The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

Cate Blanchett: Florence Zimmerman

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Quotes 

• [while Jonathan is playing the saxophone] 

  Mrs. Zimmerman : [to Lewis]  Be a dear - fetch a knife and stab me in the ears.

• Lewis Barnavelt : This all feels weird.

  Florence Zimmerman : What's wrong with weird? Weird's like the nuts in my cookies. It's the nuts that make things interesting.

• Lewis Barnavelt : So, how long have you lived next door to Uncle Jonathan?

  Florence Zimmerman : Oh, we've been friends forever, ever since I came here. Ran here, actually. From Paris. After the War.

  Florence Zimmerman : [notices Lewis giving her a sly grin]  And NO, to answer that look you're giving me, your uncle and I aren't anything kissy-faced.

  Jonathan Barnavelt : [in another room, but he overheard that]  Gross!

• Mrs. Zimmerman : [talking to Lewis, about Isaac Izard]  All he said was he was lost in the Black Forest. Now, that is a very old place with very old magic. It's where the Brothers Grimm wrote their histories.

  Lewis Barnavelt : You mean fairy tales?

  [Zimmerman gives him a sly look with knowing smile] 

• Mrs. Zimmerman : So, you told Lewis everything?

  Jonathan Barnavelt : Well, not everything.

• [the clock strikes] 

  Jonathan Barnavelt : Three gongs... last time it was four. What happens when it gets down to one?

  Mrs. Zimmerman : Nothing good, that's for certain.

• [a host of pumpkin monstes appear] 

  Mrs. Zimmerman : God, I hate pumpkins.

  [blasts them] 

• Lewis Barnavelt : [after preparing for Issac Izzard to come]  Uncle Jonathan. This is my fault.

  Jonathan Barnavelt : Lewis, you helped us. You're the one who decoded the blueprints.

  Lewis Barnavelt : No. I mean I'm the one who brought Isaac back.

  Mrs. Zimmerman : Lewis?

  Jonathan Barnavelt : What are you talking about?

  Lewis Barnavelt : I opened the cabinet. I used your book. I-I'm so, so, so sorry.

  Jonathan Barnavelt : No, you couldn't have. You don't know enough magic to pull off a spell like that.

  Lewis Barnavelt : I just followed the directions. I bled onto the book.

  Mrs. Zimmerman : Oh, Lewis. Blood magic?

  Jonathan Barnavelt : That was my one rule.

  Lewis Barnavelt : I-I know. I'm sorry.

  Jonathan Barnavelt : And you broke it?

  Lewis Barnavelt : I didn't mean to.

  Jonathan Barnavelt : So you opened a forbidden cabinet and performed an unholy ritual on accident?

  Lewis Barnavelt : I didn't know Isaac was evil. You never told me.

  Jonathan Barnavelt : Oh, so this is my fault?

  Lewis Barnavelt : I didn't say that.

  Jonathan Barnavelt : [furious now]  Then what are you saying? What the hell were you thinking?

  Lewis Barnavelt : [sobbing now]  I just wanted Tarby to be my friend again. And I want my parents back. And I figured, if it worked here, I could go home and try it on them. I just want my mom.

  Jonathan Barnavelt : [more calmly]  I'm sorry. It was a mistake. You coming here.