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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: "For grilled cheese, I would have used the wool setting." "That's what I told him!" Though they are siblings this isn't too surprising.

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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: "For grilled cheese, I would have used the wool setting." "That's what I told him!" Though they are siblings siblings, so this isn't too surprising.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Benny, though being Joon's brother, acts much like an OverprotectiveDad, and is against Sam and Joon's relationship.

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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Benny, though being Joon's brother, acts much like an OverprotectiveDad, and brother Benny is against Sam and Joon's relationship.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: While Joon is stated to be schizophrenic, Sam appears to be not so far behind her. It's hard to tell what are just eccentricities and what is a genuine harmful condition. Beyond trying to be a real life silent movie character, it's shown he can't read or write either. He likely just hasn't been diagnosed with anything, but at the very least has some sort of learning difference.



--> '''Mike''': What did you do to my hubcaps?!
--> '''Sam''': I... I don't know.

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--> '''Mike''': What did you do to my hubcaps?!
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hubcaps?!\\
'''Sam''': I... I don't know.
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* NiceHat: Sam wears one in homage to Creator/BusterKeaton.
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* OhCrap: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkj3klWMn5E Benny's expression]] when he sees [[spoiler:Sam swinging by Joon's window, several stories up]] is priceless (it's at about the 1:20 mark).

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* OhCrap: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkj3klWMn5E com/watch?v=UnM6dPbV9Ng Benny's expression]] when he sees [[spoiler:Sam swinging by Joon's window, several stories up]] is priceless (it's at about the 1:20 mark).
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* OhCrap: [[https://youtu.be/3ecWQO4RtcM?t=58 Benny's expression]] when he sees [[spoiler:Sam swinging by Joon's window, several stories up]] is priceless.

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* OhCrap: [[https://youtu.be/3ecWQO4RtcM?t=58 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkj3klWMn5E Benny's expression]] when he sees [[spoiler:Sam swinging by Joon's window, several stories up]] is priceless.priceless (it's at about the 1:20 mark).

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* CharlieChaplinShoutOut: Depp, a Chaplin enthusiast, stated that it took him several weeks to get the bread roll dance he performs in this movie (a shout-out to Film/TheGoldRush) down perfectly, including all the little head movements and everything (Chaplin, being an almost obsessive perfectionist, would probably also have spent weeks getting the entire routine down perfectly).

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* CharlieChaplinShoutOut: Depp, a Chaplin enthusiast, stated that it took him several weeks to get the bread roll dance he performs in this movie (a shout-out to Film/TheGoldRush) ''Film/TheGoldRush'') down perfectly, including all the little head movements and everything (Chaplin, being an almost obsessive perfectionist, would probably also have spent weeks getting the entire routine down perfectly).


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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: A stage musical adaptation of the movie premiered at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California from September 2 to October 22, 2017. The musical features music by Nolan Gasser, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, book by Kirsten Guenther, choreography by Scott Rink and direction by Jack Cummings III. The show runs at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey from April 4 to May 5, 2019. The Paper Mill production features Claybourne Elder as Benny, Hannah Elless as Joon and Bryce Pinkham as Sam.
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Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) is smart, creative and pretty -- and severely schizophrenic. She lives together with her protective brother Benny (Aidan Quinn). When Joon "wins" the eccentric and possibly mentally disabled Sam (Creator/JohnnyDepp) during a poker game, Benny reluctantly agrees to let Sam stay with them for a while.

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Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) (Creator/MaryStuartMasterson) is smart, creative and pretty -- and severely schizophrenic. She lives together with her protective brother Benny (Aidan Quinn).(Creator/AidanQuinn). When Joon "wins" the eccentric and possibly mentally disabled Sam (Creator/JohnnyDepp) during a poker game, Benny reluctantly agrees to let Sam stay with them for a while.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Sam, full stop.



* DeadpanSnarker: Benny.
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* {{Manchild}}: Sam can definitely be this at times. On the one hand, it can be appealing, like when he’s doing tricks with his hat in the park. One the other, it can get him and others in big trouble, like when he thinks that it’s a good idea to run away with a stressed-out, schizophrenic woman just because her brother got mad at them.
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* NoAntagonist: The main conflict of the story is Jon’s schizophrenia. All the characters care about Joon and want what’s best for her, they just all go about it in different ways. Dr. Garner wants Joon to go to a group home, Benny thinks that he can handle her himself by just keeping her at home, and Sam and Joon try to leave on a bus, convinced that their love for each other is all that’s needed. None of these options work very well.

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* NoAntagonist: The main conflict of the story is Jon’s Joon’s schizophrenia. All the characters care about Joon and want what’s best for her, they just all go about it in different ways. Dr. Garner wants Joon to go to a group home, Benny thinks that he can handle her himself by just keeping her at home, and Sam and Joon try to leave on a bus, convinced that their love for each other is all that’s needed. None of these options work very well.
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* BrickJoke: When Benny and Joon are at the poker game, we see Sam spinning a hubcap around before throwing it in the air, and we don't see it come down. WhenSam's cousin comes out, they have this exchange:

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* BrickJoke: When Benny and Joon are at the poker game, we see Sam spinning a hubcap around before throwing it in the air, and we don't see it come down. WhenSam's When Sam's cousin comes out, they have this exchange:
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*BrickJoke: When Benny and Joon are at the poker game, we see Sam spinning a hubcap around before throwing it in the air, and we don't see it come down. WhenSam's cousin comes out, they have this exchange:
--> '''Mike''': What did you do to my hubcaps?!
--> '''Sam''': I... I don't know.

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