"[ SKATEBOARD CLACKING ]" "[ MID-TEMPO GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS ]" "[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ] whoo-hoo!" "[ LAUGHTER ]" "jake!" "Come on, jake!" "[ LAUGHS ] yeah, just a minute." "Come on!" "[ DING ] hi." "I'm jake klein." "And I'm the writer and director of this film." "Although, when I'm not writing and directing, which, unfortunately, is most of the time, um..." "i also sell real estate." "Ex-wife, couple of kids..." "got to pay the bills." "anyway... anyway... anyway, I've written and directed a few films that you may or may not have heard of." "Uh... not exactly blockbusters, but, you know, they..." "they got around." "You can imdb me and check them out." "So [SIGHS] after my last film, I was kind of hot for a heartbeat." "But eight years later, still no film." "Came together... fell apart." "Money attached... fell apart." "Actors attached..." "actors attached... actors attached... fell apart." "[ EXHALES SHARPLY ] showbiz." "[ SEEING THINGZ'S "THE EEL" PLAYS ] finally, I couldn't take it anymore." "Started spending more time selling houses." "But I was dying creatively." "I just really needed to make a film." "Like you would paint a painting or... write a novel." "So I decided [SIGHS] since I got this great house, I'll use it myself, hm?" "Fill it up with a lot of interesting people... ladies." "[ WOMEN CHUCKLE ] ...shoot the heck out of it... see what I get." "[ SEEING THINGZ'S "BITS AND PIECES" PLAYS ]" "♪ scratching at my window like a bougainvillea ♪" "♪ sensual memories ♪ hey." "Jake." "Yeah?" "Why don't you come over here for a second?" "I want you to introduce you to the folks." "The folks?" "Yeah." "Ladies and gentlemen, folks, mike vogel is gonna be playing me." "I'm playing him." "[ CHUCKLING ] this is good." "This is... i mean... i... it... thanks, mike." "I mean, uh, jake." "Jake squared." "Get it?" "[ CHUCKLES ] good." "That's good." "[ SMOOCHES ] it's a little different." "That was different." "I'll be back over here." "Got to keep him on his toes." "Pretty good-looking guy, huh?" "But he's my pearl." "Jake!" "[ SINGSONG VOICE ] jake!" "Come on in!" "It's warm!" "Uh, come on." "Come on." "[ SIGHS ] bet he never thought playing me came with such perks." "Now, remember, this film is about more than just sex." "It's about love." "'cause love is all there is." "[ CELLPHONE RINGING ] ooh!" "Hold on." "Hold on." "Hold on." "Hold on." "Hold on." "[ INHALES DEEPLY ]" "[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]" "I'll... call her back." "Um... jake." "Yeah, boss?" "I got this one." "You're kidding me, right?" "Looks like this is one of those times where I got to step into the story." "How you girls doing?" "Hey, jake?" "Jake?" "Is somebody talking to me?" "Jake." "Okay, this is bullshit." "there's a little fly." "No, no." "We had a deal, okay?" "[ BUZZES LIKE A FLY ] hey, have you paid attention to contracts here?" "We had an understanding here for these type of scenes." "Yeah, yeah." "If it's that hard, I'll walk." "I have no problem." "What?" "No, no." "It's okay." "It's all right." "It's all right." "It's good." "It's good." "It's good." "Uh, I was getting, uh, a little waterlogged anyway here." "Hm." "Aw. mm." "[ SIGHS ]" "[ GIGGLES ] wha... uh, don't expect me to be stepping out of the plot anytime soon." "He's not great company, is he?" "[ GIGGLES ]" "♪ good morni-i-i-i-ng!" "Rise and shine, dad!" "Aah!" "What the hell are you doing?" "Where am I?" "better hurry up!" "holy shit!" "You're the one who's always yelling and screaming about missing the bus, and now it's you." "Okay, so you guys go, go, go!" "Go get some breakfast or something." "I'm coming." "[ CHUCKLES ] he said "coming."" "shut up, you little freak!" "Oh, um, by the way, you don't need to be embarrassed." "I'm not a child, you know." "It's perfectly normal." "Yeah, me and viagra..." "it's a terrible combination." "[ CHUCKLES ] actors, take note." "Never mess with your director." "All right?" "I guess now we know who calls the shots around here." "'cause I got to keep an eye on everything." "It's my job." "And, lucky for me, there's an app for that." "[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]" "[ WOMEN GIGGLING ] aww." "Hey, sheryl." "Hey, jake." "Is this a good time?" "Um... well, we're kind of in the middle of shooting." "[ WOMEN GIGGLING ] oh." "Sorry." "I guess you'll just call me when you can?" "Jake!" "We're waiting for you." "[ GIGGLES ] no, no." "we're, uh... you know, this is okay." "I can talk for a second." "[ WOMEN GIGGLING ] yeah." "What are you wearing?" "Do you not have a shirt on?" "Uh, no." "It's kind of like 100 degrees here." "What's the weather like in chicago?" "Windy." "[ CHUCKLES ] all right, let's roll." "Oh, sheryl, could you, uh, hold on for a second?" "I got to check on what's going on." "Okay." "Driver!" "Ye... no, no, no, no, no." "I don't..." "I don't know about that." "oh, come on, dad." "you know I'm doing great." "Okay, but you almost took the side-view mirror off a prius the other day." "But I didn't." "Okay." "Okay." "I'm just kidding." "You're doing fine." "You can drive." "[ SINGSONG VOICE ] all right!" "Shotgun." "I called it." "Uh, no way." "Dad has to sit in the front with me." "It's the law." "Jake!" "When are you coming?" "[ WOMEN GIGGLE ]" "[ CHUCKLES ] oh, my god." "She said "coming," too." "Shut up, freak." "Jake!" "[ WOMEN GIGGLE ] um... i just want to see you." "Yeah." "Hold on." "Hold on." "Let me just, uh, put on this shirt." "No, I mean, see you see you... in person see you." "Ah." "Hmm." "Well, I want to..." "i want to see you, too." "It's been three months." "Yeah, I know." "It's been way too long." "Uh... let me just, uh, work through this and, uh, we'll figure something out, okay?" "I promise." "But listen, I got to get going." "No telling what's been going on since I was away, okay?" "Okay." "[ SMOOCHES ]" "[ SMOOCHES ] all right." "All right, let's see what's going on here." "Sarah, can you please move your seat forward?" "I'm as far forward as I can go." "My knees are rammed against the back of the seat." "You're too far from the wheel anyway." "move it up." "Oh, my god!" "Move it up!" "I'm practically going through the windshield, dad." "Hey!" "Cut it out!" "I can't." "I'm practically going through the back of the seat." "Stop it!" "Okay, okay!" "That's enough!" "That's it." "now I'm stepping out of the scene." "But we're gonna be late for the bus." "what... see what you did?" "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." "What's he doing?" "Okay, okay." "Just relax." "Just relax." "Relax." "[ EXHALES SHARPLY ] and stepping in." "Just give him a sec." "It'll be interesting." "[ WOMEN GIGGLING ]" "ooh." "I got an idea." "Oh, my god." "Look at you." "Look at you!" "What are you doing?" "You are fucking pathetic." "You know that?" "Now, I'm here, looking for love and a meaningful relationship." "All you're thinking about is sex." "[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]" "[ WOMEN GIGGLING ] excuse me, ladies." "One second." "Uh, did you see what I just did there?" "Talk about turning lemons into lemonade... two versions of myself, two jakes." "Now, not only is that cool, but it's a great way of showing two sides of a person's personality." "Anxious on one hand, reluctant on the other." "Shy to a fault, overconfident at the same time." "Looking for love... afraid to commit." "[ GRUNTS ] you get the point." "Dad, wake up!" "Not now." "Come on!" "We have to get to school!" "Again?" "Wake up!" "[ MUSIC STOPS ] shit." "Good morni-i-i-i-ng!" "♪" "Rise and shh... whoa." "[ DING ] aw, no, no, no." "Now what?" "That's not supposed to happen." "Dad?" "Did you get a facelift?" "[ MUSIC RESUMES ]" "[ GRUNTS ] that's not supposed to happen." "[ SCOFFS ]" "ah." "Finally." "So glad you're here." "Shit!" "Cut!" "Cut, cut, cut, cut." "Okay. [ SIGHS ] what the fuck is going on here?" "Now, this is not gonna work." "So much for lemonade." "One of you has got to go." "You." "I'm out." "No, no, no, no, no." "Me." "Come