Walking and Talking Page #2

Synopsis: Things have been tough lately for Amelia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment, her cat got cancer, and now her best friend, Laura, is getting married. She copes with things, from the help of Andrew, Frank, Laura, and a brief romance with Bill "The Ugly Guy"
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Nicole Holofcener
Production: Miramax
  7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
1996
86 min
794 Views


Oh, my God.

I, uh...

Will you marry me?

[Gasps, Laughs]

Jesus Christ!

I don't believe...

- I don't believe it.

- I, um... I designed it.

And th-then they made it

for me at work.

- The... Um. You can

have the stone reset, though.

- R-Really?

- Yeah.

- [Laughs]

Oh, God. It's so beautiful.

It's beautiful. It's so beautiful.

- Y-You haven't answered me.

- Oh, God! God!

I would love

to be your wife.

Oh, my God.

How am I gonna tell Amelia?

Well, I've been doing

a lot of thinking lately,

and I've decided...

that I think I want to,

um, end therapy.

Why?

- Tell me.

- Well, I... I don't know.

I just feel like it's time.

You know, I...

I feel like I want to go at it

alone for a while.

I mean, here I am,

completely single,

and I'm not so depressed

about it.

And it's hard with Laura

being so grotesquely in love,

but I'm still okay.

And it's been forever

since I've been obsessed with anyone.

So I think I'm doin'

a lot better in that area.

How are things with Andrew?

Great. I mean I...

I never thought that

we could be friends.

And now I'm

totally over him.

Mmm.

Well, why don't we pick

a time to stop, and then

work towards that?

Okay.

I was thinking a month.

One more month?

Okay.

- Hey, the video store guy

asked me out again.

- He did?

I said no.

He's really ugly.

Oh, Freddie de Salvo and

Andy Frumpkin were ugly,

and that didn't stop ya.

- Hey. I was 13. I was ugly.

- Honey, you were never ugly.

You were hairy.

[Laughs]

Oh, I think you should do it.

Maybe he's nice.

Maybe he isn't, but

at least if he's ugly

you'll have the upper hand.

- I mean there's no risk.

- That's sick.

- You guys pity me.

- [Together] Nah.

[Laughs]

Oh, my God, what's that?

It's so fake looking!

It looks like a Barbie ring,

Frank.

It's... It's, uh...

It's not fake. Frank gave it to me.

- Oh, I know. I mean, it's one of

your jokes, right? From work.

- Uh-uh.

- We're engaged.

- Yeah.

We're gonna get married.

Whoa. Ha!

You're engaged?

Wow! That is...

That's unbelievable!

That's great news.

Oh, I'm sorry, Frank.

I thought that i-it was

one of your jokes from work.

No! No, it's,

uh, okay.

Hey. We could have it

at the lake house.

I mean, I'll ask my mom.

- But wouldn't that be great?

- That would be perfect.

I think this would be

a really bad time to stop.

Well, Amelia, I'm sorry

to say this, but I...

I think it's too late. I...

I've already filled your slot.

- You filled my slot?

- Yes.

And...

I think you wanting to go it

alone was a positive step.

Shall we stick to that?

- Hi.

- Hi. How're you doin'?

I'm doin' all right.

How are you doin'?

- What are you up to?

- Not much.

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Nicole Holofcener

Nicole Holofcener is an American film and television director and screenwriter. She has directed five feature films, including Friends with Money and Enough Said as well as various television series. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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