Life as We Know It

Synopsis: Holly and Eric were set up on a blind date by their friends, Peter and Allison who are married. After Peter and Allison are killed in an accident, they learn that they have been named as the guardians to Peter and Allison's daughter, Sophie. So they move into their house and try their best to honor their friends' wishes. But raising a child puts a crimp on their style and they don't exactly get along.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Greg Berlanti
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG-13
Year:
2010
114 min
$53,358,964
Website
3,610 Views


[DIGHD]

[KNOCKING]

[DIGHD]

Okay.

-Ehh.

-Hi.

-HoIIy.

-Eric.

-Messer.

-Messer.

-Messer. Yeah. everybody caIIs me Messer.

-WeII. it's nice to finaIIy meet you. Messer.

-Am I Iate?

-Um. just an hour.

But I just finished getting ready.

and AIison said it was your m.o.. so....

-Peter said you'd probabIy say something.

-Ha. ha. Oh. did he? Oh. okay.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

-Neat. DhouId we go?

-Yeah. yeah. Iet's go.

Yeah. Iet's get some dinner.

I'm super hungry. It's been Iike an hour.

HOLLY:

Do I hear you just moved to AtIanta.

MEDDER:
Yep.

-Oh.

-How Iong have you known Pete for?

-High schooI.

Oh. wow.

Oh. thank you.

I've known AIison since coIIege.

We were in a sorority together.

-Where's your car?

-Right here.

-Here you go.

-Oh.

Come on.

HoId on tight.

I promise I won't read into it.

[REVVING ENGINE]

-I'm not reaIIy dressed for 40-miIe-an-hour--

-What?

I'm not reaIIy dressed

for 40-miIe-an-hour winds.

[ENGINE DTOPD]

[HOLLY CHUCKLED]

Dorry. I just--

You know. I don't even think

I couId reaIIy get my Ieg up over it. so....

But I'II drive.

My car's right here.

And it's new. so I Iove driving it.

-It's a sweet ride.

-Thanks.

Hop in.

[MEDDER GRUNTD]

AII right.

HOLLY:
Hm.

-Huh.

Do where shaII we go?

Uh. where did you make the reservations?

That you said you were gonna make.

You didn't make them?

-I said that?

-It's cooI. Whatever.

Yeah. it's cooI.

We can go anywhere. I don't care.

We can-- You pick it.

We'II grab a tabIe

and we'II just sIide right in.

Okay. WeII. how about Cafe Five?

You ever been there?

-Dounds good.

-My friend from cuIinary schooI is the--

TRICK DADDY [DINGING ON RINGTONE]:

Pull over, that ass is too fat

-It's just my ceII phone.

-I figured.

-You can answer it if you--

-No. no. it'II go to voicemaiI.

[RINGTONE CONTINUED]

-Okay.

-Just....

Yeah. weII. I was just saying my friend

from cuIinary schooI is actuaIIy the--

You know what?

Go ahead. just answer it. it's fine.

-I'm-- I can wait.

-AII right. Yeah. It's a IittIe too Ioud.

Hey. you.

WeII. you know me.

aIways in the middIe of something.

Yeah. okay. yeah. EIeven?

Yeah. You know what?

Why don't we make it 10:30?

AII right. AII right. Iater.

Okay.

I'm sorry. it's a.... It's a sick friend.

You know. we don't have to do this.

ReaIIy?

-Okay.

-Oh. my God. are you serious?

Okay. Iet's be honest.

You knew the moment you saw me

you didn't Iike me.

But our mutuaI friends set this up.

so I think we owe it to them to--

To what.

spend a few hours faking smaII taIk?

Look. best case.

we get drunk and we hook up.

What kind of an asshoIe are you?

Look. it's a Daturday night.

I just wanna have some fun.

I can go see my sick friend.

and you can go do...

...whatever it is you Iike to do

on a Daturday night.

You Iook Iike you read.

You can go read a book.

-Do you bIog?

-Do I bIog? Okay. You know what?

If you wanted to ensure that this

wasn't gonna be a Iousy night. here's a tip:

Don't show up an hour Iate.

and don't make a booty caII.

-Dhe's sick.

-Oh. right.

Were you going to heaI her

with your magic penis?

Okay.

-Fine. If you wanna go out. we'II go out--

-Oh. my God. no.

I'm not going out with you now.

What are you. crazy?

Get out of my car.

Get out of my Dmart car.

-I don't know what they were thinking.

-Me neither.

AIison. oh. my God.

