Lovely, Still (2008) - full transcript

[CHURCH BELLS TOLLING]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[RADIO: "DECK THE HALLS"]
[GRUNTING]

[♫ CONTINUES]

[SIGHS]

[HEAVY SIGH]

[HITS RADIO BUTTON]
[♫ STOPS]

[EXHALES]

[CHILDREN SHOUTING PLAYFULLY IN DISTANCE]

Okay.



[WATER STOPS RUNNING]

[SIGHS]

[THUD]

- [MAN #1] You got it?
- [MAN #2] I got it. I got it.

It must be stuck. One, two, three.

Watch out. Watch out. Watch out.

[CHATTERING]

[MAN ON P.A.] Happy holidays, everyone,
from all of us to all of you…

at Cedar Heights Shop and Save.

[CLATTERS]

Mom.

Oh, Alex. What are you doing here?

Let's go.

[MAN] Sir?



Robert?

Mike wants to speak with you.

Oh. Okay.

[PEN CLACKING]

So, would you say that you have
a lot of stocking experience?

[SIGHS] I don't know.

I guess. I help my grandma put
her groceries away every week.

- Grandma's groceries. How old is your grandma?
- Uh, 82 or 83.

- I'm not sure at this point.
- Eighty-two?

[SIGHS] I don't know.

Don't touch those.

[SIGHS] Look,

I'm just gonna be straight with you.

Do you think you're Cedar
Heights Shop and Save material?

I mean, do you wanna become
a part of this family?

- I don't know. I guess I do.
- You guess you do?

Yeah. You guess?

Okay. Well, look…

- Peter?
- Yeah. Peter.

I'm just gonna be honest with you.

I'm not sure you want this bad enough.

In fact, I know you don't want this bad enough.

Because I've got guys lined up
around the block. Not today…

Okay. Well, thanks for your time.

Well… No, no. Okay.

- Mike.
- Hey, Robert.

Um, okay, Peter, look, how about this?

How about we give it a month,
and then we'll see where we're at.

- Okay? All right.
- Okay. Thanks.

- Can I have one of these?
- No, you leave that there.

- Yeah. Right up the stairs.
- Thanks.

Robert. How's work going today?

- Uh, fine.
- Yeah?

Yeah, they said you needed to talk with me?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Have a seat. Have a seat.

Ah, busy day. Busy day here at Shop and Save.

We got a lot of…

[TAPPING BUTTONS]

[TAPPING CONTINUES]
Fix that later.

Whatever.

Uh, so, Robert, how's the whole everything?

Fine.

- Yours?
- Great.

In fact, it's great that you asked,

because…

I have something you need to see.

Now, I think I found something
that could really help us all out.

I don't wanna hype it up too much.

I'm just gonna cut to the chase here. Okay?

Okay. I truly think that this…

could change the way we
celebrate the holiday season.

Are you ready?

Are you ready, sir?

- Uh, yeah.
- Yeah? Okay.

These are…

Christmas recipe books,

stuffed full of holiday-themed
dinners and desserts…

Everything from St. Nick Stew
to my personal favorite,

Christmas tree-shaped cookies… all delicious.

I've made many of them myself. Really?

Y-You m-made them yourself?

No. It's… It's part of the pitch.

Oh. Look, Robert,
I'm not trying to sell you this thing.

I want us to go into business
together, you and me.

- I don't understand.
- Okay.

Look, all I have to do is get a
team of people working under me,

and then they get a team of
people working under them,

and then we all start
profiting off of each other.

See, the more people we get
involved, the more money we make.

There's no chance we can
fail if we never give up.

Well, yeah, that makes sense to me.

Yes. Yes. Okay. So, what do you think?

Should we get everyone up in the
store selling these things? Huh?

Granted, it might be kind of weird…

to have all of the employees of this
place all of a sudden be millionaires.

- Right?
- I'll… I'll think about it, yeah.

Hey, do you want, uh, one of these?

Take it home? Give it to someone you care about?

Maybe another time.

- Uh-huh. All right.
- Well, good-bye for now.

Okay. Hey, do you want a
ride home today or anything?

Uh, no. I feel like walking. Yeah.

- All right.
- Bye.

[CLOCK TICKING]

- Hi.
- [GASPS]

- I'm sorry for… for coming in like this, but…
- I don't know who you are.

- I-I'm sorry.
- Get out.

- I'm sorry for coming in like this.
- Take what you want.

- Get out of my house.
- My daughter and I are moving in…

- across the street, and…
- Get out of here.

I didn't invite you here. Leave now, please.

The door was open, and I-I… I just
wanted to make sure you weren't hurt.

Hurt? I was just seeing that you're okay.

- That I was okay?
- Your car is crashed into the garage.

Yeah. I just wanted to make
sure that everything was all right.

- And then the door was open.
- Yeah, the door was open.

- But that doesn't mean you walk into somebody's house.
- All right, I'm sorry.

Please, I promise you.

- Wait, wait. Just wait. Wait. Wait.
- Huh?

Wait. Who are you?

My name is Mary.

My name is Robert Malone.

Nice to meet you, Robert.

Nice to meet you.

This is a funny thing.

Yes, it is.
[LAUGHING]

- Well…
- Well, I should be getting back.

Yeah. Thanks for checking on me.

Of course.

- Bye.
- Well…

- Bye.
- Bye.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Good-bye.

[EXHALES]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Robert.

Mary.

Yes.

Hi. I was just wondering…

Um, I don't know. This may sound crazy.

But I… Um, could we have
dinner together tomorrow?

