Movie Info
Starring: James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Griffin Gluck, Keegan-Michael Key, Zack Pearlman, Steve Aoki, Casey Wilson, Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine
Story: Romantic comedy written and directed and by John Hamburg. Why Him? (2016) centers on Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective, but loving dad, who over the holidays visits his daughter, Stephanie (Zoey Deutch) at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare, her well-meaning, but socially awkward, Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco).
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Top Why Him? Quotes
Laird Mayhew: [over FaceTime] It’s been like three f***ing days. My balls are so blue right now, like dark blue, Uh-oh. Like almost black. No, I’m f***ing serious. Here, check it out.
Barb Fleming: [referring to Laird] This is his house?
Scotty Fleming: Are you sure this isn’t an Apple store or something?
Laird Mayhew: I think it’s going great, right? I think they’ve already accepted me.
Stephanie Fleming: I’m getting a little bit of a different vibe.
Laird Mayhew: I was transformed. Stephy opened up like a flower. You should have seen it.
Barb Fleming: I shouldn’t have seen it, but now I feel like I have.
Ned Fleming: What is a double d***ing, for crying out loud?
Laird Mayhew: My instinct is to hug you right now.
Laird Mayhew: Dude, goose, I don’t know how to talk to the guy. It’s like we speak two different languages or something.
Gustav: You do.
Laird Mayhew: Yeah.
Gustav: He speaks English, and you speak English with resounding amounts of “f***.”
Ned Fleming: [to Stephanie] He’s an octopus. That kid is wrapping his tentacles around every member of this family. He’s manipulating you.
Ned Fleming: There’s bukkake floating all around me.
Barb Fleming: What? What’s bukkake?
Ned Fleming: Oh, Laird told me. It means when you’re overwhelmed and you got too much going on.
Barb Fleming: Oh, my gosh. Can’t figure things out. Then, I’m drowning in bukkake at this point.
Ned Fleming: [referring to Laird] You are so smart and you’re beautiful. You could be dating anyone. Why? I don’t get it.
Stephanie Fleming: You want the truth?
Ned Fleming: Yes.
Stephanie Fleming: He kind of reminds me of you.
Stephanie Fleming: You’re both the most honest and authentic men that I know. It comes out in totally different ways. Laird has literally no filter.
Laird Mayhew: I bought your father’s company. Sort of. Ned, I purchased all your debt as a Christmas present.
Stephanie Fleming: [to Ned and Laird] You idiots think you can pass me back and forth like I’m your property or something? I’m done. This is the worst Christmas ever.
Ned Fleming: Stephanie doesn’t care about all the bells and whistles. You know her. She cares about you. She loves you. So you get down on one knee and you speak to her from your heart. That’s what you’re best at.
Stephanie Fleming: [to Laird] I’m so flattered that you want to marry me, but I’m not ready for that. And I’m going to finish school. For me. Because that’s what I want to do. Got it?
Laird Mayhew: It’s just, I had this big plan, and it didn’t work out.
Ned Fleming: Yeah. Well, that’s life, pal.