Father Jack

Some of my favorite lines and favorite scenes in this movie belong to Father Jack. When I first watched the movie and I saw him get off that bus and start weeping "Mother's not here, is she. She's dead," seeming all befuddled and confused, I thought: Oh no, I'm not going to be able to sit through this and watch the old guy suffer through the whole thing.

But then he unexpected turns out to be wise in his way -- and definitely happier than the rest of them!

I love the way he tells his sisters they should all have a love child . . . .

And then the nice little exchange where he asks the boy's father if he's going to marry the youngest sister and, after just the right length of time in which the boyfriend hesitates, Jack says something like "Good: better to leave her single than to leave her married."

And then there's the sweet line, when he comes out in the uniform some British army (?) officer gave him, and he says "There was a time when it fitted. There was a time when it was grand."

I just love Father Jack's character in this movie.

Clementine: I'm a vindictive little bitch, truth be told!