Uh… I was…
[STAMMERING]

I was…

[STAMMERING]

I'm sorry. Don't… I made a mistake.

- Excuse me.
- But-But-But… No, no, no.

But… No, no. Please, stop. Stop.

Please. Please stop. Wait.

- Yes.
- Yes?

Yes.

We should have dinner together tomorrow.

- Oh, great.
- Great.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Um… Should I pick you up since…

- Yeah. Yeah. That would be good.
- Yeah.

How did that happen?

I had to use the restroom.

Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.

- Okay. See you tomorrow at 6:00 to pick you up.
- Okay.

Bye.

- Robert.
- Yes?

You should pick a place
for us to go on our date.

- Date. Date.
- Yeah.

Sure.

Okay.

- Night.
- Bye.

- Robert?
- Yeah?

I'm really glad we met.

[CHUCKLES]
Me too.

- Good night.
- Night.

[MAN] ♪ Have yourself ♪

♪ A merry little Christmas ♪

♪ Let your heart be light ♪

♪ Next year all ♪

♪ Our troubles will be out of sight ♪

♪ Someday soon ♪

♪ We all will be together ♪

♪ If the Fates allow ♪

♪ Until then ♪

♪ We'll have to muddle through somehow ♪

One, two, and then on the third, you…

Shit. Sorry.Thanks.

- Sorry.
- ♪ So have yourself ♪

♪ A merry ♪

♪ Little Christmas ♪

[EXHALES]

♪ Now ♪

[CLOCK TICKING] [SNORING]

[♫ CHRISTMAS] [GRUNTS]

[♫ STOPS]

[EXHALES]

Mary.

What are you doing tonight, Robert?
What are you doing tonight, Robert?

Oh, you know.

You're going on a date.
[CHUCKLING]

You're going on a date.
[CHUCKLING]

A date?

I can't do this.

I've gotta do it.

I-I need to ask you some-some questions.

Okay. What, uh… What are they?

Well, they're ab…

about women.

Women? Yeah.

[INHALES] Yeah.
You wanna ask me questions about women.

What… What it is, is, uh… this, uh… um…

There's this woman.

- She likes me. I think she likes me.
- Sure.

But I, um… Anyway, she wants to go on a date.

Oh, I can help you.

- You can?
- Yes, I can.

- Good. Good.
- Mm-hmm.

- What do I do?
- Well…

- You wanna impress her, right?
- Yes.

- And make her happy? Show her a good time?
- Yes. Yes.

- When is this date, Robert?
- Yes. Uh, tonight.

Tonight? Well, that's pretty short notice.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Don't be sorry.

It's just with such short notice,
it's hard to plan out a whole stratego.

- Stratego?
- Yeah. Never mind. Look.

- What?
- If you want her to really be into you,

- you can't look at this as a date.
- I can't?

No. But there is a lot of planning
that goes into these things,

- a lot of strategies.
- Uh-huh.

- It's like you're a soldier.
- A soldier?

- Soldier.
- Yes, a soldier of love.

- Oh. [LAUGHS] Well… Yeah.
- Yeah.

- Absolutely. Yeah.
- So, are you ready?

I mean… I'm ready.

'Cause I have a lot of
ideas that can help you out.

- Good. I need help.
- Good.

Well, Peter, would you, uh,
get me the phone book, please?

[PETER] Yellow or white? White.

And look up the number for the
restaurant Fantaisie et Romantique.

Oh, hey, look.

These are from the, uh… the cookbook.
Why don't you try one?

- Mmm. Good.
- Ah, that's great. That's great.

No, I love these things, you know? It's just…

- [MUNCHING] Good.
- You like them?

I'm telling you, those are
million-dollar cookies right there.

A million each. Yeah.

All right, take your time.

Thank you.

- You're not gonna regret this, Robert.
- [MAN] How may I help you?

Oui. Yes.

Um, could I get a, uh… a réservation…

for, uh, dos.

Robert Malone, please.

- What ti… What time?
- Tonight.

- Tonight. What time tonight?-
She's picking me up at 6:00.

6:30, please. Oui.

Okay.

Um… Uh, gracias.

They said, uh, just bring a credit card.

- Simple as that.
- Good. Good. Thank you.

Well, you know,
I do have a few more tricks up my sleeve.

Thank you. It's…

- You do like the cookie?
- I love the cookie.

Because you're not finishing it.
You're just holding it.

- No, no.
- Which is fine. I'm just saying.

No. I know. I like it.
I wanna save it for later.

Psst. Uh, psst. What? Robert.

I hate to bother you while you're working,

but I've got a question to ask you.

- Okay. What is it?
- Well, I wanna ask you…

Mike helped me a great
deal, but I need a little…

What is it, Robert?

[SIGHS]

When you go out on a date…

You have any tips?

- [CHUCKLING]
- Take her someplace fancy.

I suggest downtown.

Oh, and then afterwards, you can snuggle up
on one of those horse-drawn carriage rides.

Hello.

Oh, no.

Hello.

Compliment her. Tell her how nice she is,

how pretty she looks in her dress, her shoes.

Oh! Her shoes!

Okay. Compliment her.

Your shoes look amazing tonight.

Wow! Your shoes look amazing tonight. Oh.

Look at your shoes, how…
wonderful they look. Oh.

- Kiss her.
- Don't kiss her. Even if you want to.

Oh, really? That's very funny.
[LAUGHING]

- Act like she means nothing to you.
- But she means a lot to me.

No way, man. When girls see you don't
care, they want you even more.

They'll be like, "Bobby,
put down the video game controller."

And you'll be like,"No.
I'm a lone wolf on this mission.