on." "I'm f-freezing my ass off here." "All right, yeah." "W-w-w-whatever." "[ SIGHS ] and who..." "who's that woman with the... in the blue-green dress thing?" "'cause I didn't..." "i didn't hire her." "Where is she?" "You." "where the hell did you come from?" "Y-you got to go." "Y-you're gonna ruin my film." "I'm sorry." "I don't know what to say." "There's a lot at stake here." "You screw up my film, I swear to god I'm gonna..." "I'm... i'm..." "i'm gonna kill you." "Probably not such a good idea." "[ DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE ] shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Stepping out!" "[ GRUNTS ]" "[ GROANS ] okay, did you ever see the movie "the sixth sense"?" "But what if that's what's happening to me?" "What if I'm not even alive?" "What if I'm fucking dead?" "Dead?" "And all this crazy shit is..." "is really... me in some kind of limbo?" "Yeah." "And this whole party is a film." "It's really some kind of... wake... for me." "How fucked up would that be?" "[ GRUNTS ]" "[ AUSTRALIAN ACCENT ] that's not a knife." "That's a knife." "Ow!" "[ SIZZLING ]" "[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ] just put it right there?" "Yeah." "All right." "All right, all right." "Action!" "Action." "W-w-what'd you do?" "Uh, nothing." "I just, uh, just scraped it." "Thanks." "Mm-hmm." "W-w-what are you making here?" "[ SOUTHERN ACCENT ] hot dog wrapped in bacon." "[ SCOFFS ] hello?" "Maybe I'd like one." "[ NORMAL VOICE ] um, hello?" "Maybe there were only two left." "[ CHUCKLING ] yeah." "Whatever." "You want me to...?" "Get some silverware." "Yeah." "Mmm." "Tuna." "Some things never change." "May I have some, too?" "Uh... yeah." "Sure, I guess." "Don't forget the chips." "The chips." "Right." "[ CHUCKLES ] it's a... it's a time-honored formula." "The kids tell me that's about the only one he has." "[ CHUCKLES ] so... hmm." "So, there's this guy who's really struggling with his life." "He's always been unlucky in love." "Is that his fault?" "Or is it just the way things are?" "He decides to make a movie to help him sort it all out." "And the whole thing is supposed to take place in this big party, but things don't go exactly according to plan." "Because not only is he at the party, but also himself at age 30, as a teenager, and at 40." "And new loves are there, old loves are there, and one love he's known since he was a teenager all the way till now." "Will she be his future as well as his past?" "Or will it be..." "the new love?" "Someone who lives really far away and... well, I mean, it's not that far." "Or will it be his best friend, someone he's known for 25 years?" "You know, where they know everything there is to know about each other and where there's always been this kind of... tension... without any real action." "And you never know." "It could happen." "[ LAUGHS ] or will it be what he so strongly suspects... or I should say fears..." "that there'll be no one?" "Well, thank god there was never a holy grail." "Or, at least, that they never found one." "Because without the quest for the grail, what would sir galahad have done with the rest of his life?" "And without a never-ending quest for a perfect love, would jake klein even be jake klein?" "[ INSECT BUZZING ]" "[ DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE ]" "[ SIGHS ] so, there you are." "Look at all that gray." "What a difference 10 years makes." "Holy shit." "[ SIGHS ] I'm just kidding." "You look great." "[ CHUCKLES ] oh." "Oh, yeah?" "Oh." "Ohh." "That's good." "Oh, oh, no." "Oh, oh!" "Oh, oh, oh!" "[ SIGHS ] maybe I was wrong." "Yeah." "Maybe you turning up wasn't such a bad idea after all." "Cocteau." "[ SCOFFS ] what the fuck did he know?" "[ CLICKS TONGUE ]" "[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]" "[ "HIGHWAY ONE" PLAYS ]" "♪ remember the day on the highway one?" "♪" "♪ When the music said so, and we drove through the sun ♪" "♪ we were on the run, cutting' class for fun ♪" "♪ and we didn't let go till the day was done ♪" "♪ I remember wanting to say" "♪ "we should live like this every day" ♪" "♪ but I was afraid, oh, I was afraid ♪" "♪ so I shut my mouth, and we drove away ♪" "aw, sorry." "I didn't, uh, I didn't realize anyone was there." "I-I didn't mean to intrude." "I just couldn't help myself." "You're really good." "Uh... i don't know." "No, really." "You're great." "What's your name?" "Uh... i'm damian." "Well, that's a cool name." "I'm rain." "Wow... rain." "[ CHUCKLES ] that's actually a lot cooler." "[ BOTH CHUCKLE ] so, damian, are you gonna play me a song?" "Uh, yeah." "I'm gonna write you a song." "Boss, where do you want that shot set up?" "Do you want that shot by the pool outside or do you want it over there, out in the front?" "Excuse me." "What?" "Oh, man." "Oh, man, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I thought you were jake." "I am." "What?" "You guys got the same name?" "Look at you, man." "You even look like him." "Maybe if he was like a..." "like a few decades younger or something." "Hey, don't tell him I said that, though." "I won't." "I won't." "So, tateleh, how's everything going?" "Great, grandpa." "I met an incredible girl." "Wonderful." "What's her name?" "Rain." "What kind of name is that?" "Well, no, it's a... i-it's more like a nickname." "Her real name's joanne cohen." "Joanne cohen?" "Joanne cohen?" "!" "No, no." "Don't touch that girl." "What?" "I think she might be your cousin." "Don't do anything till I call you back." "Wait, but, grandpa, wa..." "[ CLICK, DIAL TONE ]" "[ SIGHS ]" "[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]" "roses are red." "Violets are blue." "I feel like an egotistical piece of shit." "How about you?" "With all the death and poverty and hatred in the world, people enslaving and torturing each other, what the hell is the relevance of a self-indulgent piece of shit like this?" "One." "How can anyone care about the love-life musings of one guy who may or may not be afraid that he's going to wind up alone, with people being slaughtered all over the world?" "Two." "Skinheads want to kill jews and blacks and hispanics." "Some people want to deny the poorest children healthcare and nutrition so the richest people won't have to pay a few thousand more each year in taxes." "The lack of morality is so disheartening." "Shit." "Things are no different than they were 3,000 years ago." "All the advances don't make a bit of difference." "We may be able to text each other, but all the evils that existed at the beginning of mankind still exist today!" "[ COUGHING ]" "9, 10." "[ PANTING ]" "grandpa?" "You're dead." "You're dead." "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Tateleh, you're confused." "Uh... yeah... confused." "[ SIGHS ] jakey, each one of us is alive in our own time and place." "And each one of us has to deal with the same problems that humans have dealt with since the beginning of our time." "Now, none of the problems that you're thinking of have been solved yet." "We tried, but, uh... still they remain, essentially the same." "Son." "Dad." "The problems of the world are huge." "No one of us can solve them all." "M-mostly busy with our own daily lives, so we try our best to solve the large ones." "But we leave them to the leaders and great thinkers... the ones we've delegated the responsibility to." "And they haven't had much luck, by the way." "I feel like I'm at a seder." "What is this... the responsive-reading part?" "Do you mind?" "No, not at all." "No." "[ CHUCKLES ] so, you see, jake, that's the answer to your question." "That's what makes your movie relevant and not self-indulgent." "We need to hear about people's relationship struggles." "We need to hear about their career issues." "What other yardsticks do we have?" "Which means...?" "It can't all be about serving the larger cause." "The immediate and more temporal must be served, as well, and perhaps, even first." "Yeah." "Mm-hmm." "And then there are the mother teresas of the world." "Thank god we have them." "They're here to deal with the other