Two Weeks Page #7

Synopsis: In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped-- together -- for two weeks.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Steve Stockman
Production: MGM
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
44
Rotten Tomatoes:
19%
R
Year:
2006
102 min
Website
172 Views


The most important thing is,

you guys need to stay close.

Your kids need to know

each other,

the way you knew your cousins

when you were growing up.

You guys will

stay together, right?

After I'm gone?

KEITH:
It'll be hard.

We'll miss the guilt.

No, that'll ride with you

the rest of your life.

Hey, what are you doing?

Matthew.

Hey, Matthew.

I've got a headache.

Well, join the f***ing club.

I don't feel well.

I'm going home.

Come on,

we've got stuff to do.

Yeah, you mean

you've got stuff you

want to order me to do?

Well, yeah, kind of.

The three of you

treat me like

I'm 10 years old.

You hate my wife,

you don't even

give her a chance...

You know what?

I'm f***ing sick of it.

Look, come on.

We'll make a cup of coffee

and we'll talk about it.

Would you stop

trying to control me?

All right?

My mother just died,

I don't feel well.

And I'm going home.

What are we gonna

do about it?

You're the oldest.

Order him to get a divorce.

Nah, probably wouldn't work.

Well, Dad's Uncle Stanley

didn't talk to his brother

for 48 years.

Really?

How'd they patch it up?

Well, they didn't.

Stanley got run over

by a bus when he was 90.

Very uplifting.

Thank you, Em.

I'll see your Percodan,

and I'll raise you

one Dilaudid.

Hi, I'm meeting my mother,

and I didn't see her

come off the plane.

Sir, this is

the luggage office.

Right.

She's about this big,

coming in on the 2:45

from Charlotte.

And she's probably

addressed to me,

that's Keith Bergman.

KEITH:
Arnie, thanks

for setting this up.

Don't mention it.

Thank you.

No.

Harriet.

We feel terrible.

I know.

She was a good woman.

Yeah.

Excuse us.

Are you still going to

go ahead with,

you know, after?

Well, what would

you do, Arnie?

Spreading her remains would

clearly violate

the Orthodox Jewish laws

against cremation.

Of course, your mother

always did pretty much

what she wanted.

There is that.

Look, today's Friday.

Go out after 3:
00, 3:30,

nobody will be there.

Just don't tell anybody.

It's locked.

Ooh, I don't know.

Those spikes look

pretty sharp.

Yeah, you're right.

Why don't we just

toss the box over and run?

No, I'm just saying.

Look, can we not take

all f***ing day

discussing it?

I'm not climbing

the fence.

Great. Well,

suggest something else.

There, it's not so bad.

Give me the box.

Hey, Keith, how did...

Sh*t.

Oh...

How did you get there?

I told you

I wasn't climbing over.

There's a break

in the fence over there.

There's a...

A little help?

EMILY:

Did you get directions?

I've been here before.

How hard can it be to find?

It's right next to

a tall tree.

Is this it?

No, I think

it's over there more.

This is it.

KEITH:
What?

Huh.

Yeah, it does look

kind of familiar.

What, with our

grandfather's name

on it and all?

Give me the box.

No, I got it.

Wait. Keith, give me the box.

I got it.

All right, great.

Can I have it?

No.

Can I have it now?

No, I got it.

Just give me... Keith.

Let go of it.

Give me the...

Guys. Guys.

Give me the box, Keith.

Nice work, men.

At least it's open.

Wait, what's this stuff?

I thought it was all

supposed to be ash,

but what's this?

Bone.

Oh, man.

What do we spread it with?

Um...

Well, our hands,

I guess.

Really?

We're already wearing her.

Let's just pour it.

How do we know

that that's really her?

I mean, they could've just

given us anyone, right?

It's that, um...

Wow, it's the portacath,

that thing that

the IV went through.

Wow.

It's Mom.

It's Mom.

What are you doing?

I'm keeping it.

No, you're not.

We're throwing it away.

Keith, throw it away.

No.

No. Why

Just toss it.

Why

Keith, throw it away, please.

No.

You're not keeping it.

KEITH:

Don't make me throw it away.

It's okay.

Hey.

It's okay, man.

We're here.

We're all here.

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Steve Stockman

Stephen Ernest Stockman (born November 14, 1956) is an American politician, member of the Republican Party, and convicted felon. He served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 9th congressional district from 1995 to 1997 and for Texas's 36th congressional district from 2013 to 2015. Stockman ran in the 2014 election for the United States Senate but lost the Republican primary to incumbent Senator John Cornyn. He was remanded into custody as a potential flight risk and is due to be sentenced on 23 felony counts in August 2018. more…

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