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Slumberland (2022) Best Movie Quotes

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Starring: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, Chris O’Dowd, Kyle Chandler, Weruche Opia, India de Beaufort, Humberly González

OUR RATING: ★★☆☆☆

Story:

Netflix fantasy adventure directed by Francis Lawrence. Slumberland (2022) follows Nemo (Marlow Barkley), a young girl who discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric character as guide, Flip (Jason Momoa), hopes that she will be able to see her late father again.

 

Our Favorite Quotes:

'Being brave isn't about not being scared. It's about doing what you have to do, even when you are.' - Agent Green (Slumberland) Share on X

 

Best Quotes


 

Agent Green: People think dreams are an escape. A chance to slip away from waking life to a world with no consequence. But that’s not true. Your dreams don’t just happen. We make them happen. And we design them with care just for you. We have our reasons, and we have our rules. We make your dreams to help you on your journey. And where this one’s going, she’s going to need all the help she can get.


 

Peter: What is a lighthouse for?
Nemo: To keep ships safe.
Peter: No. That’s not what it’s for. But when you can answer that question, I’ll give you the key to the lighthouse, and that’s a promise.


 

Peter: [telling a story to Nemo] Now, one day old Flippy comes up to me, and he says, “Guess what I’ve heard.” He’s heard about these Pearls. Magic Pearls. You get one of these Pearls, and you can wish for whatever you want. The trouble was that these Pearls can only be found in the most dangerous waters known to mankind. The Sea of Nightmares.


 

Nemo: Wait. You can’t stop now.
Peter: What? You mean during the scary part?
Nemo: It wasn’t scary. It was a potentially interesting start to a story.


 

Nemo: Carla, where’s my dad?
Carla: Nemo, he’s gone, honey. He’s gone.


 

Carla: Your dad left instructions. If anything ever happened to him, he wanted you to go and stay with your uncle in the city.
Nemo: But I have to take care of the lighthouse.
Carla: Nemo, you can’t live alone.
Nemo: But I can do it. I know how. He’s taught me everything.
Carla: I’m sorry, honey.


 

Pastor: “For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place. The flood may bear me far. I hope to see my Pilot face to face when I have crost the bar.”


 

Philip: [to Nemo, referring to the lock] That’s not a toy. This is an antique. Came from a prison cell in Alcatraz. In case I need to lock you in your room. I’m not going to lock you in your room. That was humor.

 

'Schools are basically prisons. They keep kids locked up physically and mentally, prepare them for jobs that are also basically prisons, until they retire and go to a nursing home. Their final prison.' - Nemo (Slumberland) Share on X

 

Nemo: Who are you?
Flip: Nobody? I’m just one of those weird things that happens in dreams. Ignore me. I’m leaving now.


 

Nemo: What are you doing here? And where’s my dad?
Flip: Nobody told you?
Nemo: I know what happened.
Flip: Well, your dad and I were partners a long time ago, before he went straight and had a kid. Big mistake, in my opinion.


 

Flip: Mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Named Flip.
Nemo: You’re Flip? I thought you were something my dad made up. And you’re different than I imagined.
Flip: Handsomer? More “gorgeouser”, if you will?
Nemo: Hairier. And smellier.


 

Nemo: I mean, I know you’re not real, but I always pictured like a normal human being.
Flip: Okay, you just said like four insulting things on top of each other. Rude.


 

Nemo: Hey, you can’t just bust in here like some kind of thief.
Flip: You say thief like it’s a bad thing. A thief just takes things that don’t belong to them.
Nemo: You can’t take things from other people’s dreams.
Flip: Sure you can. You just got to know how to get in and get out.

 

'The real world is bigger than you thought.' - Flip (Slumberland) Share on X

 

Flip: I’m in your dream.
Nemo: You’re just a figment of my imagination.
Flip: You wish you could dream up something this good. Look at that. I look good.


 

Flip: I’m going on a little treasure hunt, and this treasure is magic. Lets you wish for whatever you want here in Slumberland.
Nemo: I could see my dad again.
Flip: Oh, yeah. You can see your dad again. Right here, every night.


 

Philip: This place should be amazing. It costs a fortune.
Nemo: My dad said schools are basically prisons. They keep kids locked up physically and mentally, prepare them for jobs that are also basically prisons, until they retire and go to a nursing home. Their final prison.
Philip: School is not a prison.
Nemo: Can I leave whenever I want to?
Philip: It’s a little like a prison.


