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[–]NBAccount 115 points116 points  (2 children)

This movie was like a weird fever-dream someone had while simultaneously listening to an audiobook of Flowers for Algernon and getting a handjob from their sister.

[–]0p0ss1m 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That’s… not untrue

[–]39percenter 84 points85 points  (4 children)

Elizabeth is so underrated and so gorgeous.

[–]Raging_Hope 17 points18 points  (1 child)

The boys...

[–]xe0s 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Omg. When homelander burned her eyeballs out… so hooot.

[–]Schlappydog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She looks like Gillian Jacobs

[–]SuenTassuT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And so "sisterly"! :P

(Hold your horses, maniacs! I have only brothers!)

[–]punkphase 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Oh wow, they turned that Folgers commercial into a movie

[–]logic_guy 3 points4 points  (1 child)

You’re my present this year

[–]darkm072 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you think we sent you to Africa?!

[–]BwackGul 18 points19 points  (11 children)

What was the name?

[–]Brad_Brace 11 points12 points  (10 children)

[–]bvanbove 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Reading that plot is confusing as hell, since this is also supposed to be a romantic comedy?!? That sounds like the plot to a decent drama, not a rom-com.

[–]Brad_Brace 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing the romantic part is between the brother and the doctor who treats Molly. At least the clips seem to imply there's something going on between them. Probably they wanted to do a Flowers for Algernon, but with a woman, but since it had a woman protagonist, they also decided it had to have a romantic element, so that broads come watch it becase bros sure as hell won't because eww cooties.

[–]SeaGypsii 10 points11 points  (6 children)

Wow says it took in $17k at the box office but had a $21 Mil budget - what’s the story there?

[–]dukeyorick 44 points45 points  (1 child)

From wikipedia:

"The film earned US $17,650 during its theatrical run, on a budget of $21 million, making it a box office bomb. Believing the film was unlikely to be a success, the distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer chose to cut their losses and eliminate the film's marketing budget. It was only released on a single weekend in twelve cinemas, in order to meet legal obligations."

So they phoned it in basically.

[–]thunderbird32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprisingly it has gotten a DVD release. With two separate printings! I guess MGM wasn't *that* ashamed.

[–]imightbethewalrus3 12 points13 points  (1 child)

"A 28-year-old autistic woman named Molly McKay has lived in a mental institution from a young age following her parents' deaths in an automobile accident. When the institution must close on account of budget cuts, Molly is left in the care of her non-autistic older brother, Buck McKay, an advertising executive and perennial bachelor. Molly, who verbalizes very little and is obsessed with lining up her shoes in neat rows, throws Buck's life into a tailspin as she runs away from her nurses and barges into a meeting at Buck's agency naked.
Molly's neurologist, Susan Brookes, suggests an experimental surgery in which genetically modified brain cells are implanted into Molly's brain. While Buck initially balks at the suggestion, he finally consents to the surgery and Molly makes a gradual but miraculous recovery, speaking fluidly and interacting with others in a normal way. Buck begins taking Molly to social events, like a production of Romeo and Juliet, a baseball game and fancy dinners. However, after a few months, Molly's brain begins to reject the transplanted cells and she begins to regress into her previous state. Both Molly and Buck must accept the eventual loss of Molly's cure and her regression into her previous state.
In the final scene of the film, Buck accepts Molly's autism and vows to remain in Molly's life by creating a room for her at his home that looks just like the room she had at the institution."

I think the summary of the film answers that question...

[–]Ekul13 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did you watch the video/this post?

That's the story about why it only made $17k, it looks very strange/weird 😄

I could see it getting a cult following like The Room or whatever that movie is called though

[–]postoperativepain 18 points19 points  (3 children)

I always wondered what happened to Jill Hennessy (she was on the original Law and Order for years as a lawyer)

[–]oneeyeddeacon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Crossing Jordan?

[–]snarpy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fun facts... has a twin sister, and their first roles were as prostitutes in Cronenberg's Dead Ringers... also, was on the short list for the role of Dana Scully on "X-Files".

[–]puzzle_factory_slave 3 points4 points  (0 children)

she also played a medial role one some TV crime drama

[–]Schlappydog 22 points23 points  (7 children)

This movie was written by the same guy who wrote a sitcom about a grown man who builds a robot that looks like a 10 year old girl.

[–]CardboardChampion 14 points15 points  (3 children)

Please tell me that's more innocent than my 2023 brain is hearing it.

[–]Schlappydog 12 points13 points  (1 child)

It is, but it's also very weird. It was the 80s. Cocaine was everywhere.

[–]FluffySquirrell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm very skeptical at giving any hollywood folks the benefit of the doubt these days

Even if the movie comes off as innocent, it could still be a fucking dogwhistle. "Hey, invite me to the island parties guys!"

[–]NBAccount 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well then there's Small Wonder why this movie is so weird...

[–]Childnya 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Astro boy? Girl?

[–]Schlappydog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Small Wonder

[–]FirstTimeLongThyme 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This trailer reminds me of Tiptoes….

[–]dhawaii808 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, I remember seeing a trailer for this when I was a kid and years after thinking I hallucinated it.

[–]ELEMENTALITYNES 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Aaron Eckhart looks so much like Thomas Jane

[–]Yodajrp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thomas Jane is in this movie.

[–]SenorTimothy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is what I came here to say… “is that not Thomas Jane?”

[–]gytis_degs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, you know what they say - if the Shue fits...

[–]Its_all_made_up___ 14 points15 points  (2 children)

I’ve been in love with Elizabeth since before I was born.

[–]WillyBeShreddin 22 points23 points  (1 child)

Ever since Adventures in Babysitting for me.

[–]FluffySquirrell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit I didn't realise that was her

[–]joshg22 7 points8 points  (3 children)

Oh man. For whatever reason this brought back a strange viewing experience for me as a kid. I came across a tv movie (yes, I swear a tv movie) where a lady has some head trauma that leads to her becoming a crazed, destructive nymphomaniac. It was a bizarre movie that I don’t think was made for 13 year olds. Maybe my first fear boner!

[–]Michael_0007 9 points10 points  (1 child)

where a lady has some head trauma that leads to her becoming a crazed, destructive nymphomaniac

Sins of the Mind (1997) Missy Crider

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sins\_of\_the\_Mind

[–]Ayahuasca-Dreamin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lifetime movies can be pretty twisted

[–]MogusSeven 2 points3 points  (1 child)

This had budget of 21 million? Wtf?

[–]Tpmbyrne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Therapy is expensive in America

[–]BrownieCav 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Acting!!

[–]tuyaux1105 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Molly." 1999. IMBd rating of 5.7.

[–]CatsEatGrass 5 points6 points  (3 children)

I’d do either one, TBH, and I’m not gay or bi.

[–]BiggusDiccoos 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is this Two Face ?

[–]rxpillme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Harvey Dent

[–]Julester420 -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

There’s nothing funny about this. Fucking gross

[–]nailbiter111[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lighten up, Francis

[–]Superb_Intro_23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, Harvey Dent/Two-Face had a weird past