stuff." "With a little help from us, of course... when we're not too busy worrying about our love lives and our mortgages, that is." "What about you?" "Do you have anything to say?" "Yeah." "Go ahead." "[ CHUCKLES ] you're cute." "You know, I like that." "I like that." "Feeling better now?" "Yeah." "I'm feeling much better now." "[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]" "jakey!" "Jakey!" "I almost forgot to tell you... geez, grandpa, I told you... it's "damian."" "damian." "Of course, tateleh." "So, how long is that gonna last?" "Quit stalling." "Just... what'd you find out?" "I checked it out, and it's just what I thought." "She's your cousin, all right." "Shit!" "Second cousin once removed." "W-wait." "W-what's that mean?" "That means it's okay..." "strictly kosher." "Wait... seriously?" "[ CHUCKLING ] seriously." "All right!" "[ GRUNTS ] a little odd, maybe." "♪ Remember the day on the highway one?" "♪" "♪ When the music said so, and we drove through the sun ♪" "♪ we were on the run, cutting' class for fun ♪" "♪ and we didn't let go till the day was done ♪" "♪ I remember wanting to say" "♪ "we should live like this every day" ♪" "♪ but I was afraid, oh, I was afraid ♪" "♪ so I shut my mouth, and drove away ♪" "[ CHUCKLING ] oh." "I remember that song." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I didn't..." "I didn't realize anyone was there." "That's exactly what you said that night, and it wasn't true then, either." "It is you, isn't it, rain?" "Of course." "Although, I haven't used that name in... several decades." "[ BREATHES DEEPLY ] damian." "I remember everything." "I remember what you wore, what I wore." "What you said, what I said." "I was so in love with you." "I didn't know." "How could you not know?" "So insecure." "Guess I still am." "Didn't need to be." "You were my dream come true." "You were mine." "[ SIGHS ]" "I think." "[ SIGHS ] wake up!" "You overslept again!" "[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]" "[ DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE ]" "morning, sleepyhead." "Better hurry up, or you're gonna miss the bus." "Yeah, like I care." "Unless I drop you off." "It's out of my way, but for you, sonny boy... driver." "Oh." "Sorry I asked." "Come on!" "Dad, you know I'm doing great." "You nearly took the side-view mirror off a lincoln yesterday!" "Yeah, but..." "but I didn't." "You're doing fine." "Okay." "You can drive." "All right!" "Uh, mom, I'm gonna need to have a cup of coffee... black, please." "You know I don't like you drinking coffee." "It gets you all wound up." "Don't worry, ma." "I'm not gonna get wound up." "It's just, I'm half asleep." "I got to drive." "All right." "Just one cup." "[ LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE ] what is that?" "[ LAUGHTER CONTINUES ]" "I don't know." "I'll go check it out." "[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]" "[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]" "[ CLICKS TONGUE ]" "excuse me." "Mom." "Mom." "Oh." "Hello." "Um, do you know me?" "Of course I know you." "Who am I?" "Don't be ridiculous." "What mother wouldn't know her own son?" "Look at you." "[ DOOR CLOSES ] you're so young, so beautiful." "Thank you, sweetheart." "Look at me." "You look wonderful." "[ CHUCKLES ]" ""wonderful."" "I'm at least 10 years older than you." "How is that possible?" "Jakey, you seem stressed." "Do you want a cup of coffee?" "I thought you didn't like me having coffee." "Well, sweetheart, you're not exactly 17 anymore." "I think we can make an exception this one time." "Okay?" "Yeah." "I don't get it." "H-how did you and dad do it?" "Married 55 years." "55 years?" "Well, a-at least, that's how long you will be married before dad... w... i mean, what I'm trying to say is, no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to do what you" "and dad did, so... effortlessly." "Maybe you're trying too hard, jakey." "Your father and I were very lucky... a miracle." "He never thought that he was gonna make a relationship work." "And then we fell in love at first sight, and there was never any need to look anywhere else." "That's great." "That's great." "[ CHUCKLES ] don't worry." "You'll know when the right one comes along." "Well, I thought I did." "[ SNIFFLES ]" "I thought jocelyn was the one, but I was wrong." "Love at first sight is wonderful." "[ SNIFFLES ] but then it takes a lot of work to make a real relationship." "Maybe it wasn't so effortless as you think." "Your father wasn't the easiest of men." "He could be..." "very difficult at times." "[ SOBBING ] well, mom..." "I don't think it's gonna happen for me." "But it's all I ever wanted... what you and dad had." "I'm not even capable of... what?" "You were 20 when you met dad?" "I'm not 20." "I'm not even 40." "Problem is [SNIFFLES] I've had too many right ones come along." "[ CRYING ] oh, my god." "I don't know what I'm gonna do." "Jakey." "[ VOICE BREAKING ] I feel so bad." "I want to see you have everything you want." "And I hate seeing you sad like this." "No, no, ma." "Cut it out." "Please." "Look, everything's fine." "Everything's fine." "Please... don't worry." "I'm fine." ""don't worry, ma." "don't worry, ma."" "that's what you always say." "I can't help but worry." "I'm just having a moment." "That's it." "Everybody's entitled to a moment." "It's good." "[ CHUCKLING ] it's all right, you know?" "I mean, I got two beautiful kids, got a beautiful life." "[ SNIFFLES ] not to mention a beautiful mother." "So don't worry..." "please." "Okay." "[ SNIFFLES ]" "I'm gonna have another cup of coffee." "One cup." "I don't want you getting all wound up... again." "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Don't worry." "All right?" "Don't worry." "Don't you worry." "[ SMOOCHING ] you are so lucky." "You're telling me." "[ CHUCKLES ] no, seriously." "You are lucky to be jewish." "Really?" "[ CHUCKLING ] yeah." "I really admire the jewish people." "I've even thought about converting." "Very cool." "Very cool." "I mean, you people are amazing... so smart and successful." "I mean, jews pretty much control everything." "Especially in show business, and I'm an actress, you know, so, that's very important to me." "So you think by converting, you'll kind of get in on that?" "Yeah." "So right after the ceremony, you'll get a call from the central jew committee, asking where to send your share?" "[ LAUGHS ] no." "Well, I guess." "I got to go." "[ GROANS ] damn it." "Damn it." "Damn it." "[ GROANS ]" "[ YAWNS ] well, at least I almost got laid." "Yeah, well... you didn't." "[ SIGHS ] long story." "Mm." "Always is." "What's your excuse?" "What are you waiting for?" "Yeah?" "I'm, uh..." "I'm working it." "We got a..." "we got a thing going on over here." "Just waiting for the right moment." "[ SNAPPING FINGERS ] ladies, how are we?" "Fine." "I'm jake." "Uh, jake, I'm laurie." "Laurie." "That is beautiful." "Do you like hot tubs?" "N... doesn't everybody?" "Yeah." "Shall we?" "[ GRUNTS ]" "[ GRUNTING ] nnngh!" "Unngh!" "[ EXHALES SLOWLY ]" "[ SIGHS ]" "[ SIGHS ]" "doomed." "So fucking doomed." "[ GASPS ]" "[ SIGHS ]" "[ GASPS ]" "[ INSECT BUZZES ]" "[ LID CLANKS ]" "[ TV TURNS ON ]" "[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]" "[ RINGING CONTINUES ]" "[ RINGING STOPS ]" "I'll call her tomorrow." "So, I don't get it." "If you really like sheryl, why don't you get her to move here?" "She's a fabulous woman, and, surprisingly enough, she likes you." "Oh." "Thank you." "Thank you." "[ CHUCKLES ] you're welcome." "Hey, boss." "We're ready when you are." "Uh, we'll..." "we'll be right there." "Come on." "Got to get going." "I don't know, beth." "Just doesn't seem fair somehow, you know?" "I mean, she lives halfway across the country." "She's got a small kid." "You know, I live here." "I got two kids." "W-w-what?" "What am I supposed to do..." "move her and her kid here?" "I mean, that'll screw up their lives... take them away from all their friends, school." "Not to mention the kid's dad." "I mean, I don't know how I'd feel if somebody did