Gloria Bell (2019) Movie Script
(DISCO MUSIC PLAYING)
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
(LIVELY CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
- Joe?
- Yes?
It's Gloria.
- Gloria...
- Gloria Bell.
Oh. Hi, how are you?
- Good, how are you?
- I'm good.
How long has it been?
Oh, gosh,
10 or 12 years at least.
Since my divorce, probably.
Right. Right.
- Well... You look good.
- Thanks. So do you.
Cheers.
(UPBEAT SOUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GLORIA SIGHS)
(CAT MEWS)
(CAT MEOWS)
- (MEOWS)
- Oh.
- (CAT PURRING)
- (EXHALES)
How did you get in here again?
(CAT MEWS)
- All right. Go home!
- (CAT MEOWS)
Go home!
(WATER RUNNING)
MAN: (MUFFLED)
I gave you everything!
Everything!
What for, huh?
What for? What for?
What are you looking at, huh?
Are you going to tell me
what to do?
You know nothing, Dad!
You don't know shit, man!
Nobody knows anything!
(POP MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)
(SINGING ALONG)
In the web of your lies
But it gets me nowhere
To tell you "no"
It gets me nowhere
To make you go
Will a little more love
Make you stop depending?
Will a little more love
Bring a happy ending?
Will a little more love
Make it right?
Will a little more love
Make it right?
She said the light was yellow?
Oh, no, I doubt
that she's color blind.
Was there injury involved?
Well, how about
the other driver?
(WHISPERS) Is it Robert Cox?
(MOUTHING)
Oh, no. That's fantastic!
Well, that's the most
important thing,
that everybody is safe,
because it's just a car
and that's what we're here for.
No, I'm sure that you paid
your premium on time.
Uh, but I will check on that
and I'll get right back to you.
Hi, Anne, honey.
Um, I haven't heard from you
in a while,
so I thought I'd give you a call
and see what's going on.
Um...
It's pretty busy here
at the office, but just,
you know, call me anytime
if you feel like it. Okay?
I love you.
It's your mother.
Hi, Peter.
It's Mom.
Just, um... Just calling to
see how Hugo is feeling
and if you guys
need any help or anything.
Um, that's it.
I love you.
It's your mother.
(GASPS) Oh, you doing again?
(HUGO LAUGHING)
- Put it back on.
- I should put him down.
Oh, I can do it.
I can put him down.
No, no. I'll do it.
It's gonna be faster.
- Oh. Go with Daddy.
- Come on, buddy.
- Go to Daddy. Okay.
- Come on.
- See you later, Nana.
- See you later.
- See you later.
- (HUGO FUSSING)
Okay...
Oh, God.
Have you heard from Rachel?
She's in the desert,
that's all I know.
She's finding herself
in the desert.
- I see.
- Yeah.
- (HUGO FUSSING)
- (PHONE KEYPAD CLACKING)
- He's fussy, isn't he?
- Yeah...
Do you think he still has
that ear infection?
Uh, I don't know.
I don't think so.
Did you give him an antibiotic?
Yeah, we gave him antibiotics.
I mean, it could be bad.
He could be having a reaction
to the antibiotics.
- I mean, you know...
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
sometimes it gives him
a stomachache or, um,
a lot of diaper rash,
or even a, um...
Even a fungus.
- There's this white stuff.
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
It's called "thrush,"
in their mouth.
- Um...
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Did you...
Did you check in his mouth?
(HUGO CONTINUES FUSSING)
- Did you? Did you?
- No.
- Did you open his...
- I don't think...
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
- Sorry.
Hey, Rachel.
Yeah. It's so awesome
of you to call.
It's really great, thank you.
It's so nice of you
to check on us.
Yeah, he's eating and... Yeah.
His poops have been
very dark and solid.
Where are you?
No, he's not asking about
his mother, he doesn't speak!
ANNE: Uttanasana.
Facing forward,
concave back.
Extending over the legs,
taking hands
in line with the feet.
Press the palms together...
And look up.
Take your elbows
close to your body.
Raise your knees,
raise your thighs.
(SIGHS)
Well done.
Good job, Gloria.
Thank you, everybody.
Bye.
- Excuse me.
- Sorry.
- You did really well.
- You think so?
Yeah, you should come around...
- I would love that.
- Bye. Thanks.
- Sorry.
- Thank you.
Excuse me.
Everybody really loved
the class.
- Oh, yeah?
- I can tell, yes.
All right.
- Shall we go?
- Yeah, let's go.
Uh, Theo! Come here.
Theo, this is my mom.
- GLORIA: Hi!
- Mom, this is Theo.
It's nice to meet you.
Anne has told me
a lot about you.
It's really nice to meet you.
It's nice to meet you too.
- Where are you from?
- Sweden.
- Yeah?
- He's a big wave surfer.
Yeah. I go around the world
looking for giant waves.
- GLORIA: Oh!
- And I'm on my way to Oahu.
So I stopped here
to surf the wedge
in Newport and see Anne,
of course.
- Oh. Of course.
- And she's...
She's a spectacular woman
and very nice.
- Oh, well, yes.
- (CAR HORN HONKS)
Oh, we've gotta go.
