Parenthood Page #9

Synopsis: The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Ron Howard
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
PG-13
Year:
1989
124 min
2,320 Views


The last few feet of the course

is going to be very crowded

Oh, God,

he's already going

In eight seconds, he's

going to be a legend

And challenging her on the

power lane, newcomer Tod Higgins

Great start!

Vega with the home shot

Higgins pulls ahead!

He hit the guardrail!

He's out of control!

Oh, my God!

Come on!,

Tod? Tod?n

Tod?m

Bring it around to the

back of the track! Come on

One, two, three!

Let's get him out of here!

Back up Back up Give him some

room Give him some room Back up

Easy Easy Easy Did I win?t

Oh, my Godi

You okay?

I'm all right

Well, we'll get you to first

aid to make sure, all right?e

My brother's car

I killed the car

We'll take care of it

Julie, come on, let's goh

Just get in

I can't

What? I can't This

is too intense This is

This is marriage!e

Now, let's get

in the truck!

Come on,

let's goe

Can you do that again next

week? The crowd loved itm

Yeah, sure,c

that's a good job for me,

crash dummyl

Stop that! You're very

important Yeah, why?o

Why? Because you're gonna be the

father of my grandchild That's why

I love you,

I love you, too

I was so scaredy

You, like,

saved their marriagea

That was really cooll

Yeah, well,

I give them six months,

four if she cooksn

You don't think

they're gonna make it?

Well, you know, honey,

the odds aren't good

Then why did you

say all that?

Why did you try

to keep them together?k

Well, because

Julie wants Tod

Whatever you guys want,

I want to get for you

That's the best

I can doo

I'm glad you're going out with Mr Bowmana

Yeah, why?

Well, he's funny,m

and he's the kind of guy

that'd be nice to youa

Somebody should be

nice to your

I tell you, kid, I could stand that Yeah

Can we tape

over Susan's wedding?r

No What are we supposed to tape over?

Mom, my ears are loose

Oh, give me I'll fix them Oh,

your pants are on backwards

Go upstairs and turn them around,

and tell Grandma we're leaving

She's still playing

Nintendo

Do you know your lines? Daddy,

I don't have any lines I'm Dopey

I'll say Hey!m

Kevin? Kevin, take Justin outside,

and put him in his car seat

I have to do everything

Come on, shrimp

Heyy

And I'm the one

in therapy

I'm not a shrimp

I love youu

I love you, too

No, I mean

I really love youy

I love you, toop

Dave called He was crying

He actually criedu

He said if I'd come back,

they'd give me a corner office

with new furniture

and a raise,

like that's supposed

to make up for everything

Anyway, I took the job

I couldn't thinks

I was still high

from the Little League game

Isn't that demented,s

that a grown man's

happiness depends

on whether a nine-year-old

catches a pop-up?

I mean, what if he missed? But he didn't

But he could have

But he didn'tr

But he could have

But he didn't, Gil!o

You threw him 12 million

pop-ups in the backyard

You cut the odds

considerablyv

If he hadn'ty

But there's three of them,

and you wanna have four,

and the fourth one

could be Larry,

and they're gonna do

a lot of things

I mean, baseball's

the least of it

And in all those things,

sometimes they're going to miss

Sometimes they won't

Sometimes they will

Sometimes they won't

Sometimes they will

What do you want me

to give you, guarantees?

These are kids, not

appliances Life is messy

I hate messy

It's so messyi

You know, when I was 19, Grandpa

took me on a roller coaster

Oh?e

Up, down, up, down

Oh, what a ridel

What a great story

I always wanted

to go againe

You know, it was just interesting to me

that a ride could make me so frightened,

so scared, so sick,

so excitede

and so thrilled,

all togethero

Some didn't like ita

They went

on the merry-go-round

That just goes

around Nothing

I like the roller coaster

You get more out of it

Well, I'll be seeing you

in the car

She's a very smart lady

Come on, Taylor,

your ears are readyN

Yeah, a minute ago, I was

really confused about life,

and then Grandma came inm

with her wonderful and

affecting roller-coaster story,

and now everything's

great againe

I happen to like

the roller coaster, okay?r

As far as I'm concerned,

your grandmother's brilliant

Come on, Taylor

Come on, hurry upo

Yeah, if she's so brilliant, how come

she's sitting in our neighbor's car?

It's good to be home

It sure isr

Somebody stole our dishese

"They're not stolen

They're put away"n

They're not stolenu

"They're not stolen

They're put away"

They're not stolen

They're put awayo

What was that?

It came from the bedroomn

It sounds like a monster

Someone should see what it is

Not me!

Not me!

Let Dopey do it

Let Dopey do itk

Yeah!

No!,

Come on, Dopey!

Yeah!r

Come on, Dopey!

Come on, Dopey!d

They're hurting my sister!

Hey, look, he's going

Get him! Get him!

Get him!

Hang on, Taylorg

Justin! Justin!

Taylor, I'm gonna save you!

Get away from my sister!

Hey, stop!

Justin!o

No

No, Justin

Justin, no! Justin!

Oh, Justino

Come back here

Come back here

Please come back here,

little one

He's ruining the play!

He's ruining the whole play!

I think that's

the Buckmans' kid

That's great!

You're doing greatD

One more push, and the baby

will be here Bear down

Bear down

Push

We're almost there,

Mom Come on, push Push

That's it Great

You're doing great

Push Push Come on,

you're doing fine

Push! Push!

Good

Okay, here we go now

Push I can see the head

Here comes the baby Good

Here you go

Here it is It's a girl!

Good Congratulations, Mom

She's beautiful

You better get out

in the lobby, Dad

I think you've got about

100 relatives out there

Dr Ciccolini, Dr Anthony

Ciccolini, please call three-six

Well?

It's a girl

Helen's fine

Yay, Mom!

Thank goodness!

That's great!

Congratulations!

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