My favorite movie by far is Benny and Joon. This movie is about a woman (Joon)
who lives with her older brother. She is mentally ill and her brother is the
only one there to take care of her. The story starts and shows she has to
have everything the same or she panicks because she is very easily overwhelmed.
When playing a game of poker with his buddies, Joon's brother, Benny, loses and
has to take care of his friend's "weird nephew," Benny feels bad for him and
ends up taking him in. At first Joon is cautious of Sam (the nephew) but then
they begin to fall in love. Benny really hates this at first and even though
the movie doesn't say it you can tell that he is deeply hurt he couldn't help
Joon with her problems as much as Sam could.
Like in every good movie there are
trials- Sam wants to be with Joon so he convinces her to run away with him. Bad
idea. She doesn't take her medicine and has a major meltdown and Sam has to call
Benny for help. She moves herself into a mental hospital and refuses to see
anyone.
Eventually love prevails and everything works out, Benny allows them to
date, and they move in together and she continues to be healthier and happier.
The end.
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