that to me, you know?" "I mean..." "[ SIGHS ] and then, after all that, you find out, hey, it doesn't work." "That... that..." "that'd be awful." "Then why don't you... you could move there." "No." "You kidding me?" "Man, I got an ex-wife... joint custody." "You know, so I think she'll have something to say about that." "Not to mention, you know how cold it is in chicago?" "Hmm." "What?" "What's that supposed to mean?" "Oh, nothing." "Just "hmm."" "I don't think I like the sound of that "hmm."" "[ LAUGHING ] well, then, you're too sensitive." "You know..." "I don't know." "I just think that these sound like really good excuses for not pulling the trigger yet again." "No." "Look, come on." "Give me a break." "I mean, look, look." "If she lived here and, you know, had a life, was raising her kid here, you know, then... t-then anything's possible." "You know what I mean?" "We could see each other normal-like." "But you would still find something wrong." "'cause you'd search and you'd, you know, you'd get all intellectual about it and in your head about it." "If you were really in love, you would figure out a way to make it work." "What makes you think that she would even want to do anything like that, anyway?" "Wha..." "all right, you guys ready?" "Yeah." "Almost there." "All right. 10-4." ""10-4"?" "[ CHUCKLING ] you're not a cop." ""10-4. 10-4."" "what else..." "what should I say?" "Like, "over and out," or what?" "[ CHUCKLES ] so, have you... i mean, do you know how many that you... you're working on this thing?" "No, I don't." "They didn't tell me." "Whoa." "W-what is that?" "What is this?" "Wig." "no, I don't..." "i don't do wigs." "No wigs?" "No, it's contractual." "Take it up with jake." "So, what happened with the other thing?" "Oh, my god." "The... the internet thingy?" "Ah, it's a total bust." "Oh, no!" "Why?" "I went one of the worst dinners of my life." "[ CHUCKLING ] oh, I'm sorry." "Yeah." "Why?" "What happened?" "Major attitude, major appetite, major nose job." "No!" "Yeah, yeah." "Yeah." "I mean, she told me she was slender." "And she wasn't?" "Not if you consider 5'7" and 150 pounds slender." "That's... that... that's a very nice figure." "That kind of is slender, actually, if you think about it." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "I'm awful." "Yes, you're awful." "I'm awful!" "Very superficial." "Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on." "You didn't tell me about that date you went on." "How'd that go?" "Ohhh!" "No, no." "How..." "how di..." "what?" "Okay, well, you know how when people are... yeah." "...single and they just want to be in a relationship?" "And then, once you're with someone, you just feel like... trapped." "Ah." "Okay." "I got it." "So he wasn't... he didn't have, um... he wasn't spiritual." "Oh, god!" "[ CHUCKLING ] don't do that to me." "He just, you know, didn't have much to say." "You're changing the subject, and we're supposed to talk about how fucked up you are." "On the next film, we can talk about how fucked up I am." "[ CHUCKLING ] okay." "Okay?" "Okay, all right." "We'll do that." "You can't?" "No, but I could talk to him." "I could see if I could get you, like, another, uh, another scene or something." "We have great hot tubs, great, great party scenes." "Oh, yeah." "That'd be great." "Scene 55, take 4." "All right, uh... get your water." "Let's see the evamor bottle... bottles." "Yep." "All right." "This is shameless." "Okay, boss." "We're ready down here." "All right, action!" "Is that "action"?" "Action." "I'm telling you, she... she is the most beautiful, you know, funny, loving, supportive girl that I-i've met in my entire life." "I can't wait to meet her." "Yeah, beth, I'm telling you, you're gonna love her." "Boom!" "But..." ""but" what?" "What?" "[ CHUCKLES ]" ""but" what?" "Oh, come on." "You know, what's the "but"?" "No, there's no "but."" "she's fabulous." "No, no." "There is always a "but."" "yeah, no, and that's what I thought, too, right?" "I thought that there's no way that I could ever fall in love, right?" "It's not because I hadn't met the right one yet, you know what I mean?" "Uh... but... but... but it's because there couldn't possibly be... in the frame!" "...there couldn't possibly... be a right one, you know what I mean?" "because of me." "I have to admit, that thought did cross my mind." "Right." "so if you take..." "like, if you take the girl that I... that I cared about least in my life, you know?" "Mm." "Um... sandy." "What's the line?" ""in my life."" "we'll take it again." "Hold on." "So if you take the girl that" "I've cared about least in my life with the girl that I cared about the most in my life, right, and you put them on a scale from here to here, jocelyn is like..." "she's... she's... pyew!" "I mean, she's on the other side of that canyon, you know?" "I'm telling you, this girl, she's off the charts." "She is the one." "Jake?" "Jake!" "I think this is when you're supposed to say, "cut."" "hmm?" ""cut."" "oh." "[ WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS ] cut!" "[ WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS ] thanks." "Camera cuts." "Anyway, I'll talk to him." "I'll see if we can't, uh... yeah, do that." "Yeah." "...get another scene or something." "[ BEEP ] she's cute." "You really think she looks like me?" "Nah, you're significantly better-looking." "[ WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS ] all right, let's do it again." "[ WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS ] you're a taskmaster." "[ CHUCKLES ] after you, my love." "[ GRUNTS ] careful." "Careful." "[ DOOR OPENS ] welcome home!" "[ BOTH LAUGH ] mom." "Dad." "What are you doing here?" "Oh, welcome home." "You didn't think we'd miss the birth of our first grandchild, did you?" "[ BOTH GASP ] so darling." "Oh, hello, there, little..." "sarah." "We named her sarah." "You named her after my mother." "Aw." "I don't know what to say." "Aw." "Probably the happiest day of my life." "That guy doesn't look anything like me." "It doesn't have to look exactly like you." "I mean, it... it... it... it's just an artistic interpretation." "Well, how come your interpretation looks like brad pitt?" "My guy looks like james cromwell." "[ CHUCKLES ] here." "You want to see her?" "I got her." "Oh." "Just c-careful." "Just ca... be careful." "What up, fake dad?" "Hey, fake dad." "What?" "Who's that?" "[ RAPPING ] ♪ who told them boys you'd be runnin' with me, runnin' with me?" "♪" "♪ Who told them boys you'd be runnin' with me now?" "♪" "Hello?" "Mike." "Hi." "Jake." "Listen, you got to help me." "Okay." "What's up, man?" "That's jocelyn." "Yeah, I know that's jocelyn." "No, not her, but the one that just pulled in?" "Yeah." "that... that is the real jocelyn." "[ LAUGHING ] oh, my god." "Wow." "that has got to be all sorts of weird... for you." "Yeah." "You think?" "You got to... you got to handle this for me." "No." "God, no." "It's not part of my deal." "Listen, please." "Please." "I've had a couple of drinks." "There's no way that I can... just... just... all right." "All right." "It's just uncomfortable listening to you beg." "I'm gonna need another hot-tub scene, huh?" "Done." "Done." "[ SIGHS ] done." "Now where's he going?" "Hey." "Need a hand?" "Does it look like I need a hand?" "Oh." "Where's... ohh!" "I forgot." "He's making his little movie." "[ CHUCKLES ] you, uh, you must be... jake." "Yeah." "Yep." "That's me." "I'm... i'm jake." "Let me give you a hand." "I, uh, I should have been so lucky." