A Perfect World (1993)

Belinda Flowers: Ruth Perry

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  [Butch lies in a grassy meadow, next to a Casper the Friendly Ghost mask; he opens his eyes as money begins to flutter over him, and looks up at the overhead sun, which is then blocked out by a helicopter, and Butch closes his eyes again; CUT TO: an early Halloween evening as costumed children run about the street; inside the Perry home, the three children sit around the kitchen table] 

  Naomi Perry : If I was going, I'd go as a, um...

  Ruth Perry : A princess!

  Naomi Perry : A - yes! Judy Baumer's going as a twirler.

  Ruth Perry : But she's so fat. I'd rather go as Cinderella, or Peter Pan.

  Naomi Perry : Peter Pan's a boy; Tinkerbell's a girl. Phillip could go as Peter Pan, except you gotta fly.

  Ruth Perry : Phillip could go as a bump on a log.

  Phillip Perry : Why can't we just go once?

  Ruth Perry : 'Cause we just can't, OK?

  Gladys Perry : Our personal beliefs lift us to a higher plane.