What Maisie Knew Page #6

Synopsis: WHAT MAISIE KNEW is a contemporary New York City re-visioning of the Henry James novel by the same name, written by Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne. It revolves around unwitting 7-year-old Maisie, caught in the middle of a custody battle between her mother Suzanna, an aging rock star, and her father, Beale, a major art dealer. In a race to win the court's advantage, Beale marries Maisie's nanny Margo, prompting Suzanna in turn to marry friend and local bartender, Lincoln. Both forced into a battle neither wishes to be a part of, Margo and Lincoln come to empathize with Maisie's position and over time with one another's. Teased by the notion of making their own surrogate family, the trio must either submit to the will of Maisie's parents or eventually face their wrath.
Genre: Drama
Production: Millenium Entertainment
  3 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
2012
99 min
$1,000,000
Website
581 Views


Anyway, I told them where we were

so they wouldn't be worried.

Dinner's ready.

What do you think this should be?

Probably a window.

A window?

Hey, Maisie.

Come on.

Okay, let's go to the beach.

Can you hear the ocean? Shh.

Yes.

You can?

Wow.

Okay. Two pails.

Two pails?

Let's trade.

There you go.

Lincoln!

Lincoln!

Hey.

Hey.

How are you?

Want to see my room?

Yeah. Yeah, I'd love to see your room.

Of course.

Of course.

I'd love to see your room.

Hey!

Hey.

I'm sorry.

It's not working again.

It's not working again!

I got it.

There's a place in the back

where we can get worms.

And we can go on the boat

next door whenever we want.

Oh, wow. Perfect.

We can go tomorrow if you want to.

Lincoln just got here.

How long are you staying?

Well, definitely long enough to go on the boat.

It's beautiful here!

Uh, I brought you something from

the city I thought you might like.

Wait. Wait, I'll show you something.

There's a picture that I

thought might be interesting.

Look at that. Look.

You know why?

Why?

You know where I was thinking we might

want this guy?

We can put him in our moat.

In our moat, that was what

I was thinking. Perfect.

You guys have a moat?

Of course.

Okay.

What's that?

Look at that.

Do you want to pick it up?

Look at that, Maisie.

Gently, gently.

It's holding onto the rock.

Look, he's moving.

He's moving.

He's waving at you.

Alright, you're going to hold my hand?

Yeah.

Okay. Don't stand on him.

Can we go on the boat tomorrow?

Why don't you ask the

fishermen when they get back?

I won't! I won't!

He said we could go tomorrow!

One, two three, four, five, six, seven.

I want to buy it.

You already have it.

I want to buy a hotel.

Can I have two?

Yeah.

Fifty?

Are you kidding me?

You can't even buy a hostel.

You got to do better than that.

Give me a little more.

Two hotels you got to pay.

Give me, uh ...

Oh, how generous of you. You don't

even get a sleeping bag for that.

We weren't allowed to play

Monopoly when I was a kid.

What did you play instead? This

Swiss doctor made some games.

They're supposed to instill

cooperation and pacifism.

That's probably why you're losing.

Yeah. Ha, ha, ha.

In my house, it was every man for himself.

Oh, thanks for the warning.

What's funny?

You are!

Yeah, you are. You are so funny.

You are so funny.

Alright, thank you. Okay.

No.

Go to jail.

Oh, come on.

I need some luck now.

It's not fair.

[bus approaching]

Surprise.

Ah, Oh.

Oh, my little beach bunny.

Hey, guess what? I'm playing

Virginia Beach tomorrow night.

I found this really nice girl with a dog...

who can watch you during the show.

And then after that we go to

North Carolina and Tennessee.

What kind of a dog?

I don't know.

But, um, it's kind of a long drive,...

so if you want to say goodbye to

these guys, you'd better hurry up.

Okay, go ahead. Go on.

Or you can just come back to

the bus and we can take off ...

and you can open all the

presents I got you.

You want to do that?

I want to meet the dog

but maybe the day after.

Well, baby, the day after I'm

playing Raleigh, so I got to go.

Okay, come on. Come on, let's go, babe.

Come on, come on.

What's up? What's the matter?

Come on.

We're supposed to go on a boat tomorrow.

Baby, we can go on a boat any day, okay?

It's not a big deal.

We got to go.

Come on, let's go.

Come on.

Come on.

Maisie, come on.

Don't you want to come?

[owl hooting]

Fine.

Why did I f***ing bother?

God, what is it? You just decided

you don't like me anymore ?

Is that it?

What, are you scared of me?

Oh, sh*t.

I'm sorry, baby. I'm so sorry.

I don't want you to be scared.

I'm an idiot, you know.

I'm, um ...

Hey, Maisie, Maisie,

baby, you know what?

I really love you.

I really do.

Before you where born, I... I didn't

know it was possible to love somebody...

as much as I love you.

You're just like my, my little baby.

Can I tell you something?

A long time ago I was just like you.

I was just like you.

You want to go on a boat tomorrow?

You want to... stay with them for a while?

You know who your mother is, right?

You.

Let's go open your presents.

Come on.

Alright, you gotta tell

me how big you want it.

That's good!

That's good?

That's good.

That's good.

Do you know where the filters are?

Um, it was on the table.

Look at that little baby pancake.

That's tiny. I want a big pancake.

Shall we do another one?

You ready?

I want a big one.

You want a big one? This one's very big.

Okay, good!

Come on, hurry up.

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