- Do you practice a lot?
- Um, no.
Actually, this is my first time.
Um, what about you?
Do you practice yoga often?
I tried to, since I was 15.
Oh, my goodness, that's, um...
That's early to start, isn't it?
- (CAR HORN HONKING)
- Okay, Mom, we're leaving.
Oh, okay. Have fun.
- Take care.
- Yeah.
- THEO: Bye.
- Oh!
- Nice to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you.
- ANNE: All good?
- THEO: Bye.
- GLORIA: Bye. Call me, okay?
- ANNE: Yes.
Anyone coming?
- I said I quit.
- Yeah, me too.
But...
I saw that huge drop in my 401K.
And I asked the human
resources guy and he said,
"Oh, um, this is just due
to the market. It's normal."
I can't even begin to
understand the stock market.
The amount of money that
I'm gonna get is bullshit!
Yeah, believe me,
I get it. I get it.
And I'm only getting this
bullshit amount of money
if I make it to
full retirement in five years.
(BOTH SIGH)
I'm gonna be working in my 80s.
I know.
If it all goes to hell,
we can be roommates, okay?
- Gloria, I'm fucked.
- Now, hey, you know what?
If they fuck with you,
they fuck with me.
We're in this together. Right?
Hey! Hey, you fuckers!
- This woman is awesome!
- (LAUGHS)
Treat her right!
- Yeah.
- Yeah!
She's a good woman,
she's a good friend.
Respect her.
She works her ass off,
you fuckers!
Yeah, fuckers!
(SINGING ALONG TO TRACK)
I'll be gone
I'm all out of love
I'm so lost without you
I know you were right
Believing for so long
I'm all out of love
What am I without you
I can't be too late
To say that I was so wrong
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Excuse me.
Is this seat taken?
No, no. Have a seat.
- Gloria.
- Stanley.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
- Hi. Michelle.
Very nice to meet you.
Pat. Pat Banowsky.
Pat Banowsky.
(DISCO MUSIC PLAYING)
- WOMAN: You're good at that.
- Thanks.
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
Can I ask you a question?
I hope you don't mind.
- No, I don't mind.
- (CLEARS THROAT)
Have you had work done?
No. (CHUCKLES)
- Really? Really?
- (LAUGHS) Thanks though.
(BOTH LAUGH)
MAN: Pardon me. Shall we?
- WOMAN: See you around.
- GLORIA: Mmm-hmm.
(DISCO MUSIC CONTINUES)
ARNOLD: Are you always
this happy?
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Uh, no.
Oh. Uh, you asked me
and I laugh, that's all.
Yeah.
No.
Some days I'm happy.
Some days I'm not.
Like everyone.
- Like everyone.
- Mmm-hmm.
Do you come here a lot?
(LAUGHS) Yes.
Uh... Yes, I'm...
No, not a lot.
I mean, um, sometimes.
When I feel like it.
When I can.
I like coming here though.
I like to dance.
By yourself.
By myself.
I'm divorced.
So am I.
Oh, really?
How long?
One year.
Recently.
- Finally.
- Well, yes.
Sometimes it's finally,
isn't it?
(BOTH LAUGH)
I'm trying to change things.
Life.
What's your name?
Gloria.
(UPBEAT FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
(RUSTLING)
What's this?
Just take it off.
(VELCRO RIPPING)
(BOTH MOANING)
Yeah, um, it's, uh...
It's... It's 500.
No, I know...
No, I know. I know.
It's a lot, but you are
covered for a rental
the entire time
your car is in the shop.
- (TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY)
- (CAT MEOWS)
Well, I can... I can arrange
for you to get into
a rental vehicle. I'll just...
I'll give them
all the information
- and I'll tell you where...
- (CAT MEOWS)
you can pick it up.
Um...
Or better yet,
I'm gonna have them
deliver it to you, okay?
- No, it's... No...
- (CAT MEOWS)
It's no trouble at all,
I can handle it.
Believe me, anything you need,
I'm here for you, okay?
VERONICA: I love cats.
- How does it get in?
- I have no idea.
I shut everything up and that
little fucker still gets in.
Mm. Maybe it's trying
to tell you something.
It's like a...
It's like a dead thing.
It's like an Egyptian mummy cat.
Oh, like a sphinx?
It doesn't have any hair,
Veronica.
There's a beautiful story
about cats in the Bible.
Oh, no, please... Ow! Ow!
- Do you want more than that?
- Excuse me?
Do you want more off the sides?
Uh, no. I think I just want
it regular, I don't want...
A little bit more than that
actually, thanks.
So, uh, when the big flood came,
God told Noah
to build a huge ark.
And he brought his family.
And two kinds of animals
from every species
that existed in the world
back then.
- Mmm-hmm.
- And soon there where just
a ton of mice and they were
eating all the food.
And Noah didn't know what to do.
So he asked God and God said,
"Go find the lion,
pet its head like this."
Three times.
And the lion went...
(WHOOSHES)
Just letting out a gush of air
and two cats
came out of its nose.
Those cats got rid of the mice.
And so, order and balance
were re-established
in the world.
- (WAX RIPS)
- Ow! Ow.
Sorry, sweetie.