 

Ms. Arya: Do you know what the most resilient thing on earth is? It’s not titanium.
Philip: Is it tungsten? It has a higher tensile strength…
Ms. Arya: The human spirit.
Philip: Oh, you mean metaphorically.
Ms. Arya: [to Nemo] What you’re going through, it’s hard. But you know what? You are stronger than you know.

 

'Life is what happens when you're awake.' - Philip (Slumberland) Share on X

 

Jamal: [referring to his friends] Those are my Undeadheads. We dress up as zombies and watch zombie movies. It’s cooler than it sounds, I think.


 

Philip: [after he shows Nemo how to pick a lock] Houdini who? Houdini me. That’s Houdini who. That’s a little mantra. You don’t have to say that. Want to have a go?
Nemo: I’m a little doorknobbed out.


 

Nemo: I found the map.
Flip: I knew I liked you.
Nemo: You tried to kill me.
Flip: I was trying to wake you up. Everybody knows you can’t die in your dreams.


 

Nemo: [referring to the map] You told me about this in my dream, and then I find it in the Waking World. How is that possible?
Flip: Maybe the real world’s bigger than you thought.


 

Nemo: Hey! It’s my map. You can’t just take it.
Flip: Yeah, well, I hate to break it to you, kid. Taking people’s stuff’s kind of my thing.

 

'We don't give you what you want. We give you what you need.' - Agent Green (Slumberland) Share on X

 

Nemo: You said you can’t die in a dream.
Flip: I said you can’t die in your dream. You die in your dream, you wake up. You die in someone else’s dream, you don’t wake up. Ever.
Nemo: I don’t care. I’m coming.


 

Flip: [referring to the book] What is this? Extraordinary Knobs.
Nemo: It’s my Uncle Philip’s. He’s a doorknob salesman. He has no friends, no life, and he makes me go to school.
Flip: What a monster.


 

Flip: What the heck is that?
Nemo: He’s a pig, and his name is Pig.
Flip: Super creative. Fine. Bring him. I love bacon.


 

Nemo: I could see my dad again?
Flip: If you don’t die. Which you probably will. Oh, my God. Your dad would kill me if he knew I was doing this.

 

'No dream lasts forever. Sooner or later, they all fade.' - Agent Green (Slumberland) Share on X

 

Flip: Alright. We go through this door, everything changes. You slip up, you’re dead. You’ll never see the Waking World again.
Nemo: Okay. What are we waiting for?
Flip: That’s the spirit.


 

Flip: [to Nemo] Alright. Welcome to my world, kid. Brand-new dream, still under construction.


 

Flip: [to Nemo] Elegante. Spanish for “I look good”. I’m a flipping outlaw, so I don’t play by the rules. But here’s the rules. Rule number one, keep a low profile. You don’t want to get caught messing around in other people’s dreams. Trust me. If the dream pigs catch you, they will…
Flip: [as Pig oinks behind them] Oh. My bad, buddy.

 

'Things get darkest right before the dawn. The world's stupid that way.' - Philip (Slumberland) Share on X

 

Flip: If the dream cops catch you, they will lock you up and throw away the key. Doomed to rot in a dingy Bureau prison cell for all of eternity, till you cease to exist entirely. So, blend in.
Nemo: Yeah. Because you totally blend in.


 

Flip: [to Nemo] Rule number two, stay focused. We’re not here to have fun, okay? We get in, we find the next door, then we get out. Onto the next dream. Our one and only mission is finding those Pearls.

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Flip: Rule number three. We’re not friends. We’re not partners. I’m the boss. El Jefe, okay? We do as I say. You got it?
Nemo: So, rule number three is just a bunch of aggressive statements?
Flip: Nobody likes a smart aleck, kid.


 

Flip: [in Spanish] The girl represents long-lost childhood. I’m a troubling mix of a father figure and raw masculine power.
Manager: [in Spanish] And what is this?
Flip: Brother, sometimes a pig is just a pig. Silly puerco.


 

Flip: Who wants the Waking World when you got all this, huh?


 

Flip: There’s our dreamer. Classic repression dream.
Nemo: What’s that?
Flip: Well, you never heard of Freud? Repression. All those feelings get bottled up, and they go busting out in Slumberland. I guarantee she’s nothing like that in the Waking World. Believe me.


 

Graciela: [in Spanish] What is that scent?
Flip: It’s au naturel. By Flip.
Graciela: [in Spanish] Such raw, masculine power.
Flip: Gracias.
Graciela: [in Spanish] But at the same time, a deep sadness. Like a lost little boy, far from home.