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "[ GROANS ] hi." "I'm jocelyn." "[ LAUGHING ] oh, my god!" "Really?" "You look just like me." "[ CHUCKLES ] this is... can't believe you guys." "Yeah." "Thanks." "That's really nice of you, you know that?" "Absolutely." "You got a lot of stuff." "I know." "The kids, you know?" "Right." "Right." "Well, I mean, I don't know." "[ GRUNTING ] just... o... kay." "I'll, uh..." "i'll see you later, then." "We'll see you next week." "Will you still be around?" "I mean, I don't know." "I have no idea." "You know, the way this thing's going..." "[ CHUCKLES ] well, I hope you'll still be around." "Nice ass." "Whew." "I know you're watching me." "[ GROANS ] jesus." "Hi, real dad." "Oh." "Hey, sweetie." "Whatcha doing out here?" "Uh... nothing." "Just relaxing, enjoying the afternoon." "Ah." "So I see." "Mm-hmm." "Can I have a sip?" "No, it's just water." "Give me a break." "[ SPITS ]" "[ CHUCKLES ] what?" "Oh, god." "What is that?" "What is... oh!" "Wow." "That's vodka." "What are you doing drinking vodka?" "[ SIGHING ] oh, dad." "Oh, dad, dad, dad." "It's after 6:00, anyway." "Yeah, maybe in new york." "So, uh, dad, can you loan me 20 bucks?" "Me and alyssa want to catch a movie later." "Loan you?" "you mean you're actually gonna pay me back?" "Don't I always?" "Seriously?" "Whatever." "Hey, hey." "Hey." "Here." "[ CLEARS THROAT ] come on." "$40?" "Yeah." "That was it." "[ STAMMERS ] thanks, dad." "All right." "All right." "I'll pay you back." "I promise." "That's not necessary." "You don't have to." "Thanks, dad." "Love you." "Enjoy your... afternoon." "Love you, too." "Did you do your homework?" "Um... well, that's a "no."" "okay, so, no film, no movie till you do your homework." "All right, all right." "Hey, sweetie!" "Hey, dad." "Uh, any homework tomorrow?" "Nope." "Great!" "See you later." "Hey, uh... dad... can I borrow 20 bucks?" "Me and alyssa want to catch a movie later." "Can you borrow 20 bucks?" "Yeah." "Um... yeah." "Sure." "[ CHUCKLES ] 20 bucks." "Great." "Thanks, dad." "Yeah." "[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]" "♪ ohh" "♪ there's a fire in me" "♪ embers leap from tree to tree ♪" "♪ when the forest is burned down and the animals flee ♪" "♪ come draw this fire out of me ♪" "[ HUMMING ] all right, what the hell's he doing now?" "You look beautiful, sweetie." "Thanks, "dad."" "you're very talented." "All that money on lessons was definitely not wasted." "[ MUSIC CONTINUES ] hey." "That was groovy." "We should jam." "He's a really great guitar player." "He'll blow your mind." "I'm rain." "I'm damian." "Damian." "Really?" "Yeah." "Nice to meet you." "All right, that's just about enough." "[ GRUNTS ] no, no, no!" "Stop, stop, stop!" "I'm telling you, there's, like, a million dads down there." "So what?" "It's just part of the movie." "No, it's not." "I read the entire script." "That's not how it's supposed to be." "What... all five pages?" "No, there's nothing in there about all these dads!" "All right, all right!" "Don't have a heart attack." "I'm not having a heart attack." "Dad's the one." "He's, like, freaking out!" "Don't be such a drama queen!" "There's even a kid who calls himself damian and plays the guitar." "So what?" "So that was dad's stage name when he was some, like, hippie folk singer in high school." "Remember?" "No!" "Don't." "It'll freak you out." "I'd love to freak out." "No, don't..." "[ LAUGHING ] awesome!" "What are you doing here?" "Uh..." "I don't know." "Not sure." "Yeah, I, uh... this is my movie." "I say what happens." "Oh, yeah, big shot?" "What happens?" "I don't know." "But you're not supposed to be here." "Only he is." "What?" "oh." "Don't look at me." "Well, maybe we're just trying to figure out the same thing as you." "Maybe... maybe that's why we're here... to help you." "With what?" "Love." "How to find it." "How to keep it." "Hey, guys, I don't mean to interrupt or anything, 'cause, you know, clearly you got a lot to work through here." "ALL:" "What?" "I'm just looking at the call sheet here." "I'm wondering if any of you happened to notice which way, uh... uh, bathing beauty 3 went?" "[ CHUCKLES ] are you kidding?" "She thought you were a little harsh on her." "You know, all the jew stuff." "So I figured that I'd, uh..." "[ CHUCKLING ] oh, my god." "Okay, whatever." "Listen, I'll just... i'll leave you guys to it." "We just want to fall in love." "Same as you." "I don't want to fall in love." "Been there, done that." "Just think how you felt when you first met joanne." "How beautiful it was." "And what did you do?" "You totally blew it." "He does?" "There's still time." "Huh." "That's not a real quote." "Yeah, it is." "It's from a song." "That I wrote." "So that doesn't count." "[ PIANO PLAYS SLOW MELODY ] come on." "You know this one." "You know this one." "♪ Love is a pain" "♪ you might as well put a bullet straight through your brain ♪" "♪ you want to see your life spin out of control ♪" "♪ right down the drain" "♪ go ahead" "♪ fall in love" "♪ it's a pain" "♪ love is a drag" "♪ after the bomb explodes" "♪ the dust's so thick, you start to gag!" "♪" "♪ Pick up your million shattered pieces ♪" "♪ put 'em in a body bag" "♪ go ahead, fall in love" "♪ it's a drag" "♪ yeah, baby, it's a drag" "♪ listen, my children, to what I say to you ♪" "♪ love really stinks" "♪ it never, ever, ever, ever is true ♪" "♪ it always promises forever, but then it never lasts ♪" "♪ it never la-a-a-sts!" "♪ It never lasts!" "♪ It never lasts!" "Huh." "Shall we?" "Yeah." "Uh... anyone else think that song was a little harsh?" "Kinda." "Is that seriously how I'm gonna become?" "No." "Never." "I mean, he's so jaded." "You're nothing like that." "Crap." "You don't get it." "Sure we do." "You're just a helpless... oh, I mean, hopeless romantic." "That's it." "Run away." "Same as always." "Don't blame us when we end up old and alone and in a room somewhere with no one to even change our diaper." "Whose fault would it be then, huh?" "Okay, fuck you." "Fuck you." "You better be gone when I get back." "All of you!" "All of you." "[ MUTTERS ]" "[ PIANO PLAYS UP-TEMPO MELODY ]" "this is so awesome." "[ MELODY STOPS ] making movies sucks." "I'd rather pay bills and balance checkbooks." "I should have been an accountant." "Everything would have been so much easier!" "One... i could have been a cool accountant, not a nerdy one." "Cool... the hank moody of accountants." "Cool clothes, cool chicks, cool cars, cool watches, cool, cool, cool." "Two... meet some beautiful girls." ""what do you do?"" ""me?" "I'm an accountant."" ""ooh!" "Really?"" ""yeah, I play around with other people's money all day long."" ""that's so sexy."" ""yeah." "Let's go back to my place."" "[ GASPS ] "I thought you'd never ask."" "I heard that." "Hey." "You did not." "It's all internal dialogue." "I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I heard it nevertheless." "[ SNIFFS ] thank you." "Hey, jake." "Yeah?" "Do you want to make out?" "Say what?" "I was just... thinking you and I should make out." "Why?" "[ LAUGHS ] no reason." "Just because." "Hey, didn't we make out one time before?" "[ SIGHS ] yeah." "Like 25 years ago, when we first met, but, like, for a second, maybe." "I-I don't remember that." "Thanks." "No, I mean, no offense." "It's just... are you sure?" "Yeah." "I don't forget things like that." "Oh, yeah?" "Well, what about that woman we met that time and she went on and on about how you dated and you hadn't a clue who she was?" "No, she was lying." "I'd never seen her before in my life." "Why would she do that?" "Well, because you don't remember making out with me." "[ LAUGHS ] let's go for a hike." "But I was serious." "Really?" "Yeah." