Waiting to Exhale Page #4

Synopsis: This story based on the best selling novel by Terry McMillan follows the lives of four African-American women as they try to deal with their very lives. Friendship becomes the strongest bond between these women as men, careers, and families take them in different directions. Often light-hearted this movie speaks about some of the problems and struggles the modern women face in today's world.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Forest Whitaker
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  8 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
1995
124 min
12,386 Views


Here I come. Here I come.

Here I come.

Alrighty, then.

Somebody's gotta undress me.

Ooh....

At dinner he told me he drag races,

scuba-dives, deep-sea fishes...

...and a boat speek

in the white Mountains.

I told him I grew up an Army brat.

That I went to ASU,

and I majored in anthropology.

I knew you were gonna be beautiful

all over.

- Ah-ah-ah

- What?

Here you go.

All right.

- You need some help?

- No.

No.

There.

There.

Damn, I didn't even get a chance

to see what he had to offer.

Oh.... Oh, yeah.

Oh.... yes. yes.

Oh, sh*t. Oh, sh*t. God.

The sh*t is good, huh?

Sh*t is good.

What's my name? Say my name.

- What's my name? What's my name?

- Michael?

- What's my name?

- Michael?

Yeah! Oh, sh*t. Oh, this is good.

Yeah, it's good. It's good.

Yeah!

- I love it when you call me Big Papa

- Big Papa. Yeah.

Papa coming!

[SCREAMING]

Ooh.... Pow!

Does he think

he just did something here?

Sh*t. I could've had a v8.

Oh, I knew you were gonna be

somebody special.

[MICHAEL CHUCKLING]

How do you feel?

About what?

Me.

This.

You know, everything.

Tell me what you want,

what you need...

...beacuse whatever it is,

I'm gonna see that you have it.

What's your fantasy?

I mean, what do you want from a man?

Everything.

could you be more specific?

I wanna have a house in Scottsdale.

I own a house in Scottsdale.

What else?

I wanna get married.

And I wanna have kids. Two...

...maybe three.

And?

I wanna eat out two,

maybe three times a week.

I wanna have babies.

I wanna go away for long weekends.

I wanna have a family.

I wanna be happy.

You don't want much.

I couId give you that

and a whole lot more.

What about you, Michael?

What do you want?

Robin, I think I found it.

you don't even know me.

It's about knowing me.

I could give you everything you want,

everything you need, if you let me.

You can start by kissing me.

No.

Slowly and gently.

And he did it right...

...and I felt like silk,

and when I looked at him...

...I didn't care anymore

that he wasn't Mr. Universe.

I just felt young...

...and sexy...

...and beautiful.

And when I closed my eyes...

...and squeezed my pelvis real tight...

...and my body exploded

from the inside out...

...Michael felt just like the real thing...

...and everything was perfect. For once.

SAVANNAH:

Hey, girl.

How you doing? Oh, Bernie.

So good to see you, girl.

I been waiting all day for you.

You okay?

come on, let's go get a drink.

Hey, I bought some toys for the kids.

come on.

JOHN, SR. OvER Tv.. Don't drink

too much, this stuffis expensive.

[WOMAN CHUCKLING OVER TV]

JOHN, SR.:
I'djust like to make a toast

to my beautiful wife.

BERNADINE:
Here you go.

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Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan (born October 31, 1951) is an American author. Her work is characterized by relatable female protagonists. more…

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