Darling Companion Page #7

Synopsis: Mother and daughter, Beth and Grace, find a bedraggled dog on the side of the freeway. Taking it home and rescuing it, the dog helps Grace meet a man. But Beth's husband, Joseph, hates the dog and just might cause even more friction in their marriage. While at their remote cabin for a weekend wedding with family, Joseph loses the dog and Beth isn't going home until they find it. With help from their nephew, Joseph's sister, her new boyfriend, and their psychic gypsy maid, the family search high and low for the missing dog and in the process find that they also need to mend their own relationships.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Lawrence Kasdan
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
PG-13
Year:
2012
103 min
$793,352
Website
76 Views


- You see Freeway?

- No.

Wait, wait. The dogs are coming.

They're right there.

Stand slowly.

Don't move too fast.

- Hey, buddies!

- Hi, buddies.

- Hey-

- Hi, guys.

- Beautiful. What a sweetheart.

- Yep.

Shut Up!

Mr. Bonheur, I'm Bryan. This is Russell.

Yeah, we don't mean to bother you,

but we're looking for a dog.

These is my dogs.

And a handsome bunch they are, too.

Yeah, we thought maybe our dog

had wandered up here and fallen in love.

- He didn't.

- Okay, well, we knew we'd be intruding,

so we got you a little something

in the hopes that you might show us around.

Now, we didn't know what you drink,

but most men enjoy

a good scotch whiskey, so...

Get off my land.

It's not a single malt,

because people who drink that

don't do it for the taste.

They do it to make a statement

about who they are.

But for you, sir, that is not an issue.

Shut Up!

Now get the hell out of here.

Hold it, ass-wipe.

Don't make me get out my shotgun.

Don't make me get out my Glock.

Freeway!

- Get off me!

- Jeez, you stink!

Freeway!

Sh*t.

There are two things

that I won't allow in my pub,

and that's a troublemaker

and a man who stinks.

So if you're ever in Omaha,

you stay away

from the Partridge and the Plough!

I don't think

I can be this close to you much longer.

Shut Up!

Russell!

Let's go! Come on!

Sh*t. Russell?

- You okay?

- Yeah.

Get me to a shower.

Come on.

Man, figures the son of a b*tch

went to Harvard.

They always got to let you know

about it too, don't they?

Look at that.

- Look at that.

- Holy sh*t.

What are they?

Those are rams, and they can be nasty.

But aren't they goats? Goats are small.

- No, they're sheep.

- Do they bite?

- No, they ram.

- Oh, my God.

But they can be controlled.

Little dogs control them just by yapping.

- Really?

- Yeah, yeah.

I'll scare them off. You go back and hide.

- Right now?

- Stay hidden, yes.

- Okay, but are you all right?

- I'll be fine.

Okay, all right.

Oh, God! Be careful!

I'll take care of it.

Go away!

Hey, go on with you! Go!

Go back!

Go back to your friends!

Flock!

Flock! Go back to your flock!

Go back!

Are they leaving?

Not yet.

Honey, did it work?

- Honey?

- Oh, sh*t!

No!

Oh, careful!

Thank God you're all right!

Of course we're okay.

Hi, sweetheart.

Oh, my God. What happened?

It's a long story. What's wrong?

Beth and Joseph are lost.

Search and Rescue is looking for them.

I'm sure Beth and Joseph are fine.

- Was I right about these two?

- Yes.

Beth and Joseph are cold and wet,

but they'll be back here shortly.

I made soup. Go in.

- Thank you.

- Get some.

I know. I'll tell you about it.

Hold on! Let's head back up!

We got to be well past the rams by now!

All right. Honey, watch your step.

It's slippery here!

Hold on!

Will you slow down a little bit?

Oh, God.

- I don't want to lose you.

- No.

Let's head back up! Back to the trail!

Okay. But, here, wait.

Just grab hold of this branch right here

before you step!

Right this way.

Right here!

Okay, okay, okay. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, God! No, Joseph, are you okay?

Where are you?

God!

Joseph, I'm coming!

