Good Time Page #4

Synopsis: After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate-and dangerous-attempt to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Production: A24
  6 wins & 36 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2017
101 min
$1,999,047
15,740 Views


if you get this

in the next, like,

five minutes.

Okay.

Um, can I just leave him here

for, like, ten minutes

while I go break a window?

Why?

Why?

-So I can get into my house.

-What window?

Uh, my window.

-My window! Not yours.

-Why did you not call

-a locksmith?

-Because I don't have

any money in my...

I don't have my wallet.

I don't have any money either.

No, no. I understand.

Um... Could I...

Could I borrow

some clothes for him?

Because I...

How many hours

does your mother work?

Well, she gets off at,

like, 7:
00, so she'll be back

at, like, 7:
30. But...

Um, I hoping

she gets my message.

If you want,

I can give you a room,

not you, for your brother.

You wait until your mother

-came back from work.

-Yeah?

Yeah.

It's gonna be a long time,

that's, like, seven hours.

But is that okay?

Let me show you the room.

Why, thank you so much.

That's...

Let me

show you the room.

Come with me.

But, sorry,

the light doesn't work.

We have the TV, okay?

Okay. Leave him there.

Come with me.

I've been sitting

on the couch,

watching TV.

The remote doesn't work.

Okay? It's no good.

If you want

to change the channel,

-you go in the box, okay?

-Okay, I can just sit here.

It's fine. Thank you so much.

Okay, okay,

that's enough.

Crystal?

Yes?

Come on, baby.

Listen.

-I have work tomorrow.

-Mmm-hmm.

I'm going to take my medicine

-to sleep, okay?

-Mmm-hmm.

Put your phone down, Crystal!

Always giving me

problems with the phone!

Stop the phone, okay?

All the time

you're doing that to me.

When I'm talking to you,

I don't want your eye

in the phone.

You have to watch me,

eyes to eyes.

Okay. Okay.

Sh*t.

Um, I'm sorry,

I just need to look

for something really quickly.

Yeah, it's fine.

Just don't, uh...

Just try not to wake him up.

Um...

What's that in your hair?

This? I found some hair dye

in your bathroom.

You dyed your hair?

Yeah.

Just kind of a weirdo.

I hope

that's not the one

from the bottom

of the cabinet.

-Hold on a second.

-I don't know what color

-your hair is gonna turn out.

-I hope you don't mind.

I took your mom's

phone in here.

That's not my mom.

That's my grandmother,

and I don't care what you do

with that lady's phone.

As long as you don't

bring it back...

Sorry, this is my mother.

I just need to take this.

Okay.

Hey, I said hold on

- for a second.

- Hold on to what?

You don't understand.

Everything's falling apart.

No. Stop it.

Stop what?

Where are you?

-I'm with Nick right now.

-What?

Oh, great.

So you got your brother back,

and now you don't need me?

No, just calm down,

calm down.

There's no reason to worry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I didn't mean that.

-I just...

-No, just hold on a second.

What I'm gonna need you to do,

you get a cab

and you come pick us up.

You don't understand.

I'm a prisoner here.

My mom spoke to the doorman

and told him to call her

if I try to leave.

What time does

the doorman switch shifts?

At 5:
00 or 6:00.

Okay. At 5:
00 a.m.,

you go downstairs,

get a car and come pick us up.

Oh,

I don't know, Connie.

I'm sorry. I can't stay

on the phone much longer.

It's rude. It's not my phone.

It's rude?

Whose phone is it?

Where are you?

What's the address here?

220 Fourth Avenue.

Connie, who is that?

Who are you talking to?

Connie. Hello? Hello?

I just sent you the address.

Did you get it?

Uh, yeah.

Okay, so come pick us up

as soon as you can.

I love you. See you in a bit.

I thought I should

let you know,

but my grandmother told me

-not to talk to you.

-Hey.

I don't care

what she says anyways. But...

Would you mind

just talking outside?

I really don't want

to wake him up.

Let's just go outside.

Just gonna make my brother

something to eat.

You want something?

Uh...

I wouldn't do that.

What is all this sh*t?

You're not really

gonna find anything.

I have chicken nuggets

in here actually.

Um, that should be good.

Yeah.

How old are you?

Um, I'm 16.

Sixteen?

You look way older than that.

I know. I get that.

So what's up?

You just stay up all night?

I go back in my room.

Stay up, eat,

watch movies, smoke.

-Is that weed?

-Yeah.

It has no effect on me.

I'm immune to it.

My boyfriend sells this sh*t.

For like $30.

How old's your boyfriend?

He's not my boyfriend. My ex.

-He's a drug dealer?

-Yeah.

Where does he live?

Can't disclose that.

Oh, yeah? Why not?

'Cause it's gonna

make his house hot.

Can't do that to him.

What, from me?

From anybody.

Hmm.

We're out

to a call of a lady

that's threatening

to commit suicide.

The reportee on this

is her husband,

who's at a different location.

Apparently,

she's armed herself

with a knife and has taken

some anti-depressant drugs.

This is our second time

out to this apartment today.

And it looks like

she's still out front

in her car here.

The red minivan.

Sh*t.

Sharon. Stop it!

Did he just try to kick her?

- I want to help you.

- No, you don't!

-You gotta help me. Yes, I do.

-You lied to me.

I'm not lying to you.

Come on, we need you out here.

Come on, come on.

-Give me that knife!

-Oh!

Back off! Lady...

Jesus Christ.

Get your arm

outta there.

Bring it out.

We still have

the knife under there.

Yeah. We're fine.

-Oh, my God.

-You gotta change this.

I don't want to see them

justify this sh*t.

She's fine. There's

nothing we can do for that.

Just leave

the knife right there.

Oh,

look at the doggy!

...say he was

caught breeding pit bulls

for dog fighting

inside his home.

That is messed up.

I really love dogs.

One of my cousin's

friends, Tiara,

she has this dog.

His name is Blade.

He's a Great Dane.

Oh, my gosh!

I think I was a dog

in a previous life.

In fact, I know I was.

It's why they love me so much.

You're watching

Time Warner Cable News

New York 1.

Now an update on last week's

bank robbery in Flushing.

Authorities are still

searching for

Constantine Nikas,

suspected of carrying

out the robbery

along with his brother.

Nikolas Nikas was arrested

near the scene

after crashing through

a plate-glass window

at the New World Mall.

Today the brothers'

grandmother is speaking out

in an exclusive interview

with NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner.

She joins us now from Flushing

with the details.

Well,

that's right, Lewis.

In a NY1 exclusive,

Agapia Nikas

describes her complicated

relationship with

her grandsons.

She took out

a restraining order

against Constantine

earlier this year,

after she says he threatened

and stalked her.

And she blames him for

an altercation with Nikolas

that left her

with a broken arm.

I don't want to call him.

I don't want to talk with him.

I don't want to, uh...

All because he treats

his brother so badly.

What the f***?

Where the f*** am I?

Yo,

where you going?

F***.

Yo, where the f*** am I, man?

Did you do this

to my f***ing face?

Shut the f*** up.

Lower your voice.

No. Back the f*** up, man.

Back the f*** up.

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Ronald Bronstein

Ronald Bronstein is an American film director, screenwriter, editor and actor. He directed, wrote and edited the 2007 film Frownland. more…

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