- I gotta fly solo."
- That's the stupidest thing I ever heard.

"Stupidest."

That's not a word.

White shirt, black pants, black shoes…

and a black blazer with a red tie.

This combination will always result…

in good results.

- Do you need help?
- Oh, I do. I can't get this.

Thanks, hon.

- You look pretty.
- Alex.

I know you don't want me to do this,

but it's something I have to do.

- I just worry, Mom.
- There's nothing to worry about.

How can you say that? This is a bad idea.

All right, Alex, thank you very much.
I've heard enough.

I'm gonna do it.

[MAN] ♪ The dream alive ♪

- Mom!
- I'm going out on a date! That's all I'm doing!

Would you please just relax?

Who knows? Maybe we won't even get along.

♪ Shadows ♪

♪ On the mistletoe ♪

♪ No one to kiss you ♪

♪ You're alone ♪

♪ I'm looking at your gift ♪

♪ I wonder where you are ♪

♪ On someone's arm ♪

♪ I'm dry ♪

♪ And warm ♪

♪ I face the fire ♪

[DOORBELL RINGS]
♪ My hands are cold ♪

- Hi.
- Hello.

Are you ready?

Yes. I-I do… I-I have directions.

Oh! Okay.

- Take me away.
- Okay.

Thank you.

What did you… What did you order again?

It's like a salad.

That's a… great choice.

Mm, thanks.

You… You look very nice tonight.

Oh. Thank you.

And… your shoes look very nice too.

Oh! Thank you again. I… I…

I just mean that you… you look very
nice, that's what I…

- So, you had to go to the restroom?
- No, I'm okay.

No, no. I meant your car.

You said you had to go to the restroom
and that's why it was stuck in the garage.

Yeah. Right.

So, what happened?

Oh. I…

I was backing the car out of the garage,

and I closed the garage
door, and then I had to go.

Something like that almost happened to me once.

- Really?
- No.

[LAUGHS] Don't feel bad.
[LAUGHS]

How does your food taste?

Oh, it's… it's fine.

You don't like it, do you?

Well, to be honest,
I think it could taste better.

I mean, I think it looks nice,
but I think it could taste better, I think.

Mine's horrible.

[CHUCKLES]

And this is coming from
somebody who eats TV dinners.

- I love TV dinners.
- Yes.

Okay.

I've seen you before.

- Where?
- When I go shopping.

You mean at… at the store?

Yeah. Every day you eat and you sketch pictures.

And I snuck a peek,
and I think they're really good.

- You've been watching me?
- I think you're a real artist.

Oh.

- Good one.
- No, no, no. It's true.

Well, thank you.

When I was a little girl,

my favorite book to read
was Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Oh, I wanted life to be like that.

You know, find true love and
live happily ever after.

You know, all the dreams we have growing up.

And then… everything changes.

You know, every year that goes by just…

It'll all be okay.

There's no chance to fail…

if you don't give up.

Oh!
[CHUCKLES]

Let's make each other a promise, okay?

A promise? A-A-A promise of what?

That we'll never give up.

Okay.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

So, how do you like working
at the grocery store?

Oh, it's fine. It's fine, you know.

- There's more to it than meets the eye, you know.
- Oh, I'm sure.

Yeah.

- You go on dates often?
- This is my first one since my husband left.

Oh.

[MAN] Hop on in.

- Oh, thank you.
- Hey, do… do I pay you now or…

- You can pay me after the ride.
- Okay. Thank you.

- [MARY] Get in all right?
- Yeah.

[♫ MARCHING BAND: "HARK!
THE HERALD ANGELS SING"]

- Do you think it's safe?
- Oh, of course it's safe.

- No, it's safe.
- Yeah?

Mm-hmm.

- Here. Yeah.
- Oh. Thank you.

- You're welcome.
- [MAN] Merry Christmas!

Oh, I'm really enjoying this.

The lights are so pretty.

- They are, aren't they?
- Yeah.

[CHURCH BELLS TOLLING]

It's getting kind of cold though.

Yeah. I wish they had another blanket.

I've got an idea.

Why don't we both use this one?

Okay.
[LAUGHS]

That's good.

Oh, there.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

[MARY] I think I've finally gotten warm.

- You're okay now?
- I'm fine, yes.

- I had a good time tonight.
- Oh, me too.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- Okay.
- Okay. Yeah.

[♫ CAROLERS SINGING "O HOLY NIGHT"]

What's that?

Um, it sounds like singing.

Oh. Well.

[SIGHS]

[♫ CONTINUES]

Oh. It's beautiful.

Yes, it is.

♪ Fall ♪

♪ On your knees ♪

♪ Oh, hear ♪

♪ The angel voices ♪

- So, how was our first date?
- ♪ O night ♪

♪ Divine ♪

♪ O night ♪

- It…
- ♪ When Christ was born ♪

It…

- Was wonderful?
- It was… wonderful.

[LAUGHS] Wonderful.

♪ Divine ♪

- ♪ O night ♪
- I wish it would…

go on for more.

- Well, we're gonna see each other tomorrow.
- ♪ O night divine ♪

Good.

Good night!

Good night!

You happy, Mom?

I'm so happy.

I'm sorry about before.

I just wanna protect you.

I know, honey.

That's all right.

This is the right thing. It really is.

You have to trust me.

Okay.

I trust you.

That's my girl.

- I love you, Mom.
- I love you too, honey.

[KISSES] Good night.

I'm glad you had fun.