INSTRUCTOR: And we're gonna
hit our ribs softly like this.
And we're gonna count
one, two, three!
(ALL LAUGHING)
- Again!
- (ALL GRUNTING)
(ALL LAUGHING)
(ALL CONTINUE LAUGHING)
Your father,
God bless him,
left me just enough.
And, no...
No, I don't... I don't spend
much other than...
Well, okay.
I do like to come here
with my girlfriends
and have my salad,
- but other than that...
- No. I know, yeah.
It's just that
I could live too long.
I just don't think
there's gonna be
much left once I'm gone.
I don't need anything.
I've been paying my own bills
for a long time now.
You won't even know it.
You're gonna wake up one morning
and you'll find yourself
a wrinkled old lady
just like me.
You're not old.
You look beautiful.
You do. You really do.
Because life just goes by
in a flash.
Like that. (SNAPS FINGERS)
I know. You tell me
the same thing every 10 years.
- Do you see what I mean?
- I know, Mom. (CHUCKLES)
- You'll be fine.
- Of course I will.
At least you quit smoking,
thank God.
WAITER: Ladies.
I'll just... I'll take that,
thank you very much.
Gloria Bell.
Your tenant in apartment 2.
- (MAN SHOUTING, MUFFLED)
- You know I live below
your son, Mrs. Duffy.
Yes. That's... That's
actually why I'm calling
and I'm so sorry to bother you
so late at night, um...
- But, you know, I...
- MAN: Come here!
I work and I have to get up
early in the morning,
you know, so...
MAN: Why be born?
Yes, yes, exactly,
and I hate to be the one to
tell you this, but are you...
Are you aware
of what's happening?
- (MAN CONTINUES SHOUTING)
- I just... Your son is...
I think your son is having
some kind of a...
- Some kind of a breakdown.
- MRS. DUFFY: Is he there
- with you?
- No.
MAN: It's all fucked up!
Don't go outside!
I... It breaks my heart,
I mean, honestly... I mean,
I'm a mom too, so I...
MAN: I wanna die! I wanna die!
He needs help.
I'm... I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I hate to do this,
but please, please listen.
- (MUFFLED BANGING)
- Listen.
MAN: (CRYING)
Don't be born, man!
Don't be born!
- Don't be born!
- (OBJECT SHATTERS)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
Uh, no, this is she.
(ARNOLD SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
ON PHONE)
No, I'm not mad.
Why would I be mad?
Are you asking me out?
Thank you.
You're such a gentleman.
I can't get you out of my head.
I...
I'm really... I'm constantly
thinking about you.
You're just so...
Different.
What happened to me
with you, I...
I thought it was never
gonna happen again.
My head is still spinning.
I didn't dare...
It was driving me crazy.
I mean I wanted to,
but I was too nervous
to call you.
But I went for it, thank God.
So, thank you.
Thank you for coming.
You're very welcome.
(GLORIA CHUCKLES)
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
- ARNOLD: Ah.
It's okay. Go ahead.
- Excuse me, would you?
- Yeah, please, it's okay.
Hello? Hello. Hello, Suzanne.
Okay. Fine, but...
(MUTTERS) There's no reason
to cry about it.
Um...
I... I'm gonna do it
before 2:00. Okay?
What?
Yes, I'll leave the deposit
before 2:00.
I'm busy now.
Just relax, right?
Bye.
GLORIA: Mm.
- So, are you divorced or not?
- I am. I am.
Hmm, but...
You get divorced from
the woman, not the kids.
- Ah.
- Yes.
I've been living alone now
for a year.
But I still have to help out
the girls a lot.
They're...
They're very dependent on me.
It's just the way things are,
so, you know...
It's not all of me,
but it's a part of me.
My life used to be
very different.
I was drowning,
about to blow and then...
About a year and a month ago,
I had surgery.
What kind of surgery?
Gastric bypass.
- I used to weight 280 pounds.
- I don't believe you.
- I swear.
- No.
- It's true.
- No. I... I...
I was huge, really.
If you don't believe me,
here you go.
All right, all right.
It's there, see?
Look at that, see?
(BOTH LAUGHING)
- I had a size 52 waist.
- I'm sorry.
Very little neck.
- I'm sorry. I'm...
- (BOTH CONTINUE LAUGHING)
(GLORIA WHOOPING)
(LAUGHING)
(CONTINUES WHOOPING)
(LAUGHING)
Oh... Whoa. Whoa!
- I got you. I got you.
- (LAUGHING)
Okay. Okay.
- (ARNOLD LAUGHING)
- Oh. Oh!
This is the hopper,
where the paintballs go in.
Okay.
This is the pod
with 140 paintballs.
And now, you take the gun.
- You want me to hold it?
- Yeah, okay.
You put your hand there
and this hand around here.
- Okay. Mmm-hmm.
- Okay?
- You got it?
- I have it.
This is the trigger.
All right? Okay?
This is the safety.
Take the safety off.
Now it's an automatic.
Okay, now be careful.
- Do you want me to shoot?
- Not yet.
Look through the sight,
okay? All right.
- A little more...
- Okay.
- A little more at the target.
- At the guy.
- Right. Okay?
- At the guy.
- You can see him, right?
