Joy Page #8

Synopsis: Joy has always been fascinated by creating things, This pursuit was always supported emotionally by her maternal grandmother, Mimi. Joy feels that lack of practical support has led to others making fortunes on ideas she came up with years ago but could not act upon manufacturing. Despite being broke, Joy is the person in her extended family to whom everyone has always turned, in the process forgoing her own life, including not having attended college to help see her parents through their divorce. She works in an unsatisfying job as an Eastern Airlines ticket clerk; and lives with her mother Terry who spends all day in bed watching soap operas; her ex-husband Tony, a less than successful aspiring Latino Tom Jones wannabe; and their two children. Added to this mix is her father Rudy, the owner of a failing heavy-duty garage, which is managed by Joy's older half-sister Peggy, with whom she has somewhat of a strained relationship, and for which Joy does the books. Sharon, Rudy's latest gir
Genre: Drama
Director(s): David O. Russell
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 20 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
PG-13
Year:
2015
124 min
$42,581,369
Website
4,073 Views


Well, it wasn't the man,

Joy, it was the product.

I made 50,000 units

because you told me to.

I mortgage my house,

I'm in 200,000 dollars of debt, more.

Well, it's your business,

your debt.

And we indemnify up to a third,

if you read your contract.

To be honest,

that's even gonna be hard to get.

Neil, you gotta give us

another chance.

I'm SO sorry, Joy, I just can't

bring it to my boss, I can't.

I can't accept your answer.

I can't, and I won't.

Joy, you have to let

Trudy report this loss

to bankruptcy, because otherwise

she's gonna hemorrhage even more money.

You have to file, too,

because of your mortgage,

your children's future, and your loss

and you have to prepare yourself for that.

We have to file for bankruptcy?

I warned you many times, Joy.

Dad, I warned you not to

spend the money!

You can go out and gas

her from the very beginning, Peggy

I'm in a meeting

with our lawyers.

What do you think

you're doing?

"Go home, Joy."

"And watch the numbers

roll in on television."

"Make up to 50,000 mops."

Borrowing and owing every dollar,

including your home.

It could have been handled better,

I'll let Todd have another shot...

I don't want Todd or anyone

else to try it, it should be me.

We don't have regular people, we have

celebrities as spokesmen who do the selling.

I told you this.

Who showed YOU the mop?

Who you sold it to you?

Who taught YOU how to use it?

And who convinced YOU that was great

after you thought it was worthless?

Excuse me,

can you give us a second?

Come with me.

Ever been in front of a TV camera? Are

you comfortable in front of a TV camera?

Because when you get there, there's lights,

and there's cameras, and people freeze up.

You said to me that David

Selznick, the son of immigrants,

married Jennifer Jones,

an All American girl from Oklahoma,

because, in America,

all races, and all classes,

can meet and make whatever

opportunities they can,

and THAT is what you feel, when you reach

into people's homes, with what you sell.

You said that.

What do you think?

Looks great, right?

Yeah, yeah, it's beautiful,

very girl, very classic.

All right, if you come back next time...

Lori, Lori...

Yeah?

I just want you to take

it a little bit forward,

Just like that...

if she comes back again.

Not with the comb,

not with the comb.

- Try the black.

- Okay.

- Okay?

- Okay.

It's gonna be perfect.

Wow.

Beautiful. What do you think?

How do you feel?

I'd like to change just one thing.

Do you mind?

- Okay, surprise me.

- One small thing.

- I'll surprise you.

- Okay, surprise me.

I want the small

thing is that she changes.

What!

You un-did the whole thing.

- This is me.

- This is you?

You've got the exact same outfit

you had when you came in here.

I wear a blouse and I wear

pants, that's who I am.

I wanna go on as me.

You wanna go on as you,

then I hope you make it back.

Joan, Cindy,

say good luck to Joy.

Well, you look great,

good luck today.

- Oh, thank you.

- Good luck!

That's her, that's how she is.

