Carnage (2011 film)

Carnage is a 2011 black comedy film about two pairs of parents who hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
 * Directed by Roman Polanski. Written by Yasmina Reza and Roman Polanski, based on Le Dieu du carnage by Yasmina Reza.

A new comedy of no manners.

Alan Cowan

 * Morally, you're supposed to overcome your impulses, but there are times you don't want to overcome them.


 * [to Penelope] I saw your friend Jane Fonda on TV the other day. It made me want to go out and buy a Ku Klux Klan poster.


 * Keep on stroking your own ego. It's beautiful.


 * Penelope, I believe in the god of carnage. The god whose rule has been unchallenged since time immemorial.

Nancy Cowan

 * I've got a John Wayne idea of manhood, too. What is it he had? A Colt .45. Something that empties a room. Any man that doesn't have those loner vibes just doesn't come off as having any substance.

Dialogue

 * Michael Longstreet: I was wondering &mdash; and I know this is isn't important &mdash; but do you know what they were arguing about? Ethan won't say a word.
 * Nancy Cowan: Ethan wouldn't let Zachary be a part of his gang.
 * Penelope Longstreet: [horrified] Ethan has a gang?
 * Alec Cowan: And he called him a snitch.
 * Penelope Longstreet: [to Michael] Did you know Ethan had a gang?
 * Michael Longstreet: No, but I'm thrilled to hear it!


 * Nancy Cowan: [reaching for the scotch bottle] Let's get out of here, Alan. These people are monsters.
 * Alan Cowan: Stop it, Nancy.
 * Nancy Cowan: No, no, no. I want to drink some more. I- I wanna get drunk off my ass! This- this bitch throws my bag against the ceiling, nobody lifts a finger. I wanna be blind drunk.
 * Alan Cowan: You're drunk enough.
 * Nancy Cowan: How can you let her call our son a criminal? We come over here to work things out with them and they, they insult us, they browbeat us, they lecture us about being good citizens of the world! I am glad our son kicked the shit out of your son and I wipe my ass with your human rights!
 * Michael Longstreet: Wow! Get a couple of drinks in her and BAM!, her true self comes out.


 * Michael Longstreet: Penelope, what happened to your sense of humor?
 * Penelope Longstreet: I don't have a sense of humor, and I don't want one!


 * Nancy Cowan: At least our kid isn't a little wimpy-ass faggot!
 * Penelope Longstreet: Yours is a FUCKING SNITCH!


 * Alan Cowan: Nancy, it's absurd to drink in your condition.
 * Nancy Cowan: What condition?

Cast

 * Jodie Foster as Penelope Longstreet
 * John C. Reilly as Michael Longstreet
 * Kate Winslet as Nancy Cowan
 * Christoph Waltz as Alan Cowan
 * Elvis Polanski as Zachary Cowan
 * Eliot Berger as Ethan Longstreet
 * Roman Polanski as a neighbor (uncredited cameo)