What About Bob?
What About Bob? is a 1991 film about a successful psychiatrist who loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients tracks him down during his family vacation.
- Directed by Frank Oz. Screenplay written by Tom Schulman.
Bob's a special kind of friend. The kind that drives you crazy!
Dr. Leo Marvin
[edit]- Son of a bitchin', BOB!
- [To the Guttmans, who saw him push Bob into the lake] WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?! I HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BUY THIS HOUSE!
Bob Wiley
[edit]- Hello, my name is Bob. Would you knock me out, please?
- [Telling the hostipal staff therapy jokes] So the psychiatrist has a patient. He draws a circle and says, "What do you think of when you see this?" He says "Sex." [The staff laugh.] That's not the joke yet, wait a second. He draws a picture of a tree and says "What do you think of that one when you see it?" He says "Sex." All right, then he draws a picture of a car, a house: "Sex. Sex. Sex." The doctor says, "You know you're obsessed with sex." And the patient says "Well you're the one drawing all the dirty pictures." [The staff laugh.]
Dialogue
[edit]- Bob: Have you ever hear of Tourette's syndrome? Involuntarily shouting profanity?
- Dr. Marvin: It's exceptionally rare.
- Bob: Shit-eating-son-of-a-bitch... bastard, douche-bag, twat, numb-nuts, dickhead, bitch!
- Dr. Marvin: Why exactly are you doing this?
- Bob: If I fake it then I don't have it. You know it's the same with the cardiac arrest.
- Dr. Marvin: Are you married?
- Bob: I'm divorced.
- Dr. Marvin: Would you like to talk about that?
- Bob: There are two types of people in this world: Those who like Neil Diamond, and those who don't. My ex-wife loves him.
- Bob: Baby step on the bus, baby step on the bus...
- Driver: Last bus to Lake Winapinasaukee, Bob!
- Bob: I know Minh, just give me a moment. Baby step to the stairs.
- Driver: Would you be able to board today? We have a "baby" schedule to keep.
- [Guttman's Coffee Shop. A customer attempts to use the phone]
- Bob: [to customer] Hey! NO, NO! NO! [Calmly] I'm expecting a phone call. [The customer hangs up] Thank You. Thanks a lot. [to everyone else] Thanks everybody, I really appreciate this. Also, uh if I... lose consciousness or black out or something explodes, would you tell Dr. Marvin when he calls that I was here...
- Mrs. Guttman: Dr. Leo Marvin?
- Bob: Do you know him?
- Mr. Guttman: Yeah. He bought our dream house. We worked a lifetime to save for a down payment.
- Mrs. Guttman: And he swooped down with his bag full of money, and grabbed it out from under us. Son of a bitch.
- Mr. Guttman: She never says that.
- Mrs. Guttman: Stay as far away from him as possible.
- Bob: Well, that'll be easy. He won't see me, that's why I'm waiting for the phone call.
- Mr. Guttman: He won't see you? Well, we'll show you where he lives.
- Bob: You will?
- Mrs. Guttman: The son of a bitch.
- Mr. Guttman: She never says that.
- Dr. Marvin: You've ruined my life! You've ruined my career! You've ruined my book! You've turned a peaceful house into an insane asylum! Get out!
- Anna: Daddy!
- Fay: What's gotten into you?
- Dr. Marvin: It was a disaster, Fay!
- Fay: No, it wasn't. You were wonderful, sweetie.
- Anna: You were fine, dad.
- Siggy: Yeah. Why'd you need to kick Bob out of the House?
- Dr. Marvin: You think he's gone? He's not gone! That's the whole point, He's never gone! [Opens the door]
- Bob: Is this some radical new therapy?
- Dr. Marvin: You see?!
- Siggy: [the Marvins have told Bob to leave, and they are saying farewells] Goodbye, green-puking pissant!
- Bob: Later, barf-breath douche-mouth!
- Siggy: I mean, my dad just dropped me in the water. He let me go with no warning. I mean, I nearly drowned. My whole life passed before my eyes.
- Bob: Well you're lucky you're only 12.
- Siggy: It was still grim.
- Dr. Marvin: I want some peace, and quiet.
- Bob: I'll be quiet.
- Siggy: I'll be peace.
Taglines
[edit]- Bob's a special kind of friend. The kind that drives you crazy!
Cast
[edit]- Bill Murray - Bob Wiley
- Richard Dreyfuss - Dr. Leo Marvin
- Julie Hagerty - Fay Marvin
- Charlie Korsmo - Sigmund 'Siggy' Marvin
- Kathryn Erbe - Anna Marvin
- Tom Aldredge - Mr. Guttman
- Susan Willis - Mrs. Guttman
The Marvin Family
[edit]- Leo
- Fay (wife)
- Anna (daughter)
- Siggy (son)
The Wiley Family
[edit]- Lily (Leo's sister)
- Bob (husband)
External links
[edit]
- What About Bob? quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- What About Bob? at Rotten Tomatoes