[CLOCK TICKING]

[EXHALES]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[WOMAN] ♪ Making spirits bright ♪

♪ What fun it is to ride and ♪
♪ sing a sleighing song tonight ♪

[GASPS]
♪ Jingle bells ♪

♪ Ji-Jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

[HITS RADIO BUTTON]
[♫ STOPS]

[EXHALES]

[BEEPS]
[DIAL TONE]

[DIAL TONE]
[BEEPS]

[BEEPS]
[DIAL TONE]

[TV: MAN SPEAKING, INDISTINCT]

- And here's the question.
- Yes, I'm ready.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Hello, sir. My name is Damien Montgomery.

I was curious if you'd be interested in
buying sleds to keep kids off the streets.

- Well, how much?
- Five dollars.

Oh. Uh…

- Did the phone just ring?
- No.

- Are you sure?
- Yes.

- Oh. So, how much… how much are they?
- Five dollars.

All… All right. I'll, uh… I'll take a sled.

Man, is that all you're going to spend
to help keep the kids off the streets?

[PHONE RINGS] Well, I'll… Oh.

[RINGING] Wait.

[RINGING] Don't hang up. Wait, wait, wait.

Don't hang up.
[RINGING]

Hello. Mary?
[VOICE MUMBLING]

No. No, I'm perfectly
happy with my phone service.

[MUMBLING CONTINUES]

Look… Look… Look, don't… don't… What?

[MUMBLING CONTINUES]
[DOORBELL RINGS]

Good-bye.
[HANDSET SLAMS DOWN IN CRADLE]

Damn it!

Yes? Oh.

Hi. Oh, Mary.

- So, why didn't you call?
- Oh, I was just about to.

Oh.

So, did you, uh, plan any things for today fun?

Fun?

What are those?

[♫ WOMAN SINGING "AVE MARIA"]

[♫ MARY HUMMING]

- Hey, wait for me.
- Oh, sorry.

[BOTH LAUGH]
[♫ HUMMING CONTINUES]

- I haven't come here since I was a kid.
- It's great.

Yeah, we used to come and cut
down our Christmas trees here.

- But I don't think they let you do that anymore.
- Oh, I'm sure they don't.

- Oh, I wanted to ask you a question.
- Yeah?

I would just love it if you would be my date…

for this party on Christmas Eve.

- I'd love to.
- You would?

Of course I'll… I'll go. Sure.

- Really?
- Yeah. Why wouldn't I?

Well, I don't know how to answer that.
[BOTH LAUGH]

Hey.

[♫ "AVE MARIA" CONTINUES]

It's so beautiful…

if we just slow down enough to really see it.

I've never seen it before.

I may…

I may have wasted my whole life.

Robert, stop it. You haven't.

- I have.
- No, you didn't.

Don't think about the past.

The past is just…

something we can't do anything about.

And the future is… Who knows?
It could be wonderful or…

[SIGHS] it could be something else.

We don't know.

So…

let's just be happy now.

All right.

Let's just care about right now.

I can't wait to give you your Christmas present.

- My Christmas present?
- Yeah.

It's perfect.

Oh. Good.

You wanna go down again?

- Yeah.
- Come on.

- You comin'?
- [GASPING]

[♫ "AVE MARIA" CONTINUES]

[HITS RADIO BUTTON]
[♫ STOPS]

Mike?

[WOMAN]
♪ Jingle bells ♪

- [CAR ALARM CHIRPS]
- So, what are we gonna get her?

- ♪ Jingle all the way ♪
- I wanna get her the perfect gift.

- ♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
- Uh-huh. And what is that?

- It's the perfect gift.
- Ah. Can you be a little more specific?

Well, I don't know what it is yet,

- but I will know what it is when I see it.
- Okay.

- Jeans? Is she a jean wearer?
- No, no, no.

All right, well, we'll figure it out.

Are you seeing anything that kind
of resembles the perfect gift?

Here. How about that? That looks good.

I don't know about that.
Are those the right sizes?

Uh, yeah. Probably.

- Robert, look at this. Hey! Hey!
- What? A lot of stuff here.

- What do you say?
- Oh, okay.

This is something else.
I… I would wear this.

I wouldn't.

No. No.

Ah. Here we go. Give her this. She'll like it.

- Really?
- Yeah. Trust me.

Maybe that's the perfect one.
We don't know right now.

- Maybe later on we will know.
- I don't like that color.

- See, this is progress. We're figuring stuff out.
- I'm not sure she'll like that.

[LAUGHS] Cute, right?

Yeah. They're adorable,
if you're shopping for a five-year-old.

God, you're lucky you brought me.

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way ♪

- ♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
- What's going on?

♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪

This is it. This is the gift.

Okay. Well, what about all this stuff?

Well… Well, that's all I
need, you know, but…

Okay. Just in case,
we better get this stuff too.

- Okay.
- ♪ Jingle bells ♪

- Thanks, Mike. I really appreciate it.
- Yeah.

- All right. That was fun.
- That was great. Thank you.

- I'll see you in the morning.
- Okay. Have a good night.

Yeah, you too, Robert.

Hey, uh, Robert.
Hey, Robert.

Hi. I'm Alex, Mary's daughter.

Oh. Hello. Hi.

So, what have you got there?

Presents.

For me?

Uh, no.
[CHUCKLES]

No. I know. I'm kidding.

Yeah.

It's freezing, huh?

Maybe you should go back inside.

- I don't want you to catch cold or anything.
- All right.

Um, I just wanted to say, Robert,
if you ever need anything,

anything at all, you just come on over and ask.

- I'm happy to help.
- Oh, that's very nice of you. Thank you.

- All right.
- Nice meeting you.

- And you. Okay.
- Okay.

- Good night.
- Night.

