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Camilla 2022-10-21 14:29:00
A film propped up by a remodeled old friend
As a road film, I can see the unfortunate routines of many road film duos along the way. The laughs are quite good, the lines and actors are very good, and there is also the afterglow of the sunset.
But to be honest, the plot is actually quite weak. The whole movie feels like a new little dough...
Jonathan Silverman
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Sheriff: [to Felix and Oscar about to leave from having been released on their second arrest] If I see you two back in here under arrest again, then I seriously will charge you with disturbing the law!
Felix Ungar: Don't you mean "disturbing the peace"?
Sheriff: No, it's only the law you're disturbing.
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[Felix and Oscar have just been arrested and are having to face the sheriff for a third time, who is horrified about the circumstance]
Felix Ungar: So, do you even want to talk about it?
Sheriff: No.
Felix Ungar: Ever?
Sheriff: What's the point? It seems like no matter what I say, you two still end up in here.
Oscar Madison: [looking over at the sheriff's deputy] Would it be possible to get the results of a race at Santa Anita? I got a trifecta going.
Sheriff's Deputy: A what?
Oscar Madison: A trifecta. It is where you pick the three winning horses in order from start to finish.
Felix Ungar: You are unbelievable. We have a wedding we cannot get to, and all he's got in his mind is a trifecta.
Sheriff: I'll tell you who won.
Oscar Madison: You know?
Sheriff: Yes! I won. Don't you see? You're my trifecta. The same two men have been arrested three different times and all three times by my men. Do you know what the odds are of that happening?
Oscar Madison: I would say roughly 12 million to one.
Sheriff: And what would it be if it were to happen in a little town called Santa Menandez, California?
Oscar Madison: It would be in the trillions. No bookie could handle it.
