Room

Ma: Ssh. Go back to sleep. Jack: [reciting to himself] Once upon a time, before I came, you cried and cried and watched TV all day, until you were a zombie. But then I zoomed down from heaven, through skylight, into Room. Whoosh-pshew! And I was kicking you from the inside. Boom, boom! And then I shot out onto Rug with my eyes wide open, and you cutt-ed the cord and said, "Hello, Jack!"

Room (2015 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Jack: Is bad tooth hurting? Ma: Mmhmm, but you know mind over matter. Jack: If you don't mind, it doesn't matter Ma: You're right. Hey do you know what we're gonna do today? Jack: What? Ma: We're going to bake a birthday cake Jack: A birthday cake? Ma: Mmhmm Jack: Like from TV? Ma: Mmhmm, but for real Jack: No way!

Room (2015 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Ma: [about the mouse] He's on the other side of this wall. Jack: What other side? Ma: Jack, there's two sides to everything. Jack: Not on an octagon. Ma: Yeah, but... Jack: [Interrupts] An octagon has eight sides Ma: But a wall, okay, a wall's like this, see? And we're on the inside and mouse is on the outside. Jack: In outer space? Ma: No, in the world. It's much closer than outer space. Jack: I can't see the outside-side. Ma: Listen, I know that I told you something else before, but you were much younger. I didn't think that you could understand, but now you're so old, you're so smart. I know that you can get this. Where do you think that old Nick gets our food? Jack: From TV by magic!

Room (2015 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Ma: You're gonna love it. Jack: What? Ma: The world.

Room (2015 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Jack: Are we in another planet? Ma: Same one. Just a different spot.

Room (2015 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Ma: He needs to play with something real. I'm worried about him being on the phone. Nancy: He's doing fine. Ma: Well, I don't give him my phone, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't give him yours. Nancy: Okay, I won't. Ma: Great. [pause] I just want him to connect with something. Nancy: Joy. Joy, he's really doing fine. Ma: I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm supposed to be happy. Nancy: You just need to rest, okay? Ma: No, I don't. I don't need to rest! Nancy: That's... That's what the doctor... Ma: [Interrupts] That is not what the doctor said. You don't know what he said, because it was a confidential conversation, and you don't know what he said! Nancy: All right, all right, all right! You're impossible to talk to right now. Ma: Well, sorry. Nancy: No. No, you're not sorry! Ma: Yeah, I'm not sorry! You have no idea what's going on in my head. Nancy: Yeah. Well, try me! I have asked you. Ma: And then what? Then, every time you look at me, that's all that you see? Nancy: When I loo

Room (2015 film), CC BY-SA 4.0