Hey, Robert?

My mom, she really likes you.

You make her happy, which makes me happy.

- Good night.
- Good night.

[SIGHS]

[BEEPS]
[DIAL TONE]

- [BEEPING]
- [BUSY SIGNAL]

[BUSY SIGNAL]

[BEEPS]
[HANDSET SETTLES IN CRADLE]

[LOUD BEEPING]

Hello.

- Mary?
- Hi.

Hello.

[SIGHS] I missed you today.

Missed me?

- Hmm, yeah.
- Well, I missed you too.

Okay. I just called to say that…

and to ask if you wanna, um,

- spend the day with me tomorrow.
- What, the whole day?

[LAUGHS]
What do you think?

You can take a day off of work.

Okay. I mean, that sounds lovely.

Great.

Well, I guess I'll see
you tomorrow morning then.

Yes.

- [HANDSET SETTLES IN CRADLE]
- [BEEPS]

[HANDSET SETTLES IN CRADLE]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[BOTH] Good night.

[♫ CHRISTMAS]

Robert?

[♫ CONTINUES]

[♫ STOPS]

[RAILROAD CROSSING DINGING]
[GROANS]

Hey, Robert. Guess what.

- What?
- Hey, are you, uh, not coming into work today?

Uh… Mike, are you following me?

No.
[BOTH LAUGH]

- Hey, guess what.
- What?

You're not gonna believe it if I tell
you, but last night… I met somebody.

- Ah.
- Yeah.

That I think m… means a lot to me.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Well, good for you. Where did you meet her?

God, she's amazing, Robert. You know?

We're gonna go see
Fiddler on the Roof tonight.

[LAUGHS] Great.

Great.
I'm so happy for you, Mike.

I mean, you were kind of an
inspiration, you know… you and Mary.

Oh, no.

- No.
- Yeah, so thank you.

- That's silly. Whoa, whoa.
- You know…

[LAUGHS]

Hey, how are things with Mary?

Good? Fine, fine.

Yeah? Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

- Hey! Hey! Hey!
- Oh!

[MIKE] You know, I don't know what the deal is.

They see me, they just see a big
target walking around or something.

You know what? Do your worst, kids!

You can't break my spirits today!
You can't! You can't do it!

You little ass… shits!

Hey, hey! Easy, easy. Next thing you
know, they'll be egging my house.

What, we're gonna live in fear of these little
punks our whole lives? You little punks!

[LAUGHS] Well, it's pretty sad when two grown
men are afraid to make fun of 10-year-olds.

[LAUGHS] Well, I guess so.

Uh… Uh, I do hate them though.

- Well, I mean…
- It's not a big deal.

All right, well,
I better get to the store there, Robert.

Oh, yeah.

- All right. Hey, what are you doing today?
- Well…

I was… planning on spending it with Mary.

- Oh.
- If that's okay with you.

- That's great.
- Good.

- Just have fun, you know?
- Yeah.

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

[MARY] Tomorrow's the big,
um, Christmas eve party.

[ROBERT] I can't wait.

- [♫ MARCHING BAND: "HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING"]
- Practically the whole town goes.

Yeah.

Oh, look at the moon.

I love the moon.

It's always there.

Even when we can't see it,

it's still circling around us.

If you want,

I'll be there for you.

What I want is to spend Christmas with you.

Well, uh… [EXHALES]

What's the matter?

[CHURCH BELLS TOLLING]

A real Christmas.

I've never spent a Christmas with anyone before.

Is that a "yes"?

[♫ PIANO: BALLAD]

Yes.

Good.

[MAN] ♪ Don't let it kick you down ♪

♪ I think of ♪

♪ Birthdays with you ♪

♪ And two silent ♪

♪ Small clouds Wow. ♪

♪ I think I will ♪

- ♪ Not take the pill ♪
- [WHISPERING, INDISTINCT]

♪ I think I will ♪

♪ Stay with you still ♪

♪ Don't make me cry ♪

♪ With my eyes ♪

♪ I'll give you my heart ♪

♪ If it still works ♪

[WATER RUNNING] Oh!

Mom, where you going?

I just have to go out for a minute.
I'll… I'll be right back.

[♫ P.A.: "TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

- Hello.
- Hi. Good evening. How can I help you?

Could you refill this for me, please? Okay.

I'm sorry, but I can't refill this for you now.

Why not? Um, there's a flag on the prescription.

You're gonna have to wait till
Monday, if that's okay.

Oh, no. I-I can't… can't wait until Monday.

I… This is all arranged with my doctor.

Well, if you'd like,
you can call your doctor and arrange something,

- but I'm afraid I can't do anything.
- He's away for the holidays.

Please. This is very important.
I have to have this before Monday.

Ma'am, that would be breaking the law.

[SIGHS]

- Well, is there somebody else I can talk to?
- I-I… I can't.

No.

[♫ P.A.: INSTRUMENTAL:
"TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[♫ FADES]

[WIND WHISTLING]

[CHILDREN LAUGHING, FAINT]

[MARY] Do you promise to love me forever?

[GASPS]

[PANTING] [CLOCK TICKING]

[PANTING, SOBBING]

[SOBBING CONTINUES]

[CLOCK TICKING]

Okay. Uh, "Toxic Love," a haiku.

"You smiled so sweetly…

"at Fiddler on the Roof.

"Thank you, Rachel.

Bye."

Do you think she'll like it,
or is it too much too soon?

Why is it called "Toxic Love"?

[♫ JAZZ]

- Mary! [LAUGHS]
- Hi, honey!

Merry Christmas. Oh, merry Christmas.

