Word: moms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meet him, he is dropping $44,000 in what used to be known as a "gambling hell." The rest of the film is devoted to his efforts to settle this debt before the Mob settles his hash. That should be an easy matter-Mom, after all, has 44 grand which our boy obtains through brief cajolery. But paying off the bad guys is just too simple for a self-made Dostoyevskian man. He must risk the bundle in Las Vegas (where he doubles it), then lose it all on some unwise basketball bets. He finally settles the matter by getting...
...MOM: How come you 're not wearing...
...MOM: That's all the more reason...
...more loving and free of neurosis than we dare hope to be. Pop, who is nearly always out of work and thus has a lot of time on his hands, is always willing to explain anything from the sex life of the squirrel to the nature of the universe. Mom spends most of her time shelling peas and chatting it up across every imaginable communications gap. The stranger at their door, though generally troubled, is rarely dangerous; his problems are readily soluble through immersion in the pot of tolerance, good will and homely wisdom always asimmering on the back burner...
Though he has hopes for a Rhodes scholarship and business school, McInally candidly admits to being most excited by the prospect of playing pro ball--despite his mother's adamant opposition to the profession. "My mom has always been my biggest supporter," he said, "but she was always after my ass for grades...