Joe! I'm coming!

What is it? What's wrong?

Tell me!

I'm sorry!

My shoulder.

- You're gonna have to put it back.

- Put it back?

- It's dislocated.

- What?

You have to put the humerus

back into the glenoid socket.

No, no, no, really, I cannot do that.

Let's just get you to the hospital,

all right?

No, you have to do it now,

before the muscles tighten.

All right, just, what about your arm?

What if it ruins it?

What if you never operate again, Joe?

- Honey...

- You can do it.

You just have to do exactly what I say.

- All right?

- Yes'

First, get me sitting.

Okay.

All right, honey.

All right, now I need you to bend this arm

until it's in a right angle.

Are you sure about this?

Now, pay attention.

I'm going to help you, all right?

Now hold one hand there.

Lift into the right angle

with the other hand, all right?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Beth, I want you to ignore me

no matter how much I scream, all right?

Ignore your screams?

Yes, yes. Just go ahead.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Stop, stop! You're killing me!

- Okay, okay! I'm sorry!

- I told you to ignore me!

- I know!

So ignore when you say stop, right?

Yes, ignore me. Keep going.

- All right, I'm going!

- All right, that's it, That a girl!

Okay, okay, okay, okay,

all right, all right.

There. Now, now, yes, {got it.

All right, now I want you to push the arm

into my side, okay,

till it's flush with my body.

- Go ahead.

- Okay.

Sh*t, Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!

- There?

- Yeah.

That's good. That's good.

- All right, Is it back in?

- No.

Now is the hard part.

That wasn't the hard part?

Honey, take my wrist here.

Rotate the arm

away from my body until I say stop.

Wail,

So ignore...

Don't ignore you what you say this time?

No, yes. Yes, don't... Don't ignore.

Yes, I understand. I understand.

- Okay, here we go.

- Go.

- Yes?

- Stop, all right.

- Okay, stop.

- All right.

Now you're going to put my arm

back in the socket, all right?

So what do... I'm gonna do that.

- Yeah. Good girl.

- Just tell me what it is, exactly.

- I want you to put all your weight...

- I'm gonna put...

Yeah, yeah.

- Put all your weight...

- I'm trying, yes.

...In the crook of my arm,

Push down. Lean in to me.

It's gonna take all you've got, all right?

- But you can do it.

- Yes, I can.

All right, until it pops back in.

Okay, Joe.

Now lean. Go ahead. Go.

Is that.

I got it, Joe?

That was it, wasn't it?

Okay, hon, I got it, right?

Joe, honey, Joe?

Oh, my God, Joe.

Joe?

That worked.

- How are you doing?

- I'm fine.

- Really?

- Sure.

Are you cold?

No, no, I'm fine.

Are you worried?

A little.

You?

As you know, I'm a doctor.

Is that a house?

It is. Yeah.

Okay, honey.

Hello?

- Hello!

- Hello!

It's nice in there.

It looks like a good place.

Please! Hello!

Hello! Help! Help!

Okay, okay. I got it.

Should I do that?

- Should I really do this?

- Yeah.

Okay.

Okay, honey, okay, this is a bigger rock.

I think this should do it.

Back off! Back away!

I'd tell you to watch out for flying glass,

if I thought there'd be any.

Never mind!

I can't believe it!

I can't believe that I'm not strong enough

to break a window.

No, no, you're strong enough.

I think this has to be tempered glass

that's why...

What is it?

Are all the windows here tempered?

So wait a second now. Wait.

Okay, should I do this?

Yeah, but be careful. Watch your hand.

Okay, here I go!

- Oh, God.

- Hello?

- Careful of your hand!

- Okay, okay, all right.

Oh, my God, honey. Are you all right?

All right, now...

Oh, my God. Hello?

Hello?

Oh, my God.

Hello?

Nothing, nothing, nothing.

Okay.

I like their wine.

Yeah, it's pretty good.

Let's keep the label.

Should we?

Okay?

Yeah?

Delicious.

- How come we never have these?

- We have.

Really? I have no recollection.

That's because you're in shock.

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