Old Fashioned Page #2

Synopsis: Clay, a small town antique store owner trying to leave his shame behind, rents the apartment above his store to a wandering girl. Elizabeth travels from town to town until her gas tank is empty, never staying long enough to make a real connection. As she gets to know her reticent landlord, a courtship develops. Clay goes slow and Elizabeth tries to push, and everyone wonders why he's so determined to be difficult. The real question is whether these two people can endure an old fashioned romance in a modern world. Along the way we learn about both their pasts and meet some of the people who have influenced them, for better or worse. We see some of the challenges of modern romance and dating.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Rik Swartzwelder
Production: Freestyle Releasing
  5 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
29
Rotten Tomatoes:
19%
PG-13
Year:
2014
115 min
Website
201 Views


Let's go!

Get the lead out!

Come on!

Busy man!

Oh yeah?

Hmm?

Hmm?

Couple of pieces, I don't know.

You like anything?

Eh, you should really

tie that stuff down.

Hello there?

You've been holding out on me.

Where you been?

George.

What? All my life,

where have you been?

Down, boy.

How's the wife?

Oh, mean as a snake.

You settling in okay?

So far, so good.

Just call me

if you need anything.

And call me if you

need anything else.

I'll do that.

- Just moved in.

- Lucky you. - Not my type.

How do you know?

So help me, man.

I worry about you.

I'll take the wall mirror.

Yeah.

You would.

You can't leave me.

So, this is it.

The time has come, my brothers.

It has been a long

and oh-so tasty ride so far,

but, remember, this isn't

goodbye to you, the faithful.

No, my luscious body

might be moving to Hollywood,

but my voice... you'll know

exactly where to find me.

I am not going anywhere.

Hi.

Uh.

Um.

- You're kidding.

- Nuh-uh.

No offense, but I think

I could resist you.

So, this theory of yours,

I'm curious.

You're bored.

Don't tell me what I am.

Sorry.

Forgiven.

You're religious?

Spiritual.

I believe in God,

but it's not like I believe

in everything that's

in the Bible or anything.

What parts of it

do you believe exactly?

Your theory, spill it.

I want to know.

You don't want to know.

Make me ask you again

and I'm coming in there,

theory or no theory.

Open that door,

I raise your rent.

Okay, okay.

Calm down.

I am calm.

You just stay outside.

So you won't be alone

with a woman?

That's the plan.

Anywhere?

Within reason.

What does that mean?

Well, out in the open,

in public, that's okay.

Anyway, it's just

a small part of my theory.

Which is?

I don't believe

that dating trains us

to be good husbands and wives.

You know, life partners.

It just trains us to be

good dates, that's it.

It trains us to be

skilled in the superficial.

Who talks like that?

I do.

Dating is fun.

Seeing the smile

you bring to another's face,

holding hands for the first

time, learning new things.

Yeah, but what do we learn?

We learn to be witty,

charming, romantic.

Yes, yes, yes.

Right, but it's all icing,

no cake.

It's not enough.

Nothing magical happens

when you walk down the aisle.

I mean, like it or not, what

we do when we're single is...

it's what we'll do

when we're married.

What about sex?

What about it?

That takes practice too.

No comment.

Not having sex does not

make you a good husband.

No, but learning

to control myself might.

I mean, I don't know

if you know this,

but half of all marriages

experience infidelity.

I never want to be divorced.

Love should come first,

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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