Jane wants a boyfriend

Directed by: William Sullivan

Memorable quotes: 

- Jane: "You're coming to my breakfast birthday tomorrow, right?
- Bianca: Have I ever missed it?
- Jane: Twice"

- Bianca: "Is your new friend Lucy coming? The one from your class.
- Jane: I don't like hanging out with her anymore. She has three cats and there are always hair all over her shirts."

- Bianca: "What's with all the questions Nancy Drew?"

- Jane and Bianca's father: "We are moving to Jersey.
- Bianca: I think I'm gonna puke.
- Jane and Bianca's mother: You're so dramatic Bianca.
- Jane: I'm dramatic too!
- Jane and Bianca's father: Of course you are."

- Jane: "Why can't you put lipstick on a pig?"

-  Jane: "Just be quiet please. I can't listen to you and have my eyes work at the same time!"

- Jack: "You look like you've been sucking on a lemon."

- Jack: "What do you have? Cookies? Excellent, you can leave them with me."

- Jane: "You really shouldn't do that? It's bad for you. and it's illegal to smoke indoors in the state of New York.
- Jack: I've heard that. I've also heard that cookies make your butt big.
- Jane: Well, I'd rather have a big cookies butt than be dead.
- Jack: Yeah, cause then you can eat your own big cookie butt."

- Bianca: "She is my sis and you take care of family but what they're asking it's like they are forcing me to say it.
- Cynthia: Say what?
- Bianca: There is no nice way of telling someone you love that you don't want them around."

- Bianca: "She is a lot."

- Jack: "Do I know any of these people?
- Rob: Well, if you don't this is typically where you'd meet them."

- Rob: "Tell me all about this chick who is drinking all of my good wine. It's a 100 dollar bottle."

- Cynthia: "Jane, you are looking fabulous tonight. I am loving that sexy man shirt on you.
- Bianca: Oh, easy!
- Cynthia: What? She looks beautiful. All the guys are gonna want a piece of you.
- Bianca; Cynthia, zip it.
- Jane: Why don't you zip it? Maybe I want to turn some heads. It's none of your business."

- Jane: "You don't have to be babysitting me all night so how about you butt out of it?"

- Bianca: "I noticed you brought a plus one; Kim from the bar.
- Jack: She is not Kim from the bar. She is Kimberley from Kim. She likes 'Kim'.
- Bianca: Got it.
- Jack: By the way, don't let it sour on her forever but she is currently in your bathroom vomiting.
- Bianca: 'Forever'... that's a big word for you Jack. 3 whole syllables.
- Jack: I didn't mean 'forever'."

- Jack: "You don't know what the fuck I am doing here."

- Jack: "Maybe I feel a little left out. Does that sound gay?"

- Jack: "It's like everybody win and goes to the grown up club and it just dawned on me that I forgot to."

-Jack:  "Everybody I know is multiplying."

- Jane: "I don't do that all the time, stare at people, just so you know. It's just that sometimes I don't know what to say to people so I watch them.
- Jack: I hear that."

- Jack: "You thought that was cool? I think you're pretty cool."

- Jack: "Come on, what should I call you?
- Jane: It's silly once I say it.
- Jack: What? Come on.
- Jane: Jane.
- Jack: Jack and Jane? I love it.
- Jane: See? I told you it was silly.
- Jack: Forget the Empire State building and black holes. That just blew my mind."

- Bianca: "I swear to fucking God man, you let a fart loose, I'll know about it."

- Jane: "Go away, stop hovering around me all the time."

- Jane: "Stop treating me like a baby.
- Bianca: Then why don't you start acting like a grown up?"

- Cynthia: "I wouldn't go so far as to say he is mentally handicapped, but he's got something. We only give him the easy stuff. I think he could be perfect."

- Film director: "Never apologize. You sound like an amateur brown nosing idiot. No more fuck ups! We're too close to opening for fuck ups."

- Rob: "Hey hey, Jack the Reaper. What is up?"

- Jane: "I bet he is handsome. Bankers are always handsome."

- Rob: "Did you notice there is something a bit different about her?
- Jack: Yeah. Like I said she is shy. She is awkward. In a fucking cute way.
- Rob: Does Bianca know about this?
- Jack: That we met? Yeah, she told me to stay away."

- Rob: "She has Asperger; Like Rain Man."

-  Jack: "Why did you never talk to me about this man? I didn't even know that Bianca had a sister.
- Rob: Why would I talk to you about my girlfriend's retarded sister?
- Jack: Jesus man. Don't talk about her like that.
- Rob: Come on, Jesus Christ, you sound just like Bianca. I am cutting to the chase man. I like Jane a lot. She plays chess, she reads my articles, all of them. But sometimes man, she is like a robot. And I mean that as lovingly as possible."

- Bianca: "Oh, do you want me to do your makeup or?
- Jane: No, makeup is false advertising.
- Bianca: What about a little mascara?
- Jane: Okay, maybe just a touch."

- Jane: "Were you spying on me?
- Bianca: No I wasn't spying on you. I was trying to make sure everything went well.
- Jane: What's wrong with you? I told you not to come. I told you I could handle it and you spied on me.
- Bianca: Alright I spied on you and you asked me not to and I'm sorry but Jane come on! That wasn't exactly handling it.
- Jane: I just wanted to go and everybody kept trying to put their hands on me.
- Bianca: They were trying to calm you down! Jesus, I knew this would happen.
- Jane: It's not my fault!"

- Jane: "You only set me up with Stephen because he is lonely and a little slow and he would accept anyone. That's what you thought we would have in common, isn't it?"

- Bianca: "Life isn't always like in the movies you watch.
- Jane: No, it has to be!"

- Movie director: "Screw your objectives! It's opening night. That's a fucking security blanket Tatiana. Right now, you're working too hard on trying to control everything around you."

- Jack: "There is nothing wrong with you. I like you the way you are. I really, really do.
- Jane: Really?
- Jack: I swear."

- Jack: "I wanted to understand how you might feel, how you might think. I just didn't want to do anything to mess this up."

- Jane: "Nobody else wanted it but look at it now!"

- Movie director: "Alright people, let's get fucked up!"

- Bianca: "I've been so focused on the person that you were that I wasn't seeing the person you became."


Plot: A young woman with Asperger syndrome sets her mind on finding herself a boyfriend and must prove her overprotective sister that she can do this.


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Review:

Jane wants a boyfriend is a nice and feel-good character movie focusing on Jane, a young woman who lives with Asperger's and who must prove her family that she is still a capable adult who doesn't need to be treated like a child. While the film is pleasant to watch, the acting was at times too much and a bit fake. The character of Jane is the only one who I felt was genuine and the actress did a fantastic job portraying somebody with Asperger syndrome. Most of the dialogue was a bit cliché and the rest of the cast just seemed to be overacting. Saying this, I still found the concept endearing, especially at an age where the most popular films are action movies and superficial crap. It was pleasantly refreshing to watch a movie that was different and led you to think about how life can be for an adult living with a mental disability. The movie, however, does not delve into Jane's disability and does not study the in depth aspect of her syndrome. As a viewer you are simply given the opportunity to watch a few days of Jane's life as she starts looking not only for a boyfriend, but also from her independence while proving herself a capable adult to her family. Staring Eliza Dushku and the talented Louisa Krause, I would definitely recommend Jane wants a boyfriend, even if it's only for a one time watch.