Little Black Book

Synopsis: Stacy Holt, an associate producer for a daytime talk show, is confounded by her boyfriend Derek's unwillingness to talk about his previous relationships. Egged on by her co-worker Barb, Stacy sneaks a look at his personal digital organizer, scores the names and numbers of his exes, and sets up interviews with them--all in an effort to get closer to her man. Her plan starts to unravel, however, when she becomes friends with one of the women.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director(s): Nick Hurran

Actors: Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Ron Livingston

Production: Sony Pictures

1 nomination.


IMDB:: 5.3
Metacritic:: 36
Rotten Tomatoes:: 21%

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: PG-13
Year:: 2004
: 111 min
: $20,422,207
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Question:
How does a girl who falls...
No, actually, she jumps...
... eyes open, down a rabbit hole,
plummeting into chaos...
... come out the other end
unchanged?
The answer?
She doesn't.
See, I know,
because that girl is me.
But to truly understand
the predicament I was in...
... i.e., stuck in the middle of chaos...
... you'd have to go back
to that first day at my new job.
Actually, to be fair,
you should go back a little further...
... starting with Mom.
Don't worry. I'm not blaming her...
... entirely.
She believed that all problems could
be solved by listening to Carly Simon.
Greatest Hits.
Side two. Hurry.
Something about her voice,
or her lyrics, or her music...
... helped Mom clear the chaos...
... especially after a fight with Dad.
Or when he left us for good.
People said Mom was better off.
They said she was lucky.
But she believed...
Luck is when preparation
meets opportunity.
You gotta prepare
for the life you want.
And though I knew I wanted
a career in broadcast journalism...
... it took a little Carly
and a lot of time...
... to find the person
I most wanted to work with.
- She is smart and she is learning.
- Diane Sawyer.
- Chic, smart, intelligent...
- And she married well.
Good point.
- She's a little beige.
- No, no, she's taupe.
Taupe is never beige.
Taupe's classic. Confident.
- It says, "I'm elegant."
- "And I don't need color to prove it."
There you go.
I wanna work with her one day.
- You should work with her.
- I will work with her.
With my career decided,
I left for college...
... hopeful I would meet someone
I could be certain of.
- Phillip.
- Bruce.
- Jeremy.
- Noah.
- Trotsky.
- Frank.
- Bean.
- Bean? As in, "How have you...?"
Bean. Yeah.
- I really, really like him, Mom.
- You do?
Yeah, I do. I think I do. Maybe.
Don't over-commit yourself
unless you are absolutely certain.
You've gotta prepare
for the life you want.
Again, I turned to Carly.
And while my roommates weren't
as understanding as I'd hoped...
- Come back to bed.
...it did bring certainty.
I'm sorry, Bean.
We have only but one road
to travel in this life.
And I just don't think
we're on the same one.
So to get more involved,
or for me to over-commit myself...
...would just lead to chaos.
- How do you know?
- I'm certain.
I mean, what if you're wrong?
What if we're supposed to
be together?
What if you just made
the biggest mistake of your life?
Stacy, honey! Smile!
Stacy, honey! Smile!
There are moments in life where
you hope your decisions weren't rash.
Bean! Bean!
And moments where you just know.
- Stacy.
- Derek.
- Nice to meet you.
- Yeah, ditto.
I had met my life-mate.
I was certain.
Yeah! Yes!
- That's good. Yes?
- The bar's closed.
What are you doing?
That first year of our relationship
was amazing.
We were in sync, inseparable...
... and in love.
And though I technically
still lived with Mom...
... I was spending practically
all my time at Derek's.
My life was going
according to plan. Sort of.
- Derek!
- Bob! Bob!
Professionally speaking, I was
the go-to girl in a dead-end job.
I mean, you can only work
your way up for so long, right?
It was time to move on.
And while Diane Sawyer
was still out of reach...
... television personality
Kippie Kann wasn't.
The grande dame of daytime talk
needed an associate producer. Me.
It was a match made in Trenton.
- Which brings us up to speed.
- Ira Nachlis. Follow.
The beginning of the end.
Day one.
Tight on space,
but your desk is right next to...
- Barb.
- Campbell-hyphen-Dunn.
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