"Benny & Joon" quotes

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A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Barry Berman, Lesley McNeil
Production: N/A
Genre: comedy, drama, romance
Year: 1993
MetaScore: 57/100
ImdbRating: 7.2
BoxOffice: $23,261,580
Released: 16 Apr 1993
Awards: 4 nominations

36 Clips

Why do you hate me so much - Benny & Joon 00:12
Why do you hate me so much
I'm sorry sir In Ireland we have a sayin' - Benny & Joon 00:08
I'm sorry sir In Ireland we have a sayin'
I have every right to be outside Officer - Benny & Joon 00:07
I have every right to be outside Officer
Have we an internal sequin issue to deal with Benjamin - Benny & Joon 00:05
Have we an internal sequin issue to deal with Benjamin
So we're planning our next vacation I want Australia she wants Italy - Benny & Joon 00:35
So we're planning our next vacation I want Australia she...
He's not my Smail - Benny & Joon 00:04
He's not my Smail
Medium sized green haired troll - Benny & Joon 00:04
Medium sized green haired troll
Tapioca - Benny & Joon 00:04
Tapioca
Soap on a rope slightly used - Benny & Joon 00:04
Soap on a rope slightly used
Salad Shooter - Benny & Joon 00:05
Salad Shooter
Thanks for the couch Mike made me sleep under the sink - Benny & Joon 00:06
Thanks for the couch Mike made me sleep under the sink
You can't bet a human being - Benny & Joon 00:05
You can't bet a human being
Haven't we tried this before - Benny & Joon 00:14
Haven't we tried this before
Hey Sam come on Get down right now - Benny & Joon 00:05
Hey Sam come on Get down right now
Don't underestimate the mentally ill We know how to count - Benny & Joon 00:06
Don't underestimate the mentally ill We know how to count
So why'd you leave LA - Benny & Joon 00:33
So why'd you leave LA
Kirk Douglas Van Gogh Ear - Benny & Joon 00:04
Kirk Douglas Van Gogh Ear
I hope you're happy - Benny & Joon 00:29
I hope you're happy
Yeah And he keeps me up all night watchin' stupid old movies - Benny & Joon 00:10
Yeah And he keeps me up all night watchin' stupid old movies
Maybe I should invite him back in - Benny & Joon 00:10
Maybe I should invite him back in
Hello I want to help - Benny & Joon 00:05
Hello I want to help
I lost - Benny & Joon 00:09
I lost
Who do what we do because we have to - Benny & Joon 00:10
Who do what we do because we have to
I'm Sam So I hear - Benny & Joon 00:29
I'm Sam So I hear
He can really cook can't he - Benny & Joon 00:36
He can really cook can't he
Oh my God - Benny & Joon 00:37
Oh my God
Oh my God - Benny & Joon 00:04
Oh my God
You can't throw him out I won him - Benny & Joon 00:05
You can't throw him out I won him
Some cultures - Benny & Joon 00:08
Some cultures
Where's Sam - Benny & Joon 00:36
Where's Sam
I didn't mean to kick him out I mean I didn't kick him out he just left - Benny & Joon 00:36
I didn't mean to kick him out I mean I didn't kick him out...
She was given to fits of semiprecious metaphors - Benny & Joon 00:08
She was given to fits of semiprecious metaphors
How sick is she She's plenty sick - Benny & Joon 00:12
How sick is she She's plenty sick
Did you have to go to school for that - Benny & Joon 00:07
Did you have to go to school for that
Having a Boo Radley moment are we - Benny & Joon 00:04
Having a Boo Radley moment are we
They used to be - Benny & Joon 00:36
They used to be

Cast

Sam - Johnny Depp
Joon Pearl - Mary Stuart Masterson
Benny Pearl - Aidan Quinn
Ruthie - Julianne Moore
Eric - Oliver Platt
Dr. Garvey - CCH Pounder
Thomas - Dan Hedaya
Mike - Joe Grifasi
Randy Burch - William H. Macy
Claudia - Liane Curtis
Mrs. Smail - Eileen Ryan
UPS Man - Don Hamilton
Waldo - Waldo Larson
Orderly - Irvin Johnson
Orderly - Shane Nilsson
Admitting Nurse - Leslie Laursen
Video Customer - Faye Allen
Video Clerk - Ramsin Amirkhas
Female Customer - Lynette Walden
Young Joon - Amy Alizabeth Sanford
Young Benny - Brian Keevy
Policeman - John Grant Phillips
Local - Tony Lincoln
Patron - Noon Orsatti
Patron - Dan Kamin
Guy in the Park - Gregory Cook
Bicyclist - Aaron Haedt