This is my new friend, Robert Malone.

This is my cousin Jackie.

[SLOWLY] It's nice to meet you, Robert.

Nice to meet you too. Oh…

Um, and, by the way, Buck was looking for you.

- Oh, thank you.
- So merry Christmas, sweetie.

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah, just a little nervous
about meeting people.

Ah, you don't have to be nervous about that.
They're just people.

- And this is Lisa.
- How do you do?

- And Harold.
- Very nice to meet you, Robert.

Very nice to meet you.

- And this is Rufus.
- It's a pleasure, Robert.

Uh… My, uh… My pleasure too.

Uh, so, uh, have you guys heard
about these Christmas recipe books?

- [MARY] Oh, yes.
- [HAROLD] Sounds like a great opportunity.

[MARY] Yeah, I think so.

- Yeah. Be fun.
- Yeah. So…

Huh? I… I'm gonna get another drink.

- I'll go with you.
- No, no. You stay here. You have fun.

I'll be right back.

- [CHORUS] ♪ Is this the little boy at play ♪
- Hi.

♪ I don't remember growing older ♪

♪ When did they ♪

♪ When did she get to be a beauty ♪

[♫ CONTINUES] Mary? Oh.

- Hi, Robert.
- Hi, little girl.

Who are you?

- [SOBBING]
- What… What did…

What…

♪ Sunrise, sunset ♪

♪ Sunrise, sunset ♪

[CHATTERING]
♪ Swiftly flow ♪

♪ The days ♪

♪ Seedlings turn overnight ♪

♪ To sunflowers ♪

♪ Blossoming ♪

- ♪ As we gaze ♪
- Oh, hey, Robert, how's the store?

Fine. Fine. Excuse me.

- ♪ Sunrise, sunset ♪
- [LAUGHTER]

♪ Sunrise, sunset ♪

♪ Swiftly ♪

- ♪ Fly the years ♪
- [NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

♪ One season following ♪

♪ Another ♪

♪ Laden with happiness ♪

♪ And tears ♪

♪ Seedlings turn overnight ♪

♪ To sunflowers ♪

♪ Blossoming even as ♪

♪ We gaze ♪

[DOOR OPENS]

Hello, Robert.

You're her ex-husband, aren't you?

Excuse me?

You're a worthless human being.

What are you talking about?

You left her. You hurt her.

- Mary?
- Don't you mention her name.

Look, I don't know what was just going
on, but I'm gonna find out.

- Robert, nothing happened.
- People like you do not deserve people like her!

- You stop it right now…
- Shut your mouth!

[BEEPS]
[ELECTRONIC VOICE] New messages.

Mary, this is Dr. Patrick. I got your message.

No need to worry.
I talked to the pharmacy and… [DOOR OPENS]

Robert?

- Hey.
- Hey.

How's it going?

I think it's okay. She's taking care of it.

Good.

- How you doing?
- [LAUGHS] Good. You having fun?

Robert, put your coat on.

- I think I just made a mistake.
- Why? What's wrong?

- What? I'm sorry. Did I ruin the party?
- What are you talking about?

- I yelled at your husband.
- You what?

Well, he was making… putting
moves on you, and I…

I didn't know whether that
was right or not and…

Are you still in love with him?

Robert, what? Buck is not my husband.

And he certainly wasn't putting moves on me.

No, but in the room upstairs…

In the room upstairs he was
giving me this to give to you.

- He gave me this?
- Yes.

Oh. Oh, my God. I…

- Should I open it?
- No, no, no.

Let's save it for Christmas, huh?

- Maybe I should go in and apologize.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

You know what? I think it was a
mistake to come here in the first place.

Let's just go. I want to be alone with you.

Wait. What's that?

- What?
- Do you hear that?

- Yeah.
- Come here.

♪ I'm dreaming ♪

♪ Of a white Christmas ♪

Put your arms around me.

♪ Just like the ones I used to know ♪

♪ Where the treetops glisten ♪

♪ And children ♪

♪ Listen ♪
[MOUTHS WORDS]

♪ To hear sleigh bells ♪

♪ In the snow ♪
[♫ FADES]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[EXHALES]

[♫ RADIO: EASY LISTENING]

[CLICKS OFF]

[TICKING CONTINUES]

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

[CHUCKLES]

[♫ CHRISTMAS] I know what's in this one. I…

- It's beautiful.
- Ah, you like it?

Oh, I do. I love it.

Just open it from me. You got me so many.

Okay, you open that one. I got this.
This is… This is fun.

- Oh!
- That just…

Oh, I see. It goes with this.
It's the same color.

This… [LAUGHS]

- ♪ Walkin' in a winter wonderland ♪
- Ooh, nice, a scarf. Here.

[♫ CONTINUES] This. But open this one first.
This one goes with it.

I'll put this here.

♪ He's singin' a song as we go along ♪

♪ Walkin' in a winter wonderland ♪

I thought you might like to try painting.

I, uh… I know you'd be good at it.

Wow.

You know, I bet I would.

I know you would, darling.

- I hope you paint something for me.
- I'll do my best.

- Terrific.
- Wow. [MUTTERS]

Here. Open this one.

I hope you like it.

♪ Walkin' in a winter wonderland ♪

[GASPS]

- Like us, right?
- Oh, it is so lovely.

- Perfect?
- Perfect.

I'm so glad you like it.

- Oh, I just love it. It's so beautiful.
- Good.

Oh.

- Hey. Want a cup of coffee?
- I'd love some.

I'll get the coffee, and you open the presents.

The rest are all for you.

- All for me? Great.
- All for you.