- Yes, I can see him.
- Okay? And...
- Okay. And...
- (FIRING GUN)
- (LAUGHING)
- You hit the bull's-eye.
- I think he's dead.
I love your park.
ARNOLD: You know, men,
they like to play war.
GLORIA: I do know that.
(RAPID GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE)
ARNOLD: Capturing the flag.
Protecting the president.
- Zombie attack.
- GLORIA: Hmm.
ARNOLD: Hmm.
(POP MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS)
(SINGING ALONG)
But another lonely night
(VOCALIZING)
Might take forever
We've only got each other
To blame
It's all the same to me,
love
'Cause I know
What I feel to be right
No more lonely nights
No more lonely nights
You're my guiding light
Day or night
I'm always there
- Is that him?
- ANNE: Yeah.
It's this weird mix of
happiness and... (SIGHS)
And anxiety. I've...
I've never felt anything
like this before.
I think it's called love, honey.
- Oh, my God!
- It's fine, Mom.
- He gets paid to do this?
- Yeah. It's his job.
He's a big wave surfer,
like an extreme surfer.
It's what he loves to do.
Honey, this guy could
die tomorrow.
Mom. We could
all die tomorrow.
I just saw the news
where they sent a boy home
for just making a gun
with his hand.
Oh, wow. You cannot stop boys
from playing with guns.
And if they don't have one,
they're gonna make everything
into a gun.
Mmm-hmm.
When Peter was little,
he went into my purse and
made a gun out of a tampon.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Yeah. What was the trigger?
See, we can't even outlaw guns
in our own families.
That's true.
But the fact that a civilian
can just walk in
and buy
a military-style assault rifle
is just beyond me.
Well, the majority of
gun owners are responsible.
CHARLIE: This is not about
the majority.
VICKY: The responsibility
that you're referring to
is what is going to blow up
the whole planet.
The planet is as good as
blown-up already, my dear.
We're just arranged
in the deck chairs
- of Titanic at this point.
- VICKY: Mmm-hmm.
I don't think we should panic.
Everything goes in cycles.
It's natural.
Besides, every generation
thinks it's the end.
The worst it's ever been.
And one generation
will be right.
Well, when the world blows up,
I hope I go down dancing.
- (ALL LAUGHING)
- ARNOLD: Hey-hey!
- Right?
- VICKY: Yes!
(SALSA MUSIC PLAYING)
Because everything is
changing, it's transforming.
All the time.
Even our physical bodies.
I was reading in the science
section of the paper
about cell renewal.
Do you know about that?
Yeah. Yeah,
I've heard something.
Basically, it said that, um,
our bodies,
even middle-aged bodies,
are less than 10 years old.
Our skin. The epidermis is
recycled every two weeks.
Our bones, the human skeleton
is replaced every 10 years.
And each organ, you know,
renews itself at a separate rate
and so everything is...
(DISCO MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)
(SINGING ALONG)
And I don't know
If I'm just dreaming
I don't know if I feel safe
But it's something
That I must believe in
And it's there
When you call out my name
(VOCALIZING)
Oh! Love is in the air
"I'd like to be a nest
if you were a little bird.
"I'd like to be a scarf
"if you were a neck
and were cold.
"If you were music,
I'd be an ear.
"If you were water,
I'd be a glass.
"If you were light,
I'd be an eye.
"If you were a foot,
I'd be a sock."
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
"And if you were the sea,
I'd be a beach.
"And if you were still
the sea, I'd be a fish,
"and I'd swim in you.
"And if you were the sea,
I'd be salt.
"And if I were salt,
you'd be lettuce,
"an avocado or at least
a fried egg."
(BOTH LAUGHING)
"And if you were a fried egg,
I'd be a piece of bread.
"And if I were a piece of bread,
"you'd be butter or jam.
"And if you were jam,
"I'd be the peach in the jam.
"If I were a peach,
you'd be a tree.
"And if you were a tree,
I'd be your sap.
"And I'd course through
your arms like blood.
"And if I were blood,
"I'd live in your heart."
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(SNIFFLES)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
Hello?
(WOMAN ON PHONE
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Helen. Uh...
Hello. How are you?
(SNIFFLES)
Good. How about you?
That's nice.
Yes.
I've already had lunch.
(SIGHS) Well,
she should take her pills.
What's that?
Hey, what can...
What can I do about it?
I'm here at home.
I haven't been feeling well.
That's why I haven't been out.
What? No...
No, I'm not going out today.
I'm staying here.
Okay?
Okay? No, I don't think so.
Did you like it?
I don't understand, really.
Where are you?
Why are you here?
Because I'm with you.
Then why can't you tell them
that you're with me.
Why? I don't want to involve
them in our thing. No way.
No way. Why drag them
into a situation
that they're incapable
of understanding. Why?
So they can say, "Oh, my God,
you have a girlfriend?
- "You stupid old man."
- You're not old.
"How could you even think
of dating at your age?"
(STAMMERING)
I know them.
They'd make fun of me and...
Why give them the chance?
I thought that, you know...
Um... (SIGHS)
I'm a part of your life,
aren't I?
You're the most important
part of my life.