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "that was fun." "It was even better than the first time." "I thought you didn't remember the first time." "I don't." "But if it was that good, I wouldn't have forgotten." "Okay." "Let's go for a hike." "Yeah." "Whatever." "[ DOOR CLOSES ]" "hey!" "Jake!" "Yeah." "Jake, am I working today?" "Dibs on the porsche." "I got the volvo!" "Hey!" "What about me?" "!" "Maybe I want to go somewhere, too, you jerks!" "Okay, does anybody know if I'm working today?" "[ CHUCKLES ] hey." "This your first day?" "[ LAUGHS ] ohh." "Old porsche." "Ooh." "Oh, my god." "I love that sound." "[ ENGINE REVS ]" "oh, hell no." "♪ You beautiful doll" "♪ you great big, beautiful doll ♪ what is this..." "cirque du soleil?" "Hey!" "You should be wearing a helmet!" "[ LAUGHS ] come on." "[ DOG BARKS ]" "well?" "It's not easy reading backwards." ""daily om."" "that's a lot of pressure." "I rely on you." "[ LAUGHS ] a quote from a website..." "really?" "Yeah." "And I'm very confused." "Well, then you've come to the right place." "Tell me something, jake." "Mm-hmm." "Are you happy?" "I don't know why I wouldn't be." "I mean, I've got so much to be happy about, you know?" "I mean, I got a beautiful home, friends, some money, wonderful kids." "You know?" "I'm still meeting women, which, at my age, is, you know, it's pretty amazing." "So... yeah." "I'm... i'm happy." "Of course, those things have nothing to do with the question" "I'm asking you." "I mean, you can go out for a great dinner, you can... kiss a beautiful woman." "These are pleasures, you know?" "You... you feel a rush of endorphins in that moment." "You can have great moments of pleasure in your life and still be unhappy." "So, my question remains... are you happy?" "[ SIGHS ]" "I guess if you put it that way, no, I'm not." "[ SCOFFS ] big surprise." "[ GASPS ] mitch klein?" "Hello, dear." "Jake, that's your father!" "Yeah, yeah." "Whatever." "You're... he's... he's..." "dead?" "What can I say?" "He's like the ghost of jacob marley." "Where are your chains, dad?" "Jacob who?" "Never mind." "I did most of the reading in the family." "Jake, it's no wonder you're not happy." "You should have never ended your marriage." "I didn't end my marriage, dad." "She left me." "Successful marriage is the key to happiness." "I didn't leave her, dad." "Your mother and I were married 55 years... until I passed away, which kind of ended that." "Yeah?" "Well, maybe it wasn't such a bed of roses as you might think." "What's that supposed to mean?" "I don't know." "Maybe mom..." "thought you were difficult." "She said that?" "No, she didn't." "I-i'm just talking shit." "I'm sorry." "I guess it's because, you know, you just keep saying that I left my marriage, which I didn't do." "Jake, I don't know how you could have done what you did." "I didn't leave her, dad!" "What, am I talking to myself?" "Apparently." "[ GASPS ] oy. oy." "Beth, this is my grandfather." "He's been dead for 30 years." "Uh... granddad, this is my best friend, beth." "Ah." "Very attractive." "Thank you. [ CHUCKLES ] jewish?" "No." "She's, uh, she's not jewish, grandpa." "At your age, I suppose it doesn't make that much difference, tateleh." "You're certainly not gonna have any kids anymore." "But, believe me, you're much better off with a jewish girl." "We're... we're just best friends, grandpa." "What ever happened to joanne cohen?" "She may have been your cousin, but at least she was jewish." "Okay, hello." "Hello." "I'm right here." "I'm sorry, dear." "I-I don't mean any harm." "I'm just a silly, old, jewish grandfather." "And I'm sure that your family would much rather you marry some nice catholic boy." "Um..." "I'm protestant." "I... but, anyway, as jake said, we're just good friends." "And that was some friendly kiss back there." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Wait a second." "I've just had about enough of this." "What do you two guys want?" "I'm all grown up now, you know?" "Shit." "I mean, I'll... i'll be collecting social security before you know it." "Does anybody know the combination to this lock?" "[ PANTING ] I'm getting, like, really exhausted." "I want to, you know, like, lock this thing up someplace." "Jakey!" ""damian"!" "Hi, grandpa." "Jake!" "Sheryl?" "Oh, shit." "Oh, no, no, no." "Stay!" "no!" "No!" "Hey, hey!" "Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi!" "Oh." "Hell no." "Hell no!" "[ WHIMPERS ] jake!" "Jake!" "Jake!" "Jake!" "Oh, shit!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Sorry!" "Sorry!" "Hey, man!" "My past... it's catching up with me!" "I'm serious!" "Look out!" "Look o-o-o-o-out!" "Oh." "So sorry." "What the hell?" "Jake, wait!" "I came all the way from chicago!" "Sorry!" "Jesus!" "[ HORN BLARES ] joanne?" "Jake!" "Jake!" "Am I working today or not?" "Hey." "[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]" "[ EXHALING DEEPLY ]" "[ SNORING ]" "[ SIGHS ]" "shh." "Hey." "Hello." "[ SNORING CONTINUES ] noisy, isn't he?" "[ CHUCKLES ] yeah." "You always were." "I was not." "Ohhh." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "[ CHUCKLES ] are you really joanne?" "Yeah." "My joanne?" "Yes." "[ CHUCKLES ] far out." "[ SIGHS ] chicago... all the way from chicago." "And you do this... you guys do this... you see each other two or three times a year?" "Yes." "You serious?" "Why?" "Why would you do that?" "Well, I probably wouldn't if it were anyone else." "Huh." "Oh." "I'm sor... i'm sorry." "I just..." "i think he's a jerk." "I... no." "if... if..." "if it were me, I mean, I would not let you out of my sight for a second, and I mean that." "No, seriously." "I-I think you've got it all." "Look at you." "You're... you're... you're beautiful." "You're... you know, you're funny, you're smart." "I think..." "I just think that he is out of his mind." "That's what I think." "[ LAUGHS ] well... as a matter of fact, I have thought that myself... on occasion." "On occasion?" "Try working for him, okay?" "[ BOTH LAUGH ] it's just "ooh-ooh!"" "[ CHUCKLES ] how much, uh, how much longer you in town?" "Mm... it depends." "I don't know." "You guys planning on seeing each other that time or... well, talk to jake." "[ LAUGHS ]" "I'll talk to jake, all right." "[ CHUCKLES ]" "[ SNORING ] so... how have you been all this time?" "Like, who are you?" "I mean... who did you become?" "You know, what did you do?" "Becoming me." "I've had a beautiful life." "So what are you now?" "Like...40?" "[ LAUGHS ] 40?" "[ SIGHS ] god, I wish." "No, you're gonna have to add quite a bit to that." "So, did you ever get married or did you ever have kids?" "Yeah, I was married once a long time ago." "Didn't work out." "I have a daughter." "She's a grown woman now." "We were supposed to have kids." "I mean, we used to talk about that all the time." "[ SNORING ]" "and what the hell happened?" "I mean, how... how is it that we didn't end up together?" "[ SIGHS ]" "I guess we both just needed to be free." "What does that even mean?" "I mean, I don't get that." "I mean, who says I ever wanted to be free?" "[ SIGHS ]" "♪ good morni-i-i-i-ng!" "Rise and shine!" "Let's go!" "Get up!" "Gonna be late for school!" "Go!" "[ DOOR SLAMS ]" "I met him on jdate." "And, then, that's a jewish dating site, isn't it?" "Yes." "[ CHUCKLES ] so, you're jewish." "No." "So, then, why were you on jdate?" "Lots of girls who aren't jewish are." "I like jewish guys." "Why is that?" "Are you... are you some sort of a woody allen fan?" "Something like that?" "[ CHUCKLES ]" "[ CLEARS THROAT ] everybody knows that jewish men make the best providers." "And they never hit their wives." "Well, I thought he was nice and all that." "But, um... he wasn't really my type." "A little too jewish." "So... so it wasn't a match." "[ LAUGHS ] no way." "[ LAUGHS ] but... but he was totally into me, though." "I-I kind of felt bad about that." "Well, it was obvious." "He sent me a bunch of e-mails after that." "I just never answered." "That is such bull." "I didn't e-mail you." "You did too." "No, yo... no, no." "You e-mailed me." "[ LAUGHS ] as if." "You want me to get my laptop?" "I-i-i'll show you." "Okay, all right, all right, all right, you two... plus... plus... he lied on his profile." "I think he lied about his age." "Is that true?" "[ CHUCKLES ] it's totally not true." "Yeah." "I doubt that." "What about you?" "Your profile said that you were slender." "And?" "And... listen, I think you're lovely." "I just can't understand why you just wouldn't describe yourself as you really are." "And that way, you would just get calls from guys who are only into... interested in people like you." "People like me?" "Yeah... people who aren't... slender." "I am slender." "Okay, let's get out of here, kids." "We're gonna be late." "I'm slender." "Absolutely." "Are you jewish?" "What?" "You were on jdate?" "Yeah, but just for one second." "That's all." "You're... you're..." "you're such a loser." "No, I'm not!" "I