John Q. (John Q)

Come on.

The problem is, our economy is slowing down.

You all know that as well as anybody does.

I bet you've got friends and maybe yourself understand

what it means to have credit card debt.

When you couple that...

There are some people beginning to feel pinched.

It makes sense. To take control...

John?

Honey, what's wrong?

Hey! Hey!

What are you doing? That's my car.

That's not what the bank says.

That's my car! Come on!

Yeah, try paying your bills.

Hey!

What's going on?

I'm sorry. The bank promised they'd work with me.

John, that was two months ago.

I know, but we're down to one last month's rent.

It's either the car or the house, so I thought--

you thought.

You want them to throw us out on the street?

I'm down to 20 hours at the plant.

They're shipping jobs to Mexico. What do you want me to do?

John, my car is gone.

I understand. I'm trying to find a second job, baby.

You want me to say it's fine? All right, it's fine.

The car is still ours. I got to wait for my next check.

In two weeks, we'll be fine.

Mikey!

Yeah! Ronnie Coleman.

Mr. Olympia two year running.

Yeah!

Sit down, honey. Eat some breakfast.

I am eating.

A doughnut isn't breakfast.

It's the continental breakfast.

We're not on a continent right now.

Dad, what do you call North America?

You're not going to school till you eat, so eat.

Both of you.

I can't believe those jerks took our car. Can you, mom?

No, I can't.

What are we going to do?

You're going to do something, right, dad?

You know what I'd do?

I'd get so big and mad,

I'd just go crazy and kick someone's butt.

Watch your language. I would.

You been watching too much of that ww wrestling.

Not wrestling, dad. Bodybuilding.

There's a big difference.

Get your books. You're going to be late.

Mike. Pow!

Hurry up, baby.

Can I get a ride to work?

All right, I got a good one.

Go ahead. Go ahead.

Radishes.

No, it's....

Reddish stick.

It's "radio station."

Radio station. Okay.

That's a good one. You got me. Uh...

Uh...

Hon?

Hundred dollars?

No, we talked about it this morning.

Honinine?

Continent. Continent.

Got you, right? Mom?

How about you, mom?

No. No.

Come on, baby. You just laugh.

I don't like it. I'm no good at it.

All right, something in the car.

We won't laugh at you.

Please?

All right.

We can't know what you're saying.

You got to say it so we don't know.

Dashboard.

What? What did you say?

I said...

Dashboard. Now.

Ha ha ha ha.

What?

Hello. Come get this woman, please.

What, it's no good? Ha ha ha ha.

Come on, come on.

Come on, baby. I'll thumb-wrestle you.

Ha ha ha. All right.

One, two, three.

One, two, three. She wins. Ding ding.

I am queen.

All right, I got one.

I got one for you. You're going to school.

Dad.

Get your lunch.

Hey, dad, I got $46 I saved from my allowance.

You can have it if you want.

For our family. We got to stick together, right?

That's right. But you earned that money, so keep it, okay?

All right. See you later.

All right. Bye, Mike.

Not good-bye. I hate good-bye.

Remember? "See you later."

All right, see you later.

Mike!

Flex Wheeler-- 275 pounds, 2% body fat.

Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah, baby.

John! You take my grinding wheel?

What?

You take my grinding wheel?

I do, don't I? You do?

Yeah, I have sex appeal.

No, it's not in my locker-- my grinding wheel.

Do you want mine?

Only two people know the combination to my locker.

That's my grinder and you know it.

John! John! Smoke, all right?

All right.

What's with the frigging tie?

Somebody die? You like that?

That's the tie I'm wearing to my funeral

if I don't get this job at Otisville today.

There are no jobs.

I saw it in the classifieds. They're hiring.

Forget about it.

I got to go. Yeah? How come?

Denise will kill me. They repo'd our car.

Oh, boy. Ouch.

You want me to go with you?

Fifty cents! This is a frigging waste of time.

Four hundred people for one job? One job? Give me a break.

Guaranteed somebody's son, cousin, Uncle

already got this job sewn up. Bye-bye.

Why put it in the paper if they're not hiring?

It's a frigging runaround. You mark my words.

It's either, "we'll keep your application on file"

or they'll tell you, "you're overqualified."

Either way, they screw you.

Archibald.

Yes. John.

I've been working heavy machinery for 15 years.

I really want the job.

Anything you want, I can do.

I see.

I can start today if you need.

Well, your resum is very impressive.

You've certainly got the experience.

Frankly, you may be overqualified.

We'll keep your application on file.

Dad, the game starts in 15 minutes.

We're going to be late.

psst. Psst.

Whoo! Knock it out, baby! Knock it out!

Come on! To the fence! To the fence!

Come on, Tommy!

Come on, Tommy!

Whoo! Come on.

Ball four!

All right, Tommy! Whoo! Whoo!

Let's go, Mikey!

Let's go, Mikey, let's go, baby.

Let's go, son. Okay. All right.

Knock it out! Knock it out!

Keep your head down on the ball, son.

Knock it out for your mama, baby.

Come on, Mikey. Come on, Mikey.

Come on, Mikey.

Sometime today, pitcher.

Come on, Mikey!

Strike!

Strike? What? Are you blind?

Keep your head down on the ball!

I hate this pitcher. How old is he?

Twelve. Twelve, my ass.

His beard grew an inch between pitches.

Let's go, Mikey!

Put your elbow up, son. Elbow up.

Go! Go, baby! Go!

There you go, baby!

Safe!

Tie goes to the runner.

Go! Go!

Run! Run! Run! Run!

Keep it going. Let's go!

Second base! Second base!

Second base!

Mike!

Mike. Mikey!

Michael? Michael? Mikey, baby.

Somebody call an ambulance!

Mikey. Mikey.

Michael.

Somebody call a frigging ambulance!

Get the door!