Well, then I wanna feel that,
and if you're lying to your
daughters, then I'm not.
- They're grownups, right?
- They're not that grown up.
I mean,
physically they are, but...
I don't know
if it's a generational thing,
but they see me as their father,
not as a person.
I've always been the one
worrying about them.
And they've never worried
about me, not at all.
It's a really lonely feeling.
And I don't want you to
have to experience that.
(GLORIA MOANING)
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(DOOR RATTLING)
- GLORIA: Hello?
- (BANGING ON DOOR)
- MAN: Open the door.
- (BANGING CONTINUES)
- Open the fucking door.
- GLORIA: Hey!
(BANGING CONTINUES)
- (KEYS RATTLING)
- MAN: Shit!
Shit!
GLORIA: This is not your door.
(BANGING CONTINUES)
(STAMMERS) What are you doing?
MAN: Fucking bitch!
- (FOOTSTEPS RETREATING)
- (GLORIA BREATHING HEAVILY)
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
I'm so happy you could come.
Thanks for bringing me.
- Happy Birthday, sweetheart.
- Thanks.
Ooh! This is gonna be
a wonderful year for you.
Thanks.
- Oh, it's gonna be just great.
- Okay.
I can feel it. I know.
And I can help you
with anything you need.
Thanks, Mom.
- This is Arnold.
- Hi, Arnold.
- Hi. Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Hi.
- ANNE: Hi.
- Oh, you look so nice.
- Oh, thank you.
- Mm.
- DUSTIN: Hello.
- GLORIA: Hello.
- How are you?
GLORIA: I'm well, how are you?
- Good. This is nice, huh?
- Yes.
My goodness.
How long has it been?
- Four... I think.
- Four years?
- Five, I think.
- Five?
- Yes.
- FIONA: Oh, what?
Since you got divorced?
No, actually since the last
time we saw each other.
No, we got divorced
12 years ago.
- FIONA: Oh.
- Twelve? Really?
Yes. Oh, you must be Fiona.
- Hi. Hi.
- FIONA: Yeah.
- Nice to meet you.
- Oh, it's so nice to meet you.
Oh, my goodness,
you are so pretty.
- Oh...
- You didn't tell me
- how pretty she is.
- Please.
- No, beautiful.
- No, She is.
So you haven't introduces us.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
This is my friend Arnold.
- Um, that's my ex-husband.
- Okay.
- Dustin.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- And his wife, Fiona.
- A pleasure.
Nice to meet you.
- ALL: Cheers.
- PETER: Thanks, everyone.
- ANNE: Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
I'm happy.
Thanks for being here.
- GLORIA: Mm.
- Ah.
- And cheers.
- (GLASSES CLINK)
- ANNE: Cheers.
- To your pregnancy.
- Oh, you didn't know?
- No, I didn't.
You're pregnant?
- GLORIA: You didn't tell him?
- No.
- GLORIA: I'm sorry. I...
- Oh, really?
That's so nice.
It's still new, you know, so...
ANNE: Yeah.
Oh, well,
- you're not showing at all.
- ANNE: Ten weeks, so...
FIONA: Do you have
a boyfriend?
- ANNE: Yeah.
- FIONA: That's great.
She's the same age that I was.
FIONA: Aw!
- Yeah?
- GLORIA: Mmm-hmm.
PETER: Would you like
some nuts, Arnold?
Yeah, sure.
Thanks.
Would you like an olive?
Sure.
- Thanks.
- Olive?
Thanks.
You know, the baby's the same
size as an olive right now.
It is.
- FIONA: Oh!
- (ARNOLD CHUCKLES)
What a nice home you two have.
It's just...
This is beautiful. I love...
PETER: Most of this is
Rachel's taste, but...
Oh. Where is she?
I have no idea.
ARNOLD: Well, I like it too.
Congratulations.
Thanks. We're moving out soon.
So you guys got any plans
for Christmas?
Do you celebrate that?
Oh, my gosh, I haven't even
thought about that.
We're spending it together.
- Oh. Mmm-hmm.
- Of course. Yeah.
Arnold, my mom tells me
that you have
some kind of, um,
amusement park type thing.
- Uh, yes. Vertigo park.
- It's so much fun.
- Have you ever done paintball?
- No, I haven't.
FIONA: Is it real paint?
Yes, it's real paint
and it's in two teams.
So it's kind of like a...
I guess it's like a pretend war.
- She loved it.
- I did. I loved it!
You did paintball?
GLORIA: Well, I just did
the target shooting.
- (LAUGHS) She has great aim.
- (GLORIA LAUGHING)
Yeah, she sure does, yes, sir.
PETER: What did you do before?
I... I was a marine.
After that, I started
transporting equipment for them.
DUSTIN: Were you an officer?
Yes. Of course.
FIONA: So you were a military.
Yeah. I went in to, uh,
pay for school.
- Do you have any children?
- Two daughters.
- ANNE: How old are they?
- 27 and 31.
Oh. So like us,
more and less.
- GLORIA: Mmm-hmm.
- ARNOLD: Yeah.
Well, they're pretty different
from you guys.
- ANNE: Are you a grandfather?
- No, no.
ANNE: And they aren't married?
No, they're single.
Very single.
