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| Character | Rachel?Kym ?Paul?? | |
|---|---|---|
| Scene type / Who are | Brothers/Sisters, Father/Daughter, Having an argument | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 2008 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Romance, Family, Drama, Comedy | |
| Description | Rachel confronts Kym in front of their dad about Kym lying in rehab | |
| Location | 1 hour and 6 minutes into the movie | |
Summary
Kym (Anne Hathaway) is a young woman who has been in and out of rehab for about ten years. When she goes back home for her sister Rachel's wedding, old family tensions come back to surface.
We later find out that Kym, when you was 16, caused the death of his little brother Ethan in an accident that happened when she was high on drugs. This scene takes place right after Rachel finds out that Kym lied in rehab about her past by inventing a story of getting sexually abused by her uncle and having to help her sister get over her anorexia.
Rachel goes back home and tells her dad Kym lied in rehab. When Kym arrives, Rachel confronts her about her lying in rehab and causing their little brother's death..
We later find out that Kym, when you was 16, caused the death of his little brother Ethan in an accident that happened when she was high on drugs. This scene takes place right after Rachel finds out that Kym lied in rehab about her past by inventing a story of getting sexually abused by her uncle and having to help her sister get over her anorexia.
Rachel goes back home and tells her dad Kym lied in rehab. When Kym arrives, Rachel confronts her about her lying in rehab and causing their little brother's death..
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| INT. HOUSE-DAY RACHEL: "I'm sorry but I hate her." PAUL: "No, you don't hate her." RACHEL: "Dad, don't tell me what I don't hate. I hate, hate, hate the lies. I mean she lied in rehab." PAUL: "What do you mean she lied?" RACHEL: "I mean she lied to the people who were working with her, who were trying to help her. Dad, she lies to everybody." PAUL: "Where is she now?" RACHEL: "Where am I, dad?" Kym barges in. KYM: "Rachel!" PAUL: "We're in here, Kym." KYM: "Thanks for abandoning me. I had to take a taxi." RACHEL: "I mean, are you kidding me?" KYM: "Why would anything I said or didn't say at the hospital....(pause) Jesus Christ are they gonna play all week-end?" PAUL: "Knock it off boys!!" KYM: "Why would it hurt you? It wasn't about you." RACHEL: "Why not?" PAUL: "Rachel." RACHEL: "Stop dad! Why not? Why wasn't it about me? I mean, I was hopeful. I was on your side. Still am. Do you have any idea what that means? Do you have any idea how lonely it was here with everybody gone...." ...CONTINUED.... |
