The Dilemma Page #3

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
1,217 Views


No, no, you're not being happy. This is a taunting.

This is, like, taunting that's going on. I'm sorry.

You're not sorry, that's the problem.

I know. You're right.

Okay, here's what we need to do now.

'Cause I think you're very spirited, and I like that.

I think we should turn it into

full-body-contact Ping-Pong.

(LAUGHS EXCITEDLY) Yes, we do!

Come on, you can't taunt people bigger than you

and expect it just to be all fine.

Help! (SCREAMS)

(LAUGHING)

You're attacked. Yes! That's it.

Are you gonna try and steal a kiss now?

Go on, I dare you.

I want to let you know, by the way,

that I'm completely committed to this relationship.

I'm just re-upping. I'm already committed,

but I'm just re-upping my commitment

to this relationship

because I feel great.

How do you feel? Do you feel great?

Uh-huh.

Yeah? Mmm-hmm. I feel great.

(SLOW LOVE SONG PLAYING)

But is there a window?

Are you anxious for this to go somewhere?

Ronny, Ronny, I know you.

I know where you're headed with this.

Look, I don't need this to be something that it's not.

I don't want it to be something if

it's not, just to make me okay.

But is there a clock that's ticking?

Are you in a hurry to be heading somewhere?

There's always a clock. And I'm worrying, is it ticking,

getting to a point where the clock's gonna go off?

Let's just talk through this, okay? Yeah.

I have fun with you. I love being with you.

I think we've done a great job of getting

back to a really good place.

I'm happy.

Now, if all of that rolls into something else,

that can make me happy, too.

I love you.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Okay, Ronny. You can do this.

This is your time to do it.

You the man, Valentine. You're the man.

MALE STEWARD ON PA: Folks, this is our

final approach to Detroit's Metro Airport.

(EXHALES NERVOUSLY)

Hope this goes well.

Great moments are born from great opportunity.

And that's what you have here today, Nick.

That's what you've earned here today!

One meeting. (STAMMERS) Okay, what are you doing?

You're giving me the... Really?

The Kurt Russell speech from the movie Miracle?

I just saw that five-year-old kid do

it on YouTube the other night,

and I thought it was really inspirational.

It's applicable to what we're doing.

Any time you go into a pressure situation,

a competition, it makes sense.

And I'm not gonna write something better than that.

Look at you, you're nervous.

You're never nervous. Now, you're nervous.

Okay, here's the thing. I can't be

broke if I'm gonna get married.

Yeah?

Yes! See, I knew you would get here!

Okay, so here's my plan.

I'm gonna ask her next month, on her birthday.

Now, I worked out this great

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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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