Dirty Laundry
2006 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 547 VOTES · DIR. Maurice Jamal
Overview
After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spirited, insulting, and inflexible, has sent a ten-year-old boy who says he's Sheldon's son up to see Sheldon. Sheldon comes home to straighten things out. Old arguments flare up - between mother and son and between brothers. Sheldon wants no part of fatherhood or family. Then, someone else from New York shows up at Evelyn's door, bringing a new set of challenges. Will this family ever stop airing its dirty laundry? And what of Sheldon: where is his pride? Can he, in the words of James Baldwin, go where his blood beats and live the life he has?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,829 lines
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00:00:02 [Helicopter Whirring]
00:06:41 - So? - So?
00:11:30 All right. Let's get to steppin'.
00:15:41 Boy, you're gonna need a transplant if you don't get up there and talk to that boy.
00:20:53 You need to go to the library and crack a book.
00:25:22 Mmm, about two years ago.
00:29:47 - He's fine. - Mm-hmm.
00:34:27 Oh, baby.
00:38:18 Okay. Okay, okay, okay. Mm-hmm.
00:43:17 - Prodigal son. - [Man] Yes, sir!
00:47:18 "Sheldon, don't get any girls pregnant...
00:51:42 'Cause I just work at a butcher shop.
00:55:41 - Oh. - [Chuckles]
00:59:43 Oh, my Uncle Rico, he had this whole secret life.
01:04:33 - What you mean, meddlin'? - That's right!
01:09:48 They're always talkin' about pork is bad for you. Pork gets your pressure up.
01:14:30 Well, this is a great thinking spot.
01:18:51 ¢Ü¢Ü [Humming Continues]
01:23:30 ¢Ü Well, but in my darkest hour you stayed with me, Lord ¢Ü
01:27:27 Look, I've made the decision. I've already bought the tickets.
01:32:24 - I'm just gonna help with the crust then. - You know Oprah don't lie.
01:36:25 Well, I would just hate to see you do what your daddy did.
01:40:36 a tangerine at Christmas.
01:47:24 Don't you just love happy endings?