think it's great that people take their destinies into their hands." "I know a lot of people who have met their husbands and wives that way." "It just wasn't for me." "Come on." "Come on, come on, come on." "I need the keys." "Buh-bye." "Hey!" "Driver!" "[ SIGHS ] hey!" "Wait up!" "The hell you think you're going?" "School, man." "Driver." "Uh, get real, dude." "You're totally in the wrong generation." "Do you even know what an automatic transmission is?" "Why are you going to school, anyway?" "Uh, I don't know." "Aren't I supposed to?" "How old are you?" "17." "Get in." "Scoot over." "All right." "Make sure you don't hit the fence." "Again." "Got it, loser." "[ SIGHS ] you know, give me the keys." "W-w-what are you doing?" "We're gonna be late." "No, we won't." "Dad... oh, my god." "Why does everybody keep doing this?" "[ SIGHS ] stepping out." "You know, sometimes this is, um..." "[ SNIFFLES ] um..." "i mean, what I'm trying to say... trying to say is, um..." "what I want to say..." "[ STAMMERS ] these things that are..." "that are happening to me..." "[ BREATHING SHAKILY ] come on, dad!" "Let's go!" "[ CELLPHONE CHIMES ] ah." "Shit." "[ CELLPHONE BEEPS ] marcus aurelius, emperor of rome in the second century a.d., reigned through war and disaster." "He thought that all things in life flowed naturally and it was better to go with the flow than to fight against it." "[ SIGHS ] marcus aurelius... seriously?" "Would have thought it was the beatles." "All right." "I give up." "I can do that." "I can do that." "I can relax." "Go with the flow." "[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]" "I wonder who said "do your own thing."" "julius caesar?" "Let's go." "Let's go with the flow." "[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]" "I can tell there's a gentleman in there." "Hey." "Jake." "Hey, jake." "Oh, wow." "You're both named jake?" "Jake and jake." "Jake squared." "More like jake to the fifth." "Huh?" "It's an inside joke." "Oh." "Yeah." "[ CHUCKLES ] but remember..." "i'm jake and he's jake, but a lot of people think that he's jake and I'm jake, but it's really the other way around." "Nah, he's full of it." "Don't listen to him." "I'm jake." "He's... he's jake." "Okay." "hey,jake,canyou meetmein  the dining room in 10 minutes?" "What's up, jake?" "Nothing... i just have a few things I want to talk over with everyone." "No problem." "I'll be right there, jake." "Oh." "Me too?" "No, just jakes." "Oh." "Okay." "Well... jake." "It was really nice talking with you." "Mm-hmm." "How about we talk a little more about that part after your meeting?" "Yeah?" "What?" "Like you wouldn't do the same thing if you were making a movie?" "[ CHUCKLES ]" "[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]" "richie?" "Is that you?" "Richie madden?" "I'm richard madden." "[ CHUCKLES ] nice to see you, my young friend." "How are you?" "I'm... i'm fine!" "But..." "look at you..." "all growed up!" "I can't believe it!" "It's like gandalf the grey." "And look at that stomach!" "[ LAUGHS ] excuse me?" "Oh, god, no, I'm sorry." "I'm just kidding." "No, really, though, man, you really let yourself go!" "I-I-i'm sorry." "I'm not really remembering... hey, jake." "Hey, man, listen, I'm calling a little meeting in the dining room." "All the others are coming." "Okay, great." "All right?" "Jake." "BOTH:" "Yeah?" "Hey." "Richard." "How's it going?" "What's going on here?" "Oh, nothing, man." "Just got a little family issue." "Enjoy yourself." "Come on." "[ LAUGHING ] later, richie." ""richard."" "y-yeah." "L-later." "Jesus!" "Richie madden!" "What the hell happened to him?" "I mean, he used to be so good-looking!" "God, we really held up a whole lot better than him." "Good job." "You think?" "Oh, yeah." "Really?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "All right." "Good." "Good." "Good." "First of all, I want to thank you, uh, all for, uh, being here." "I mean, I got to admit, at first, I was a little freaked out." "I mean, you know, it's not every day, uh, someone gets to hang out with themselves." "[ CHUCKLES ] literally." "[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]" "[ LAUGHS ] yeah, I was freaked out." "Anyway, all in all, this has turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life." "All right." "As you all know all too well, I've been looking for love all my life, and the journey has been brutal." "Amen to that." "Covered a lot of territory." "And I just wanted to thank you and let you know how much I appreciate and understand that you all being here is to help me try to figure this whole mess out." "Okay." "Who's it gonna be?" "Who's it g... uh, what do you mean?" "Who did you pick?" "[ CHUCKLES ] no." "No, no, no." "That is not why I called you here." "Well, obviously it's joanne." "Joanne?" "You got to be kidding." "She's the perfect choice." "I mean, when joanne and I met, it was love at first sight." "Absolutely no doubt it was meant to be." "Are you serious?" "I mean, joanne is great, but she was never there for us." "She was the quicksilver." "You put your finger down just a little too hard, she scoots way over there." "Well, maybe you just didn't give her enough of a chance." "Okay?" "I did." "That's a laugh." "You started this whole thing." "Every time you guys got a little close, you ran for the hills." "It'd be hard to say who ran faster." "Look, man, I'm only 17." "Okay?" "I-I-i'm not supposed to settle down." "I'm supposed to sow my wild oats." "You guys are the ones that are supposed to settle down." "Hey, hey, hey!" "Guys, guys!" "Guys!" "Personally, I think we should take another look at jocelyn." "Jocelyn?" "!" "no!" "No fucking way jocelyn!" "Guys!" "Jakes!" "Please?" "No, no, seriously." "Hear me out." "I mean, first of all, she's the mother of our kids." "Well, there's definitely something to be said for that." "Hey!" "Is anybody listening?" "And when we met, it was really love at first sight, not some teenage thing." "No... offense." "Yeah, none taken." "But a real, full-blown, adult love at first sight." "When I first met her, I was pretty certain that she was the one." "Pretty certain?" "Very... certain." "But that's not what you said." "That's what I meant." "Oh." "Anyway, you didn't know her 10 years later." "She wasn't exactly the same person at all." "I can promise you, there's no way we're going back to that." "Tell him." "Tell him." "Uhh... enh." "You heard what dad said." "It's not too late." "Hey, are you kidding?" "Well, you know, it seems" "[SIGHS] unlikely that, uh... uh... just seems highly unlikely." "Okay, see?" "Good." "What about sheryl?" "Sheryl's the greatest." "She represents a mature love." "Now, now, I admit... jocelyn, joanne were big loves, right?" "But sheryl is something completely different, man." "I mean, she is something really special." "She's a sweet lady, she's attentive, she's compassionate, she's loving, no blow-ups, no drama." "That's also pretty important." "Right." "But the thing is, every time she gets just a little under his skin, he starts finding new ways on why he wouldn't want to belong to that club." "Y-y-you know what I mean?" "Just, gentlemen, please." "Could you... could I..." "could I speak?" "Can I speak?" "Oh!" "Beth." "What about beth?" "[ SNAPS FINGERS ] yeah." "I mean, y-you didn't know her." "She was after your time." "But beth is the greatest." "Absolutely." "We've been friends for over 20 years." "If you knew her, you'd be crazy about her." "Not to mention that she's a great kisser, right, jake?" "[ LAUGHTER ] look, that sounds good, but..." "i mean, if something was gonna happen, don't you think it already would've happened?" "I mean, 25 years... that's a long time." "Yeah, I suppose so." "Yeah, the kid's got a point." "Hmm." "[ SIGHS ] hey." "[ SIGHS ] hey!" "The fuck is the matter with you?" "Me?" "I mean, do you really think that there is something wrong with every single woman in the world?" "Or might there possibly be something wrong with, uh..." "I don't know..." "you?" "Why are you guys blaming me?" "Who says any of them even