Movie Review Quote Bank
I have been doing some English Summer Homework, and then I realised that it may be interesting to reflect on all the films I have reviewed on this page, and remember what dialogues I have found the most impactful - so that's what I'm doing right now.
'I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. And it that's sinful, then let me be damned for it!'
- A Streetcar Named Desire
'It's not the cancer that kills them. It's the fear.'
- The Farewell
'A reverend once told me, 'When things that are too dangerous to say, sing.'
- Elvis
Anita: ‘And no one will ever forgive him.’
Maria: ‘Will you?’
Anita: ‘You can’t ever ask me that.’
- West Side Story
‘When children have been away from home for too long, they forget who they are.’
Crazy Rich Asians
‘Shahabuddin! Ao dekho, apne beabrui ka yeh tamasha dekho!’
[Shahabuddin! Come look, look at what mania your disgrace is going through!]
Pakeezah
‘Please don’t avoid me. It kills me. I can’t stand thinking you hate me. Your silence is killing me. I’d sooner die than know you hate me.’
Call Me By Your Name
‘Janam, dekhlo! Mit gayi dooriyan, mein yahaan hoon, yahaan hoon, yahaan hoon, yahaan.’
[My darling, look! The distance is gone, I’m here, I’m here, I’m here, here.]
Veer Zaara
‘Of all the places I could be, I just want to be here with you.’
Everything Everywhere All At Once
‘Maya yeh sab kuch hai, aur sirf Maya hai.’
[Maya is all of these things, but yet still Maya.]
Dil Toh Pagal Hai
‘One day the sun will come out, you may not even notice it, it'll be that faint, and you’ll find yourself thinking about something or someone that has no connection to the past, something that is just yours - and you’ll realise that is where your life is.’
Brooklyn
‘I'm against violence. In my opinion, there's too much shooting in the world, and not enough love.’
Love in the Afternoon
‘Listen, Rose. You’re gonna get out of here, you’re gonna go on and you’re gonna make lots of babies, and you’re gonna watch them grow. You’re gonna die an old… an old lady warm in her bed, not here, not this night. Not like this, do you understand me?’
Titanic
‘If you're in trouble, run and hide deep in the creek where the crawdads sing like Ma always said.’
Where the Crawdads Sing
‘Jaa Simran jaa, jaa jeeay apni zindagi!’
[Go Simran go, go live your life!]
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
‘Pyaar jab hath say guzar jaata hai, toh pooja ban jata hai. Aur pooja bahek jaaye toh junoon.’
[When love leaves your hands, it becomes devotion. And when devotion goes astray, it becomes obsession.]
Darr
‘Yaadein mithai kay dabbay ki tarah hoti hai - aik baar khula toh sirf aik tukra nahin khaa paogay.’
[Memories are like a box of sweets - when you open it once, you cannot just have one piece.]
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
‘Mujhe tumse pyaar ho jaega, phir se. Aur tumhe nahi hoga, phir se.’
[I will fall in love with you, again. And you won’t feel the same, again.]
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
‘I’m letting life hit me until it gets tired.’
La La Land
‘We must not expect happiness. It is not something we deserve. When life goes well, it is a sudden gift; it cannot last forever.’
Memoirs of a Geisha
‘Good morning, my American friend. It will be trouble if you go this way. A good Turk always walks to the right! Left is communist! Right is good. You see, you must go the other way. The other way is good!’
Midnight Express
‘He’s left you now too, so go home and cry!’
‘Tell him Mimi’s looking for him.’
In the Mood for Love
‘The road wasn’t that long, but at that moment, I felt warmth.’
Fallen Angels
‘I left her behind with you.’
Past Lives
