The Dilemma Page #2

Synopsis: A man finds out that what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do is this story of how far you can bend a brotherly bond before it snaps. Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny (Vaughn) and happily married Nick (James) have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. Ronny's girlfriend, Beth (Connelly), and Nick's wife, Geneva (Ryder), are by their sides. But Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves into mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, with the clock ticking and pressure mounting on the biggest presentation of their careers, Ronny must decide what will happen if he reveals the truth to his best friend.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Ron Howard
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
PG-13
Year:
2011
111 min
$48,430,355
Website
1,216 Views


Nick, my man,

we got the meeting.

I'm not gonna lie. Sometimes, I love your boyfriend.

You, I will hug. This is free. I'll hug you right back!

This is no charge! Come in here! My man!

Don't ever let me go.

(BLUES MUSIC PLAYING)

They've had a couple of lessons. Yeah!

Okay, let's dance.

Less is more. I'm dancing on the inside.

Are you dancing right now? Yes.

Oh, okay.

Honey, listen, you can never trust a man who dances.

Look at the great men throughout history,

none of them were dancers.

Abraham Lincoln? Not a big dancer.

Winston Churchill, he never tore up the dance floor.

Martin Luther King, he might've had

a dream, but he never danced to it.

Okay, come on. I'm serious.

Come on, tiny dancer, let's go.

You plant it here right now.

Look, you think they're great, and they're dancing.

RONNY:
I think they're better than

great. I think they're the best.

When it comes to being a couple, they're my heroes.

Hey! Come on, why you sitting? Get up, let's do this!

Oh, Nick, you know, Ronny here,

he just called you his hero couple,

and yet he still refuses to dance with me.

Will you stop? Do not give him ammo.

(STUTTERS)

Ronny just told Beth I'm his hero. I'm your hero!

You're the worst.

Oh, come on. Every kid wants to dance with his hero!

Bring it up here!

Let's do it.

Yo!

Blue! Set! Hut! Hut!

Go long, baby! Go long!

Yes!

Whoo-hoo!

My man.

That just happened. Oh, yeah.

I don't think I'll ever forget that!

Oh, great. Is that burned in the hard drive now?

Mmm-hmm. I think so.

Excuse me.

Hey, I need to do this.

Let me show you how this is done.

Be my guest.

Come on, pal.

I think you're stuck with me.

So when are you gonna ask her?

What?

Come on, Ronny!

You can see it all over her face!

You're never gonna find a girl as great as her.

Let's be realistic.

Nick and I aren't making any new friends.

You've dated all my girlfriends.

You've batted through the whole lineup,

and there's nothing left, you know?

Plus, we like her.

Those other ones, we didn't even

like, and they're my friends!

Trust me.

Pop the question or you're gonna lose her.

NICK:
(LAUGHS) There you go! Hey, hey!

Special delivery! How's that for an entrance?

You were missed.

I missed you, too.

(CHUCKLES)

What? Nothing.

Now I'm gonna turn up the heat.

What happens when the kitchen gets hot,

because I'm cooking something up, chef.

Don't play into my strength.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Whoo!

Fifteen to four! (LAUGHS)

Really? You're gonna start... Now you're dancing?

It's like I'm playing Floyd Mayweather

at Ping-Pong. That's ridiculous.

You're only supposed to do that if the game's over.

If the game's over. I'm just being happy, you know?

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Allan Loeb

Allan Loeb (born July 25, 1969) is an American screenwriter and film and television producer. He wrote the 2007 film Things We Lost in the Fire and created the 2008 television series New Amsterdam. He wrote the film drama 21, which also was released in 2008. Among his other credits, he wrote and produced The Switch (2010). He also co-wrote Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), and wrote The Dilemma (2011), and Just Go with It (2011). He performed a rewrite for the musical Rock of Ages (2012), and the mixed martial arts comedy Here Comes the Boom (2012). more…

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