want to be with me?" "Who says anyone would ever want to be with me?" "Did that ever occur to you?" "Did that ever occur to you?" "Man, this is a lot harder than I thought." "Unbelievable." "Un-fucking-believable." "Did you ever think about putting some color in your hair?" "No, I mean, maybe just a little bit around the temples and sideburns." "I mean..." "[ SCREAMS ]" "unbelievable." "Un-fucking-believable." "I can't believe they're lecturing me." "They're the ones who always found something wrong with everybody." "One." ""oh, no, no." "This one's too tall." "That one's too short." "This one's too this." "This one's too that."" "shit!" "I'm the one who had two kids." "I'm the one who made a commitment!" "Two." "Did it ever occur to them that maybe searching for the right one is just some kind of unconscious, defensive thing so I don't get hurt again?" "It's psychological!" "Three." "I don't know." "Maybe the jakes are right." "Maybe it is cheryl." "Four." "Sheryl's great." "She's beautiful." "She's smart." "She's always fun to be with." "Yeah." "Sheryl." "Five." "She has a really weird laugh." "It's kind of irritating." "But I can get used to that." "I can get used to that." "Really, I can." "I mean, she's so sweet and she's so kind." "7, 8, 9, 10." "[ CHUCKLES ] no, I want a funny story." "Not good on point?" "It never..." "it never comes easy..." "I can't fucking believe it." "Jake." "Oh, god." "Jake, no." "This is not what it looks like." "You did not say that." "Come on, jake." "Don't be that way." "Come on." "Get in the tub with us." "Could you believe I'm actually gonna do this?" "Okay." "How could you do this?" "How could I not?" "What'd you think..." "i was gonna wait around forever?" "I can't fucking believe it." "I mean, especially now." "I finally f-f-figured out it's you that I want to be with." "Jake." "No, you don't." "You just think you want me, because now it looks like... maybe you can't have me." "Now I'm a safe bet." "That's not true." "I mean, I was hoping that you'd feel the same way." "Is it because he's younger and better-looking than me?" "I mean, my pearl?" "Ech." "No." "The fact that he's a total hunk has nothing to do with it." "Jake, I love you." "But if I move from this side of the tub to that side, you'd immediately start noticing all the reasons why I can't possibly be the right one." "No, I wouldn't." "Yes, you would." "[ LAUGHING THROATILY ]" "look, could I... could I..." "could I just say something?" "Oh, god, how I wish you wouldn't." "All right, I-i may not be a real jake klein, okay, but I do play one in the movies." "Go right ahead." "You don't really want to fall in love." "Of course I do." "No." "No, what you really want..." "only, you're just too ashamed to admit it... is the endless search." "I mean, y-you love being free." "No." "I don't." "I want to be in love." "I want to spend the rest of my life with somebody." "That may be what you think you want." "Okay, jake." "Why don't you tell me what I really want?" "You want exactly what you already have." "I do?" "you're the master of your destiny." "I'm the master of my destiny." "Okay, check this out." "You want perfect love." "But, poor you, you can't find it anywhere." "I mean, how could you say yes to this one when she doesn't have what that one has?" "How could you say yes to that one when you could meet someone this afternoon and she's got everything?" "You see what I'm saying?" "So it's... it's the possibility that's exciting." "Even at a time of life of... rapidly diminishing opportunities." "It's true." "Jake, look at all the other jakes trying to make their old loves fit the bill." "But you don't want the bill filled at all." "Your parents' long-term relationship..." ""that's what I want," you thought, always punishing yourself for not being able to do it." "And the truth is, you're already exactly who you're supposed to be." "You're the person you designed." "I'm the person I designed." "I like e.e. cummings." "Oh, my god." "dude, I just wanted to say thank you." "Like, this has been the best movie I've ever worked on." "So many beautiful chicks." "It's just been [CHUCKLES] like a smorgasbord." "And sheryl." "Sheryl, she's, this one, she's the keeper." "Hmm." "Seriously." "God, you think we'll end up making one of these movies someday?" "I am the person I designed." "[ LAUGHS ]" "[ LAUGHS ] ohh!" "I am the person I designed." "[ SIGHS ]" "[ SIGHS ]" "[ SIGHS ] there you have it." "I finally figured it out, thanks to actor jake and sheryl." "I never was capable of falling in love and being with one person." "My marriage was the oddity... a temporary departure from who I really am." "[ CHUCKLES LIGHTLY ] I thought I'd spent my whole like looking for the one, perfect love." "And it was really always about being able to fall in love with so many different qualities in so many different people." "So... i created." "I created this situation myself." "Now that I realize it..." "I can relax and be happy." "[ SIGHS ] this is the life." "I think you're full of shit." "Not only are you full of shit, but I think you're the loneliest, most miserable fuck" "I've ever known on the face of the earth." "No, I'm not." "All you ever really wanted was to fall in love with the right person and spend the rest of your days with her." "And I think you're despondent that time is running out." "And even if you met her today, you'd only have a few, short years together." "No." "And I think you're crushed." "I think you're crushed that the possibility of a lifelong love has passed you by." "Oh, god." "Man, you're wrong." "You're wrong." "I am happy." "I am the master of my destiny." "Ah, that's a good one, don quixote." "Now, listen." "don't forget..." "i know." "Hmm?" "[ LAUGHS ] you know, even if it means spending the rest of your life alone... you're still not willing to settle." "How stupid is that?" "Pretty damn stupid, huh?" "You're damn right it is." "Pretty damn stupid." "Thanks a lot, asshole." "Pass the chips." "[ LAUGHS ] you know, I got to admit... it's kind of... it's kind of romantic in a, you know, bizarre, self-destructive sort of way." "Really?" "Yeah." "Maybe even a little... noble." "Really?" "But don't tell anyone I said that." "I'll deny it." "Don't worry." "At least we always have each other." "You know?" "Oy vey." "Should I shoot myself now?" "[ LAUGHS ]" "[ LAUGHING ] oh, man." "[ LAUGHS ]" "[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]" "[ SEEING THINGZ'S "BITS AND PIECES" PLAYS ]" "♪ scratching at my window like a bougainvillea ♪" "♪ sensual memories" "♪ there's a little black message trying to get my attention ♪" "♪ heart bits and pieces scattered on the floor ♪" "♪ if the glass cracks, maybe we can study the patterning ♪" "♪ beep-bop-bop ba-ba-da da-di-dum ♪" "♪ holding on to something 'cause it fits my little theory ♪" "♪ da-da-da-da-di-da da-da" "♪ freedom" "♪ miles from arizona with a broken tie-rod ♪" "♪ la-di-da-di-da da-by-yoo" "♪ you can flag down a passing motorcar ♪" "♪ beep-bop-bop ba-ba-da da-di-doo ♪" "♪ if we get back safely, I can show you my drawing ♪" "[ GASPS ]" "♪ beep-ba-by ba-ba-ba da-da-daa ooh ♪" "♪ honey, are you okay?" "You seem quite distracted ♪" "♪ seems we always knew they we would leave as we came ♪" "♪ with love pow." "Punch." "Ooh!" "Bang bang." "[ BOTH SCATTING ]" "come here." "♪ Boom, boom" "♪ boom, boom, ba-dum" "♪ boom, boom" "♪ boom, hmmmmmmm" "♪ scratching at my window like a bougainvillea ♪" "♪ sensual memories" "♪ if we drive toward the sunset, it'll never go down ♪" "♪ love and bits and pieces crawling under my skin ♪" "♪ but we're stuck here in the desert with nobody to hear us ♪" "♪ breathless now, and the ground is shaking ♪" "♪ walking on the shells of microscopic feelings ♪" "♪ we slide" "♪ through time and space into your hand ♪" "♪ would you care to have a little piece of heaven ♪ pow." "Punch." "Ooh!" "Bang bang." "[ BOTH SCATTING ]" "come here!" "[ BOTH SCATTING ]" "come here!" "♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang" "♪ bang, bang, bang, bang" "♪ bang, bang, bang ♪"