The onIy way you can make this up to me...

...is if you promise

I never have to see him again.

[MOTORCYCLE DTARTD]

HOLLY:
ReaIIy. you are Iike

the most important woman in my Iife...

...and AIison is the sister I never had.

And I Iove you so much.

and I'm so gratefuI for you and Peter.

[LAUGHD]

Look at Mess. In back.

MAN:
Nice.

WOMAN:
Whoo.

[APPLAUDE]

Yeah.

Anyway. I was just trying to say

how excited I am for you--

I Iove you. AIison.

Messer. it's my turn. It's my turn.

You aIready gave your speech.

PHOTOGRAPHER:
Are you maid of honor?

-Yes.

Can we switch you guys out?

I need you next to the bride.

Get right in here with you guys.

Don't touch me.

I knew you were gonna do that.

-Don't touch me. Don't encourage him.

ALIDON:
Ha-ha-ha!

HOLLY:

Dtop it. I swear to God. Dtop.

I'm sorry. I can't stand next to him.

PETER:
Hey. guys.

Here we are at the hoIiday party. HoIIy. Ben.

Here you go.

PETER:

How's that first date going. guys?

WAITREDD:

I mean. what reaIIy happened? TeII me.

[MEDDER CHUCKLING]

PETER:

Yo. Mess. Mess.

-Dhe has work to do.

-Dude. Dude.

-HeIp me. Take the camera.

-Give me the camera.

PETER:

Whoa. check it out.

Come here.

Look at AIison's bun in the oven.

Bun in the oven.

Excuse me. guys. AII right? Honey?

MEDDER:

WeII. weII. Iook at that.

-Dhe's my daughter.

MEDDER:
Won't be Iong now.

ALIDON:

Don't squeeze the beIIy.

MEDDER:

Hey. HoIIy. What's this?

[MEDDER MAKED KIDDING DOUNDD]

Come on. just a IittIe Christmas kiss.

Just give him a--

Great. Yay. happy hoIidays.

[MOUTHD]

You are an a**hole.

Hi. baby girI.

Hi. Oh. my gosh.

[DOPHIE COOD]

-Baby.

-Hi.

HoId on. Messer. I just got her.

PETER:
Dhe's with Aunt HoIIy now.

-Dude.

-CarefuI. Messer. GentIy.

-I got her. I got her.

-Whoa!

-Oh!

-Honey.

-I'm just pIaying.

PETER:
It's not funny.

-Dhe's fine.

-Dhe's Iike a IittIe footbaII.

-WouId you stop it? Messer. Messer.

-Okay.

-Dtop it. seriousIy.

[''KIDD'' PLAYING ON DTEREO]

PETER & ALIDON [DINGING]:

Cats have kittens

Doggies have pups

Horses have pretty foals

And sheep have lambs

Cows have calves

And l bet you didn't know

That elephants have calves too

Lions and leopards have cubs

Which is the proper thing for them to do

[COOING]

PETER:
Dhe's gonna bIow if you keep

doing that. Dhe's in a puking phase.

MEDDER:

No. she Ioves it.

Dhe Ioves it. don't you. Doph?

You're the onIy girI I'II ever shave for.

You know that?

Dpeaking of. why didn't Liz come?

I thought you were getting serious.

No. we ended that a few weeks ago.

It wasn't working out.

PETER:
What happened?

-I don't know.

I just didn't see us

on that Iong march towards death together.

-Oh. my bad. I thought you Iiked this girI.

-That was you. I just thought she was hot.

Honey. don't forget

to tip the castIe guys.

[TEENAGERD DPEAKING INDIDTINCTLY]

They show up Iate

and made me do the work.

-But. sure. Iet's tip the castIe guys.

TEENAGER:
Grasshopper.

Do I started taking Dophie

to this new famiIy practice.

HOLLY:

Mm-hm.

There's this doctor there. He's so cute.

I may have finaIIy repIaced

my Anderson Cooper crush.

-Anyway. I noticed no ring...

-Dcoot.

...so I started a conversation

with his nurse.

-No.

-I pretended to Iike her naiIs.

-No. We agreed to a moratorium on setups.

-How do you know you won't Iike him?

You have the worst

setup track record ever.

-Like who?

-The shopIifter. AduIt-braces guy.

UnbeIievabIe.

You're stiII hoIding that over me.

I'm not even gonna

get into the Messer DebacIe of '07.

WeII. that was Peter.

I hardIy even knew him then.

You knew he caIIed himseIf Messer.

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