PETER: What do they do?
You mean
at this particular moment?
Nothing.
They're doing nothing.
No, but one of them just had
a meeting with a friend
who owns a pet store and that
went very well, didn't it?
Yeah, it did. Yeah.
And it has the potential
to be very lucrative.
People love their pets.
ANNE: What part of town
are they in?
Oh, Redondo. With their mom.
Uh, you know,
high rents and all that stuff.
FIONA: And what does Mom do?
She's a, you know...
That's amazing.
- Do you want some weed?
- Oh. No. Thank you.
No? You don't smoke?
Well, no. I mean, I've...
I tried it long time ago,
but now I...
I'm afraid I'd lose control.
No, don't be silly.
- Are you sure?
- No.
Well, everybody reacts
differently,
so if you don't mind,
I'll just...
(INHALING DEEPLY)
(PIANO PLAYING AMBIENT MUSIC)
(PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SONG ENDS)
Who's my grandson's father?
ANNE: His name is Theo.
Theo?
- Theo what?
- Van Gogh.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
It doesn't matter.
He's Swedish.
- DUSTIN: Swedish?
- ANNE: Mmm-hmm.
- Like, does he live here?
- No, he lives in Sweden.
- But he's coming to live here.
- No, he's staying there.
- FIONA: How come?
- ANNE: I'm moving there.
- She's leaving. (SIGHS)
- To go to Sweden?
ANNE: Mmm-hmm. Yes.
Wouldn't you?
I'd love to move to fucking Sweden.
(GLORIA CHUCKLES)
- When?
- ANNE: On the 28th.
- It's so soon.
- ANNE: Yes.
Wha...
You know what, honey?
Why don't you read your dad
the letter that he wrote you?
- PETER: E-mail, Mom.
- Okay, the e-mail.
Read him the e-mail
so he can see.
- ANNE: No.
- He's a wonderful guy.
He's just...
Oh, he's so lovely
and I think we're both a bit
in love with Theo too.
No. Mom...
- GLORIA: Why, Annie? Come on.
- Just cut it out.
It'll be nice for your dad.
"The only thing I want is
to have a life with you.
"I discovered
that the love in my heart
"was being saved for you.
"Living the mystery
of every day with you
"is the most profound thing
I can imagine.
"I may have been on the
biggest waves in the world,
"in the deepest waters,
"but the deepest thing I can
think of is to be with you."
(SNIFFLES) Oh, my.
Everything is making me cry
these days.
I don't know why. (CHUCKLES)
- DUSTIN: Mm!
- Look at these two.
Look at these two little
cuties eating their apples.
- FIONA: Oh, they're so cute!
- DUSTIN: You loved apples.
The people thought
they were twins.
- They looked like twins.
- ANNE: I know.
Our wedding pictures.
Here we are, stiff as boards.
- We were so naive.
- Oh, we were so in love.
- We were very naive.
- We were in love.
PETER: Hold it up, hold it up.
- GLORIA: No, Peter.
- PETER: No, for one second.
Let's do a quick "then and now"
- ANNE: What's happening?
- Peter, we were in love.
PETER: I know
you were in love.
Okay. Just hurry up.
Hurry up, okay?
- Don't cut my head off.
- PETER: No, no.
- (LAUGHING)
- She's laughing.
- (WHISPERS) We were laughing.
- GLORIA: No, stop.
PETER: You look
so much happier now.
- Send me a copy. Peter.
- PETER: I'll send it.
Please, send me a...
- (GLORIA LAUGHING)
- DUSTIN: Oh.
- PETER: Look.
- Oh, yeah, okay.
Yeah we look great. Yeah.
Oh, look at Petey
with his necklace.
Look at your necklace.
Look at that.
PETER: I bought it
on the beach.
- FIONA: Really?
- He loved his jewelry. Right?
- FIONA: Aw!
- Isn't he sweet?
- FIONA: Oh, look at you!
- DUSTIN: Oh!
- I know. And here's Annie.
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
This is the day that
she graduated from preschool.
I know because I remember
that dress.
- Look at you in that dress.
- I remember that dress.
It's so cute.
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
Oh, this... Oh, my God.
Here's our wedding cake.
We couldn't get married
with just any cake.
It had to be bigger
than we were.
Take a look at that.
FIONA: Oh, but look at
that frilly dress!
Well... It was 1986.
- Okay, that's hilarious.
- That's what we wore then.
- I was not here.
- No. You were gone by then.
No. I wasn't.
FIONA: Wow.
I should've been here. Here.
- And I wasn't!
- All right.
All right.
I wasn't here.
PETER: All right,
let's calm down.
- Dad, you want some water?
- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
(KNOCKS) Arnold?
(KNOCKING)
Arnold? Are you in there?
DUSTIN: Maybe he went
down to his car.
ANNE: No, Mom.
- He's not here.
- GLORIA: He's not.
- (HUGO CRYING)
- Oh, no,
now we woke up the baby.
ANNE: Jeez.
Do you think he got sick?
Uh, I don't know.
Maybe the food that he ate
didn't agree with him.
DUSTIN: He did seem a bit off.
GLORIA: Hmm. Oh.
PETER: He's not downstairs.
