The Perfect Family Page #2

Synopsis: Eileen Cleary has just been nominated for Catholic Woman of the year when her family drop a bombshell. Over the dinner table she discovers that not only is her son leaving his wife and children for the local beautician, but her daughter is 5 months pregnant and about to marry her girlfriend. Desperate to win the award, Eileen is conflicted between shame over her family and still desiring to do the right thing by them. Unable to accept either of their choices her family begins to splinter, with even her husband threatening to leave. Ultimately this is a feel-good movie and Eileen proves herself to be a person worthy of both the award and her family.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Anne Renton
Production: Variance Films
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
PG-13
Year:
2011
84 min
$107,721
Website
194 Views


- Okay. Okay, okay.

It's cold. You'll have to

put him in this.

Okay. You need a blanket.

You take this one.

I just washed it.

And a bottle.

Greenwoods just went through an adoption.

Took official custody two months ago.

Can't get the name of the biological mother,

Maybe two more minutes.

That's why the concern. It's hers.

Jessie.

Jessie, look at me, Jessie.

Please don't do this.

You can come and see him

whenever you want.

You can come every day,

I swear to god.

We can work something out.

I'm sorry, Cindy, but he needs

to be with his mommy.

He needs to be with people

that really love him. Okay?

We do. We do, we love him.

Come on, baby, we got to go now.

- We've got to go right now.

- No, no, no, Jessie, no.

Please!

Flashpoint SO2 EPO5 (9)

Go, go, go, go, go.

Got their car keys; let's go.

Team, neighbors just called

in Greenwoods' minivan

silver, light gray bmw,

just pulled away.

I got 'em right here

in the intersection.

If they run, we ram 'em

before they leave the scene.

Copy that.

Terry.

Donna, possible baby on board.

Stand down, stand down. The baby.

Terry, no!

Team one, we've got

a vehicular pursuit.

Standard formation to start, but if there is

a baby on board, it changes everything.

- Sabine, you good to go?

- I'm on it.

I'm gps'ing the area now.

Okay, if they have the baby,

we're limited here.

No road spikes, no collisions,

no shooting out the tires.

Unis at the house confirm

baby has been taken.

Ed, how about a rolling roadblock?

Negative, we got a school zone coming up.

- Can you make contact?

- Copy.

Winnie, I need to know

who these folks are.

Okay. Two names. Jessie Wyeth

and Terry, no surname yet.

Wyeth's 19, biological mother.

Gave her baby up two months ago.

Possible postpartum depression,

separation anxiety, maybe psychosis.

How about the male?

Nothing yet; I'm on it.

Okay, does she have parents

of her own we can contact?

Wyeth's mother's listed as

deceased three years ago. Overdose.

No father I can find.

This girl is alone except for

that guy and this baby.

They're turning on to bayview.

What's going on?

What do you think is going on?

They're still coming.

Fine, let 'em come, give us a nice police

escort right to the lawyer's office.

What lawyer, Terry?

Terry, what lawyer?!

Krugman. We'll go see him!

No, You still owe him

for the last time, remember?!

The robbery thing.

It wasn't robbery, it was

theft under a thousand.

- Shh...

- Porter. We can see if she can help.

No, she said you couldn't

call her anymore.

You know, if we're

going to be a family,

you're going to have to have

this stuff thought out, Terry.

I'm thinking!

Don't scream.

You're scaring him.

Shh...

It's the police.

You tell them we're not getting out

of this van until we got a lawyer.

Hello?

Hi. My name is

sergeant Gregory Parker.

I'm with the police

strategic response unit.

Am I speaking with Jessie Wyeth?

Yes. I'm so sorry, you're

gonna have to speak up here.

Oh, it sounds like you've

got your hands full over there.

That's a hungry cry.

- How do you know?

- I'll never forget that sound.

Your baby wants a bottle.

- What's your baby's name?

- His name is Owen.

So what do you say, Jessie?

- Shh! It's okay, baby.

- We all stop, Get owen some formula?

Maybe you could tell us

your side of things?

No, we-we have the formula

in the diaper bag.

But Terry says we can't stop

until we have a lawyer.

Okay, I can work on that,

but it'll be a lot easier for me to do

if we aren't speeding down the highway.

Be safer too, for Owen.

Terry, I think we should stop.

What's he saying to you? Whatever

he's saying, you know he's lying.

No, he's just saying we should stop.

It'd be safe for Owen.

Yeah. And then we stop, and they get him,

and where do you think he's going?

You wanna call tami

and ask her right now?

No. He's not going to tami.

Yeah, 'cause I'm not going to let

that happen! Now hang up the phone!

- Terry...

- Hang up the phone!

Okay. I'm-I'm sorry.

Jessie, don't hang up.

Please, we need a lawyer.

shh. It's okay.

All right, let's go to plan b.

Lewis, you ready with

that gps launcher?

Yes, sir.

Spike, get in position.

Aim for the rear bumper.

Copy that.

If we can make this work,

Lew, we can back off.

Donna, we're the distraction, on my go.

Go now.

What are they doing?

Jessie, I think we're done...

Terry, look!

They're gonna shoot!

They're gonna kill us!

Cover's blown, Lewis.

You got no time.

Take the shot, Lew.

Hold on to Owen! Hold on!

What are they doing?!

We have a baby!

Got it.

It's holding, boss. All good.

Good.

- Signal's up.

- All right.

We got him tagged with the gps.

Let's see where he's going...

Spike, I'm gonna fall back.

Copy that.

We're gonna pull back, let them

slow down, and keep that baby safe.

Copy that.

Copy. Falling back.

Jess, it's okay, we lost 'em.

I think we need to stop this.

All I want is

what everybody wants.

I know. I want that, too,

but, I mean...

All that time I was away,

all I could think of was you.

Us and him all together.

Where were you, Terry?

What did you do?

Boss, the girl listed a "Terry Dornan"

as next of kin on her hospital form.

That's great, Winnie. Go ahead.

If this is him, he's got a record,

and a long history of violence.

Listen to this.

Terry Sebastian Dornan,

20 years old.

Last few months.

He was in jail for assault.

On the 15th of june, police were

called to 1678 ossington,

where mr. Dornan and an acquaintance,

Kurt Lawford, shared an apartment.

Upon arriving, police noted blood

on the walls, floor, and ceiling...

Jess, I can do this for you and him,

but I just want to do one more thing.

- I really think we should stop now, Terry.

- Please, just one more thing.

Then we'll go downtown

and we'll turn ourselves in.

Okay, one more thing.

Boss, we lost 'em.

Yeah.

I see 'em.

I'm taking the off-Ramp.

Okay, team, let's take

the next exit and look back.

I just want to do one thing

as a family, Jess.

It'll be great. You'll see.

Okay?

Team, any eyes on the subject?

Negative.

Winnie, you still trying that number?

No answer last four times.

Okay, keep trying.

Anything else on dornan?

Background, family, anything?

Both parents are dead.

Though they didn't die together.

Mother died. Looks like

some sort of car accident.

He was four.

Father. I'm just getting

a date almost a year later.

After that, I'm getting

multiple addresses for Dornan.

Over ten. Till he was 18.

Yeah, those aren't relatives,

those are foster homes.

Let's keep looking, guys.

Terry, what are we doing?

Terry...

Terry, we can't go in there.

Just trust me. It's gonna be great.

He's gonna love it.

Look, we're okay.

Boss, I got her.

Here she is.

Jessie, hey,

it's Greg Parker again.

I'm really glad to hear

that you're okay.

So where are you?

We're at...

we're safe, okay.

We're gonna turn ourselves in.

We just need to do this one thing.

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