[♫ CONTINUES]

I think Christmas coffee should…
should have a lot of sugar.

[GASPS]

[♫ ENDS]

What you doing?

What is this?

What is this?

You weren't supposed to see that.

But why did you give yourself this as a present?

I…

I don't know.

I don't know.

You weren't going to kill yourself?

Why?

I was gonna end it because I was tired.

Because I-I didn't want to
be alone anymore, and I…

I…

But then… then I met you.

Mary, don't leave me. Please don't leave me.

- I'm not leaving you.
- I mean, if you leave me, everything leaves me.

I'm not gonna leave you. I'm here.

You can't leave me.

Mary, I'm in love with you.

This is what love is.

When I saw you…

[STAMMERING]

Everything fit.

You…

It was like breathing.

I've loved you since the first moment I saw you.

[SNIFFLES]

Merry Christmas.

- Hi! Hi!
- Hi, Robert!

Hi, Mom.

- You fixed the car.
- Yeah. And also…

- The garage!
- Garage door. Good as new.

- How did you do that? Why, thank you so much.
- Oh, you're welcome.

- This is terrific.
- It is. It's delicious.

- It's great.
- Tastes almost homemade.

- Thank you for coming. The pie was wonderful.
- Thank you.

- Oh, it was. It was so good.
- Merry Christmas, Robert.

- That was a lot of fun.
- Thank you, Mike.

- That was great.
- Yeah.

Boy…

[TV: INDISTINCT]

[MAN ON TV] …tore open the
shudders and threw out the sash.

[CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]

[ROBERT] I've been wanting
to tell you something today,

but I just couldn't get up the guts to do it.

I know I've only known you for a week, but…

But, Mary, when… when I'm with you…

When I'm with you, it feels like…

you've been here my whole life.

Like nothing was… bad before,

even though it was.

[CLOCK TICKING]

Just to warn you, tomorrow…

[SNORING LIGHTLY]

Tomorrow, I…

I'm gonna ask you to marry me.

And if you say what I…

What I hope you're gonna say,

it-it'll make me…

very, very happy.

Is that okay with you?

[INHALES, SIGHS]

God, I hope it is.

Good night,

Mrs. Robert Malone.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]
[BELLS TOLLING]

[TICKING CONTINUES]

[FAINT VOICES, INDISTINCT]

[ROBERT BREATHING HEAVILY]

[VOICES CONTINUE]

[COUGHS]

Whoa. Whoa.

[TICKING CONTINUES]

Whoa.

Mary?

Where are you?

[TICKING CONTINUES]

Mary?

[TICKING CONTINUES]

Mary?

Mary?

[FAINT VOICES, INDISTINCT]

Mary?

[VOICES CONTINUE]

[TICKING CONTINUES]
[MUTTERING]

Why did you leave me? Why…

[VOICES STOP]

[DIAL TONE]
[SIGHS]

[BEEPS]

Mary, where are you?

[ROBERT'S VOICE] She isn't here.

Oh, God.

Ring. Call me.

The number, the number, the number. The number.

[MUTTERING]

Ring.
[TICKING CONTINUES]

- Please ring.
- Why didn't you call?

Ring. Ring. Call me, Mary. Call me.

Please ring! Ring!

Damn it! Damn it!

[ROBERT'S VOICE] What did I do wrong?

May I… May I please speak to Mary? Hello?

Put Mary on the phone! Please put Mary on!

Don't… Don't hang up! Oh, God!
[DIAL TONE, BEEPS]

[PANTING]

Please. I love Mary. Please put her
on the phone. Put her on the phone!

Stop it! Put her on the phone!

I've loved you since the first moment I saw you.

- My God.
- Perfect.

- [INDISTINCT]
- [MOANING]

Please put her on the phone!

Please put her on the phone!

I don't know her name!

- [SHOUTING CONTINUES]
- Please put her on the phone!

- Put her on the phone!
- No!

[GASPS]

[SIGHS, BREATHING HEAVILY]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[DOORBELL RINGS TWICE]

What…

[SIGHS]

- I'm back.
- Mary.

Mary, where've you been?

Why… Why did you leave me?

- What's the matter?
- Well… Well, did I do something wrong?

- You didn't do anything wrong.
- It's been days.

- No, no, no. It's just been a few hours, honey.
- What?

I tried to call you,
but I only got a busy signal.

Why don't I remember?

Don't you remember we said good-bye
to each other this morning?

I'll see you later.
If you need anything, just call Alex.

I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm fine.

- Be careful. Bye. Love.
- Okay.

- Why don't I remember? I…
- You need to take your pill.

- Come on. Let's…
- No!

This is a trick.

You and Buck are playing a trick on me.
This is wrong!

No, Robert. Look at me. Look at me.

It's okay. You're safe. I'm here.

It's okay, honey.

Where did you go? Why-Why did you leave me?

It's okay. Everything is all right.

Please don't leave me again.
Please don't leave me…

- No, I'm never…
- Don't leave me.

Oh, God. How can I make you understand
it's you who's leaving me?

No. I love you.

Don't… Don't leave me for Buck, please.

Buck is your brother.

What?

Oh, God, that look.

[SHOUTING] What's wrong with my head?
What's wrong?

- You need your pills.
- No! No!

- Come inside to get water.
- No!

[PANTING]

- Hey, it's Robert. Hey.
- Get away from me!

No, no, no. It's okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey.

- It's okay.
- Why are you here?

- Who are you?
- It's me. It's Mike.

- Mary… Where's Mary? Mary?
- You-You-You…

- Where's Mary?
- Mom, what's going on?