I'm gonna get the...
I'm gonna get the baby.
No, no, no.
I'll do that, just...
Okay. You got him.
I'm gonna give him a call.
I'll see if I can get him
on the phone.
All right.
FIONA: Is there another way
to get out?
ANNE: No, it's just the
entrance and the black door.
- DUSTIN: It was just a photo.
- FIONA: I know.
- DUSTIN: It was ages ago.
- FIONA: Yeah.
ANNE: Did you say
something, Dad?
DUSTIN: Nothing.
You were here.
(ANSWERING MACHINE
PLAYING INDISTINCTLY)
Arnold. It's Gloria.
What happened?
Um...
I'm still at Peter's
and I'm worried,
so give me call and let me
know where you are, okay?
Okay, bye.
Sometimes he feels sick.
He had surgery recently,
and he has a hard time
digesting things.
He had a lot of olives.
So, I think that I...
I probably...
- Thank you. Uh...
- I don't...
- I'm sure he'll reappear.
- Yeah.
- Well, thank you for coming.
- FIONA: Thank you so much.
DUSTIN: Okay. Mmm-hmm.
- All right.
- FIONA: I'm driving.
(GLORIA SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
No answer.
Okay. I should go.
Who is this guy, Mom?
Who are you with?
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Arnold? I'm busy.
I'm working.
(ARNOLD SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(CAR LOCK CHIRPS)
What are you doing here?
ARNOLD: Can we talk?
I don't have anything
to say to you.
I really need you
to listen to me.
- (SCOFFS)
- I do.
How could you be
so rude, Arnold?
For what?
I was introducing you
to my family.
I brought you
to my son's birthday party
and you have the nerve
to just disappear.
If you were me, you would've
done the same thing.
- It wasn't an easy situation.
- Really?
I searched for your eyes
again and again.
I didn't exist.
"We were in love."
- Oh, please.
- "We were in love."
- He didn't mean to...
- How many times
- did he have to say that?
- He was drunk.
- He was... He...
- It made me sick!
I threw up.
I don't know how you could
do something like that to me.
And the girls called, so...
Grow a pair.
Take your...
Take your toy guns with you.
Gloria.
- No. No, Gloria.
- Okay, fine. Okay, fine.
Then I'll keep them.
- Gloria, don't go.
- I don't want to run you over.
- Gloria.
- Arnold, please!
- I love you, Gloria.
- Just get... Get away!
I love you, you understand?
- Get away from the car.
- Please!
- (TIRES SCREECHING)
- Gloria! Gloria!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Those are your toes?
How many toes?
One, two, three,
four, five. Five.
Five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One. Two.
(GUITAR PLAYING)
BOTH: (SINGING)
Alone again, naturally
Looking back over the years
And whatever else
that appears
I remember I cried
When my father died
Never wishing
to hide my tears
And at 65 years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand
Why the only man
She had ever loved
Had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement
from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
(VIRGINIA CHUCKLES)
Alone again, naturally
DOCTOR: Don't squint
in this eye.
- That's great.
- So how are your kids?
They must be like
four and six now, right?
Hold on. Don't talk.
When you talk, your eye moves
and I can't see.
What?
- Am I going blind?
- No.
Not necessarily.
But in time,
if you don't take care of it,
your field of vision
will get smaller,
which will limit
your day-to-day life.
Like driving, getting around...
So I'm afraid
I'm going to have to
prescribe you these eye drops.
They're to be taken
in each eye twice a day. Okay?
For how long?
Unfortunately,
for the rest of your life.
(BALLAD PLAYING)
Please call me
if you wanna talk.
Mmm-hmm.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
Thank you for everything,
Gloria.
Or e-mail me, text me.
Any time.
- (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
- I will.
Gloria.
- These came for you.
- Thank you.
If you cut your hair or do
something different to it,
then people think it's
the hair that's different.
That's why you look different.
- Mmm-hmm.
- They don't notice
- the other stuff.
- (DOOR OPENS)
- GLORIA: Here comes the bride.
- (CHUCKLES)
- You look gorgeous.
- VICKY: Wow. Wow.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Really? Is it not too much?
No, no, no. It's special
enough for the big day.
But you still look
like yourself.
Yeah.
All right. My hair is next,
so I'll be back.
Okay.
GLORIA: It's gonna be
a great wedding.
(DOOR CLOSES)
She's such a beautiful girl.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
He calls me every five minutes.
Don't pick it up.
No, I won't.
- Hello.
- (ARNOLD SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
Nope, it's Vicky.
Uh, she is in the bathroom.
And, uh, it's gonna
take a long time.
Mmm-hmm.
Yeah.
Okay.
Bye-bye.
- I can't believe you did that.
- (VICKY LAUGHING)
I'm gonna jump out
and see you off.
No, Mom.
To help you with your luggage,
Annie. It's heavy.
No, Mom.
Just leave me here, please.
I'm not gonna cry.
I'm just... I'm just gonna
- walk you to the entrance...
- Mom.
Just be careful, okay?
Yes.
And e-mail me
when you get there,
just, you know, to let me know
that you're safe.
Just "I'm here."
It's all I need.
Yes, Mom.
It's fine.
