you're not

goin' anywhere #

# You can dream

it went a different way #

# close your eyes

and fly the lie away #

# Rewrite the endin'

of the play #

# and take a shot

and fly your heart away #

# I can be the canvas

and the clay #

# If you let me through #

# just stick around

for just another day #

# and help me help you #

# you, you #

# You can dream

it went a different way #

# Close your eyes

and fly the lie away #

# Rewrite the endin'

of the play #

# Just take a shot

and fly your heart away #

# I can be the canvas

and the clay #

# if you let me through #

# Just stick around

for just another day #

# and help me help you #

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Michael J. Weithorn

Michael J. Weithorn (born December 17, 1956 in Queens, New York) is an American writer, director, and producer known for his works including the long-running series The King of Queens. more…

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