Who's Mom?

- Robert, you have to take this.
- No. No!

- Take this.
- No! No! No, no.

- What's happening?
- Dad, hey…

[PANTING]

[DOOR LOCKS]

- Shit.
- [MARY] Is it locked?

- [MIKE] Yeah.
- [MARY] Robert, come to the door, honey.

[GASPING] Come on, Robert.
I need to see your face.

- [MIKE] Where are the keys?
- [ALEX] They're inside.

- Robert, open the door!
- Damn it. Robert!

[POUNDING ON DOOR]
Robert?

[VOICES FADE]

[ALEX, FAINT] I don't know.

[SHOUTING CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]

[WHIMPERING]

- Robert, open the door!
- [ALEX] Daddy!

[SHOUTING CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]

Mary.
[GASPS]

[MARY] Come on, darling. Open the door, please.

- We all love you, Robert.
- I don't know you!

Yes, you do, honey.
You just don't remember. I'm your wife.

- Please open the door, Robert.
- [GASPING]

Oh, my God.

[LAUGHTER, ECHOING]

[LAUGHING CONTINUES]

[GASPS]

Oh, my God.

[CHATTERING, INDISTINCT]

I forgot.

Mary.

Hi, kids.

- Dad?
- Call 911!

Don't… Don't move him!

- What happened? [SOBBING]
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

- [SIREN WAILING]
- [MIKE] No, we need an ambulance.

[MARY] Do you promise to love me forever?

[CLOCK TICKING]
- I promise.

[CHUCKLES]

Merry Christmas, Mrs. Robert Malone.

Merry Christmas, my darling husband.

Oh, you brought it.
Good. Thank you.

Hey, so what'd the doctor say?

Hey, Mom.

He thinks we ought to give up.

But… [SNIFFLES]

I don't agree.

- Take my coat, will you, honey?
- Yeah.

- Thanks. Let's go.
- Sure.

Where we going?

Oh, we're gonna go see my love.

[WOMAN ON P.A., INDISTINCT]

You all right?

I'm feeling I should go in alone.

- Okay.
- Okay.

[TV PLAYING FAINTLY]

Hello, darling.

Robert?

Robert?

Look what I brought you.

Remember the perfect gift that you gave me?

Remember the carolers at Christmas?

Remember, darling?

Do you remember?
[SNIFFLING]

I'm gonna put it right
here so you can look at it.

- [SHUDDERS]
- Oh!

Oh, I'm sorry I startled you.

[SIGHS SOFTLY]

[SIGHS]

[WEAKLY] Mary.

[EXHALES]

[EXHALES]

[SNIFFLING]

I promise…

I'll love you forever.

[♫ CHOIR VOCALIZING]

[♫ CHOIR FADES]

[♫ BALLAD]

[MAN] ♪ I heard you schemin' new pyramids ♪

♪ Another big idea ♪

♪ To get you rich ♪

[CHORUS]
♪ Make a plan to love me ♪

[MAN, WITH CHORUS]
♪ Make a plan to love me ♪

♪ Sometime soon ♪

[MAN] ♪ You said you got a foot ♪

♪ In the door ♪

♪ You buy and then you sell ♪

♪ You buy some more ♪

♪ Make a plan to love me ♪

♪ Make a plan to love me sometime soon ♪

♪ Life's too short ♪
[♫ CHORUS VOCALIZING]

♪ Death doesn't ask ♪
[♫ VOCALIZING CONTINUES]

♪ Owe you, owe you ♪
♪ It don't owe ♪

♪ You that ♪

♪ Some things you lose ♪

♪ You don't get back ♪

♪ So just know what ♪

♪ You have ♪

♪ And make a plan to love me ♪

♪ Make a plan to love me sometime soon ♪

♪ When you're young the ♪
♪ world is a Ferris wheel ♪

♪ I know we will grow old ♪

♪ It's lovely, still ♪

♪ Make a plan to love me ♪

♪ Make a plan to love me sometime soon ♪

♪ Life's too short ♪
[♫ CHORUS VOCALIZING]

♪ To be a fool ♪
[♫ VOCALIZING CONTINUES]

♪ Owe you, owe you ♪
♪ It don't owe ♪

♪ You that ♪

♪ Do what you feel ♪
[♫ VOCALIZING CONTINUES]

♪ Whatever's cool ♪

♪ Have to, have to have to ♪
♪ But I just have ♪

♪ To ask ♪

♪ Will you make a plan to love me ♪

♪ Will you make a plan to love me ♪

♪ You got to ♪

♪ Will you make a plan to love me ♪

♪ Sometime soon ♪

[MAN SINGING BALLAD]
♪ When I think of you ♪

♪ I think good old times ♪

♪ Green and gold times ♪

♪ Times too lovely ♪

[WITH WOMAN]
♪ When I'm down and blue ♪

♪ Just pick up the phone ♪

♪ I know you'll laugh with me ♪

♪ When I walk alone ♪

♪ When you walk alone ♪

♪ It's a long road ♪

♪ A winding boulevard ♪

♪ To heal a broken heart ♪

♪ When you walk alone ♪

♪ A fragrant fresh-cut lawn ♪

♪ Chlorinated swimming pool ♪

♪ Together we would jump ♪

♪ With next to nothing on ♪

♪ We'd jump the swinging fence ♪

♪ As lightning takes the stage ♪

♪ It takes with it our clothes ♪

♪ And this is what we made ♪

♪ A dream to drift along ♪

♪ A tempest passing through ♪

♪ These resilient trees ♪

♪ Older than me or you ♪

♪ When I dream of love ♪