 

Nemo: You said we weren’t here to have fun.
Flip: I said you’re not here to have fun. If I’m not having fun, I’m doing my job wrong. Know what I’m saying?


 

Flip: What the Flip?


 

Flip: You brought the nightmare. Nightmares smell fear. It’s tracking you, and nightmares won’t stop until they get you. Do you ruin every party you go to?
Nemo: I’ve never even been to a party.


 

Jamal: [to Nemo] You can try some of my mushrooms. I just brush them off first. It’s manure. It’s not my poop, so it isn’t weird or anything.


 

Philip: [to Nemo] I figured maybe this Saturday we could go sailing. I mean, you could go sailing. I’m strictly a dry-land guy due to my sensitive bowels.


 

Philip: Nemo, I know this is hard. And different and scary. But I think it would be a mistake if you shut yourself off from the world, like your dad did.


 

Nemo: My dad wasn’t shut off.
Philip: Nemo, he moved to an island.
Nemo: Do you ever go anywhere, or do anything? Do you have any actual friends? Doorknobs don’t count.


 

Philip: I know you want to sleep all the time because you’re sad. I know that feeling. But life is what happens when you’re awake.
Nemo: Not mine!


 

Flip: Nightmares smell fear. And you, you’re scared.
Nemo: I’m not scared.
Flip: I mean it. Just take your feelings, crumple them up in a little ball, and shove them down deep. Because I’m not doing this for you. I’m doing it for your dad.
Nemo: Same.
Flip: Yeah. Yeah, double same.


 

Nemo: So, who are you in the Waking World? Or what are you?
Flip: Don’t remember, don’t care. Haven’t woken up for a long time.
Nemo: Well, I mean, you kind of have to wake up. Everybody wakes up.
Flip: Not me.


 

Nemo: All I want is my dad. If I could see him, I don’t really care what happens in the Waking World.


 

Nemo: Who dreams of driving a garbage truck?
Flip: Don’t judge! At least it’s original. It’s not like, “Oh, my God. I didn’t study for the test. Where’s my pants?” Or, “Hey, I’m riding a giant goose, eh?”
Nemo: I’ve never heard of the giant goose one before.
Flip: Most popular dream in Canada, kid. Look it up.


 

Flip: [to Nemo] I’m proud of you. We’re going to make an outlaw out of you yet.


 

Flip: You got nothing.
Agent Green: You brought a squid to a salsa party. Do you think that’s funny?
Flip: Put it that way, it’s kind of funny. Right?


 

Agent Green: It’s going to make me feel really good to lock you up.
Flip: You make that sound kind of fun. That was inappropriate. I’m sorry.


 

Agent Green: You’re just a pathetic little man-boy.
Flip: Thank you.


 

Agent Green: “Slumberland, just one nonstop party! I’m never going to leave!” And then one day, you realize, you’re all alone. You’ve got no friends, no family. No one gives a damn about you, all because you didn’t want to wake up.
Flip: What do you think I’m trying to do?
Agent Green: Well, now you’ll just be a vague memory.


 

Nemo: I thought you didn’t want to wake up.
Flip: I can’t. When you stay in Slumberland too long, you forget everything. I just thought if I got that Pearl, I could remember who I am. I just want to wake up. She’s right. Nobody gives a damn about me.
Nemo: I do.


 

Nemo: I want to see my dad.
Agent Green: Yeah, we don’t give you what you want. We give you what you need.


 

Agent Green: Everything in Slumberland happens for a reason. You’re messing with a finely tuned machine here, love.
Nemo: Then give me a dream with my dad. And I’ll never leave.
Agent Green: Yeah. No dream lasts forever. Alright? Sooner or later, they all fade.


 

Agent Green: You’ll have other dreams. You’ll move on.
Nemo: I don’t want to move on.
Agent Green: If you don’t move on, the nightmares will find you, and they will destroy you.
Nemo: Then how do I make them go away?
Agent Green: By being brave. And when you’re brave enough, then they can’t hurt you.


 

Nemo: I’m not afraid of anything.
Agent Green: Being brave isn’t about not being scared. It’s about doing what you have to do, even when you are. And I know you’re not afraid of car chases, or jumping off cliffs. I’m talking about what you’re really scared of. Being alone.


 

Agent Green: Someday, you’re going to find something new. Something so important that you’re going to stop trying to hold onto what’s already gone. And when that happens, that big scary squid that’s been chasing you around? It’ll vanish into thin air. No more nightmares. Until puberty. Yeah, that whole thing’s a fricking nightmare.