Blouse and... she should be in a skirt,

she's got nice, long legs, show her legs.

Good luck.

Joan Rivers wants me in a skirt,

but I'm gonna use the pants.

Do what you wanna do.

C'mon let's go upstairs.

- Are you nervous?

- Yes.

Just be yourself, and remember,

it's all about the hands.

Here we go.

Ready!

The stage is moving!

Household product three

hundred seventy-five.

In 3... 2...

What are you doing?

Come on! Go!

Go!

She's freezing.

Hi! These lights are so bright...

Nobody tells you how bright these...

well, Neil did tell me.

Neil is my boss here.

I should thank him for

letting me be up here.

- Uh... sorry.

- You're Joy!

I am Joy?

Just say something,

talk about the mop!

Oh, my God!

We have to do something.

We have to do something.

Do we have a call?

Can we go to a call?

We have a call.

- Is it a friendly call?

- It's a friendly call?

Okay, take it, take it.

Joy, we have a call.

A call? How did that happen?

Well, we have a call!

Hi, Jo Ann from New York.

Jo Ann from New York!

We have a call coming in

from Jo Ann from New York.

Yeah, I'm calling in because I would love a

mop that I don't have to touch when I wring it.

Ya know, my hands get raw when I...

mop broken glass, and I wring

the mop, I cut my hands.

Do you ever cut your hands

when you're wringing?

Jo Ann, that is so funny that you said

that, that is actually exactly how I

was inspired to invent this mop.

I had... there was glass shattered everywhere,

I was with my 2 kids, with my father,

and I... every time I would wring the mop,

I would get glass shards in my hand.

and the old mop just wasn't

very absorbent, so...

I... I went to my daughter's room,

I borrowed her crayons

and I designed this mop.

- Make sure you get down there, yeah, that's it.

- It's made of plastic, so it is lightweight,

- but very durable.

- Go in, go into the hands.

It's extremely absorbent,

with 300 continuous

cotton loops, that I looped

myself, when I designed it.

How much is it?

It is nineteen ninety-five.

I like that price, I want

a whole bunch of them.

Thank you.

H-375, that's the order number.

Household item 3-75.

I guarantee you...

- That's it, stay right there.

- You are not going to

- Now! Do it again, hands down,

- find another mop like this that exists

- Right there, that's good, get the hands.

- If there was, I woulda bought it

and I woulda, ya know,

cut my hands on it.

You can go across

the whole kitchen,

with one wring,

just imagine that.

Watch this.

Chocolate syrup.

Go to the syrup,

go to the syrup.

Baby food, a very big spill...

at my house.

- A very common spill for me.

- Hands, hands.

Now, the biggest difference,

I don't have to touch

this disgusting mop head.

There's not another mop on the market

that has as much absorbent

cotton as this mop right here.

And I guarantee you,

there will be no regrets,

no returns... I have been mopping for

most of my life, every single day...

The phones are ringing!

I cannot tell you how much

this mop has changed my life.

- The phones are ringing!

- The phones are ringing.

- The phones are ringing.

- The phones are ringing.

It's gonna be the greatest mop to have

around Christmas time when you have family over,

I can't... I...

I am a mother of two.

There is just spill after spill,

family comes to town,

you can mop your entire

kitchen with one wring.

Oh! My God! 29,000!

This is very special!

I haven't even told you about

my personal, favorite feature,

which is the

removable mop head.

that I can put into

the washing machine,

and it will come

out clean as new.

Yes! Yes!

Oh, my God,

these numbers keep climbing.

Thank you, I...

I... I...

Yes! That's how you keep it going.

- Thank you.

The is the most

absorbent mop on the market,

It's lightweight, it's the

only mop you're ever gonna buy,

the best mop you're

ever gonna use,

it is lightweight, and durable and that

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David O. Russell

David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early directing career includes the comedy films Spanking the Monkey (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Three Kings (1999) and I ♥ Huckabees (2004). more…

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