The Bachelor Page #3

Synopsis: Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Gary Sinyor
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
9%
PG-13
Year:
1999
101 min
Website
839 Views


exquisite expression...

of the human spirit.

A good proposal

comes not only from love...

but from the desire

to be a husband.

Without that desire...

better wait till you're ready.

I wish I could, Sid...

but...

the thing is...

Anne and l

have officially reached...

that place.

You mean...

Sh*t or get off the pot.

You sure?

What are the factors?

Anne caught a bridal bouquet

last month.

Serious,

but hardly critical.

Tonight's the third anniversary

of our first date.

I got dinner reservations

at 8:
00.

Even so...

At the Starlight Room.

oh.

I don't even know how to propose.

Do I kneel?

What do I say?

Wait for the Dom Prignon to arrive

and the thing will take care of itself.

What Dom Prignon?

After the meal, when the waiter brings

the champagne, just mumble something.

It'll all be over with

just like that.

Just the rest of your life

to worry about!

Good knowing you!

Thanks, brother.

Your Dom Prignon, sir.

The first time

Ever I saw

Your face

I thought the earth

Moved in my hand

Well, I have...

kind of a special toast.

It's been three years

since our first date.

Time has really gone by fast.

Yep.

over the past few weeks

I've been doing some thinking.

Mainly thinking about...

the human condition.

A lot of life comes down to

making sacrifices...

and deciding which direction

is my life gonna go.

Your mouth

Could you please leave?

Thank you very much.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

A lot of life comes down to deciding,

what am I willing to sacrifice?

Because, obviously...

if you choose one path in life,

you can't choose the other.

That's kind of where

I found myself lately...

ever since we...

you and l, in our relationship...

have reached...

that place.

"That place".

The upshot is...

you win.

"You win"?

Was that a proposal?

Well, "you win" was just

the last part of it.

The whole thing was a proposal.

The "you win" had context.

Aren't you even gonna look at it?

First, can we retrace the mental steps

that led to "you win"?

Like when you say that you and l

have reached "that place". What place?

You know what I mean.

Sh*t or get off the pot?

Did you really just say

"sh*t or get off the pot"...

right here in the Starlight Room?

What is the big deal?

Why couldn't you have just said

"Fish or cut bait"?

We always say "sh*t or get off the pot".

Everybody does.

Not in the Starlight Room.

What is it

with the Starlight Room?

Magic, Jimmie!

Romance?

You know, the whole reason

you come up here to propose?

See the city lights, have a wonderful

meal, listen to beautiful music.

It casts this romantic spell.

But when you say

"sh*t or get off the pot"...

all that magic

just suddenly disappears...

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