 

Agent Green: Nemo, you have the dream you’re meant to have. We make sure of that. Time to wake up.


 

Philip: You know, things get darkest right before the dawn. The world’s stupid that way.


 

Nemo: [referring to her father] I’m never going to see him again.


 

Nemo: [watching the old video footage] That’s my dad?
Philip: I worshipped him back then. Your dad and I, all we really had was each other. He told me stories too, every night. Wild adventures we were going to go on. Long-lost treasure we were going to find. We lived in a fantasy world. Probably because it was better than the real world.


 

Nemo: You’re dressed like Flip. I don’t understand.
Philip: Flip was my outlaw name. I was pretty shy. When I was with other kids, I barely spoke. But when I was with your dad in our dreams, I could be whoever I wanted to be. And for me, that was Flip.


 

Nemo: [to Philip] My dad didn’t move on. He told stories about you every night.


 

Flip: You came back for me.
Nemo: You always got to come for your partner, even if he’s a pain in the…
Flip: Applesauce!


 

Flip: I want to swipe your gooser here, eh?
Canadian Guy: Yeah. Sure, bud. Scooch my goose.


 

Nemo: Race you! Last one there is a rotten dream!


 

Nemo: I know who you are. I found out in the Waking World.
Flip: Why the hell didn’t you tell me? Wait. Do I still have my hair?
Nemo: Yeah. Just not as much.
Flip: Let me guess. I’m a famous outlaw, yeah? Men fear me? Ladies love me?
Nemo: You’re a doorknob salesman.


 

Flip: This is a buzzkill. I’m going to get us both killed for that guy?
Nemo: We’re so close. And he needs you.
Flip: Well, I don’t need him, alright? I got everything that I want right here. Wine, women, waffles. The three dubs. Not necessarily in that order. I’m not a knob seller. I’m a flipping outlaw!


 

Flip: [to Nemo] I never should a brought you. Just go back to where you belong. Otherwise, you’re going to end up like me.


 

Ms. Arya: Would you like to tell Nemo how you’re feeling?
Philip: I don’t know what you want me to say. I don’t do feelings.
Ms. Arya: Everyone does feelings, whether you like it or not. You two are in the same boat. You just don’t realize it.


 

Philip: I have done nothing but take care of you. I cook. I entertain. I try. And what do I get in return? You just lie to my face. I think we’re bonding, and I let you borrow my precious lock picks so…
Nemo: Nobody cares about door stuff. Okay? Why do you think you have no friends? Why do you think you live alone?


 

Nemo: You’re not my dad!
Philip: Hey, I’m not trying to be! I live alone because I like it that way! I didn’t ask for any of this to happen. I didn’t ask you to come live here!
Philip: [as Nemo goes into her room] But I’m glad you did.


 

Flip: Nemo, go! Get to the lighthouse! Say hi to your dad for me.


 

Agent Green: I see you’ve found yourself a Pearl. Guess it’s not a myth after all.
Nemo: I didn’t get my dad back.
Agent Green: You had to give up your dream. I guess you found something more important.


 

Agent Green: [to Nemo] Told you. You have the dream you’re meant to have. We make sure of that. What you do next? Well, that’s up to you.


 

Peter: Did you ever figure it out? What the lighthouse is for?
Nemo: It’s not to keep ships safe.
Peter: No. If we wanted to do that, we’d never let them leave harbor, would we?
Nemo: To guide you on your journey.
Peter: That’s right. So you can see things that the lighthouse keeper can only dream of. I didn’t teach you all those things so you could live on an island. I did it so that you could know, you can do anything.


 

Nemo: I didn’t think I could go on without you.
Peter: You traveled to the Sea of Nightmares and came back home safe again. After that, I don’t think the Waking World’s going to be too difficult. But that’s up to you. Life is waiting for you, Nemo. It would be a shame to miss that.


 

Nemo: I have to go back.
Peter: That’s my girl. And you never forget, how very proud I am of you. And keep an eye on that brother of mine. He seems normal, but he’s not. Deep down, he’s a wild man.
Nemo: Bye, Dad.


 

Philip: [after Nemo’s been revived] You’re okay. I got you. And I’m not going to let go of you ever, okay?
Nemo: Flip?
Philip: Yeah. It’s Flip. And Philip. Philip and Flip. Flilip?


 

Philip: So, what’s the plan tonight?
Nemo: I don’t know. I think I might just wander and see what happens.
Philip: Sounds good. Night-night, kiddo. I love you.
Nemo: I love you too.
Philip: I’ll try to be on time. Sweet dreams.


 

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