- Take care of my books for me.
- I will.
- Don't sell them.
- I won't.
I love you very much.
(ANNE SOBBING)
GLORIA: Okay, baby, okay.
All right.
Okay.
- Okay. Okay.
- (EXHALES)
(EXHALES)
(CAR HORN BLARES)
- (TIRES SCREECH)
- Come on, come on.
(CAR LOCK CHIRPS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Please step back, ma'am.
- Oh, sorry.
(CRYING QUIETLY)
MAN: (MUFFLED) Bitch!
That's what you are.
Bitch!
(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
Fucking dumb bitch!
That's what you are!
What's it all for, huh?
What's it all for? Nothing!
(GLORIA SIGHS)
You gave me nothing!
I gave you everything!
(GLORIA LAUGHING)
Oh, you made her fucking
love me, did you?
You fucking...
You've just fucked me around!
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
WAITER: Your coffee, ma'am.
- (RINGING CONTINUES)
- (GROANS)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
(ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYING)
(LAUGHING SPOOKILY)
(ROCK 'N' ROLL
MUSIC CONTINUES)
(LAUGHING SPOOKILY)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Arnold?
- Okay, thank you.
- Oh, you're welcome.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
- Enjoy Vegas, sir.
- Thanks.
It's beautiful.
CLERK: Good afternoon.
Welcome to Caesars Palace.
Hello. I have a reservation.
- Under what name?
- Arnold Tenner.
Welcome, Mr. Tenner.
One moment, please.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
ARNOLD: Honey.
Hello?
What's happened now?
Well... (STAMMERING)
I'm out of town. Why?
What?
But how?
How did she go through a window?
What the...
Are the...
Are the cuts deep?
Are they deep?
I'm really sorry.
I can't come now. I'm busy.
The doctors can take care of it.
That's what they do.
Yes. The doctors.
I have things to do! Please!
What happened?
My ex-wife's had an accident.
My daughters called me and...
Suzanne walked right through
a glass sliding door.
It was too clean.
She didn't see it.
She crashed through it.
Cut herself, uh, badly.
On her legs.
So stupid.
I just, uh, well...
I am...
I'm not leaving.
I'm staying with you.
I'm not gonna let them
take this away from me.
They're not gonna
destroy my life.
I'm staying here with you.
It's what I want.
With you.
Maybe we should just go back.
Gloria.
Gloria.
Gloria, don't go.
(UNZIPS PANTS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(VELCRO RIPS)
(ARNOLD BREATHES SHAKILY)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
You're doing the right thing.
It's gonna be fine.
Thank you for saying that.
You just may not see
how difficult this is for me.
How can I not see you?
I'm looking straight at you.
You know,
it's not just bad for them
to depend on you so much.
It's bad for you too.
You have the right
to your own life.
Yes. I do.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(RINGING STOPS)
Do you wanna take a trip?
A big trip?
Just the two of us.
We could... We could
go to Europe or Spain.
- Spain?
- Have you ever been to Spain?
- No.
- Well, then let's go.
Let's... Let's go to Spain.
Let's take 10 days off work
and go dancing.
We both love to dance.
Let's do it.
You know, we could die tomorrow.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Turn it off, okay?
(RINGING STOPS)
(LAUGHING)
All right. My goodness.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
All right.
GLORIA: Mm.
Cheers.
To Spain.
To Spain.
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
I'll be right back.
Excuse me.
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
Excuse me.
Could I have another one,
please?
BARTENDER: Absolutely.
(SHAKER RATTLING)
It's weird to bet it all on 11
when my favorite number is 22.
- Well, that's my birthday.
- Then we'll bet them all.
What's your name?
- Gloria.
- I'm Jen. Nice to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you.
- Yeah. Let's see how we do.
CROUPIER:
No more bets, please.
(ROULETTE WHEEL TURNING)
(BALL CLATTERS)
CROUPIER: Black 22.
Oh, my God, we won. You won!
Oh, what a job!
Congratulations!
- Good for you!
- (LAUGHS) Thanks!
Oh. This is Gloria
my new friend.
- Hi. Mark. How you doing?
- How are you?
- MARK: Good.
- Oh, our friend Jeremy.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
(EXCLAIMS)
Let's keep it going.
MARK: Twelve? All right.
I'll go with that too.
GLORIA: (GASPS)
Oh, no, no, no! No, no, no.
No, no. Please. Please.
No, you have no idea.
Don't do that.
Don't do it. Don't do it. No.
God, no. I mean it. Really.
I... Take that off.
Please take that off.
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING)
JEREMY: Four, still here.
(PANTING)
Five, there you go.
Six. Whoa!
- (THUD)
- Oh.
(LAUGHING)
(SWEEPING GLASS SHARDS)
(SWEEPING CONTINUES)
(MOANS)
(PANTING)
Excuse me.
May I use your phone to call LA?
Oh, yes. Of course.
Uh, number?
- 818-614...
- 614...
- 5329.
- 29.
- There you go.
- Thank you.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Gloria.
- I got your stuff.
- Thanks, Mom.
- I'll pay for the tickets.
- I already bought them.
I'm sorry.
(CAT MEOWS)
- When did you get a cat?
- (GLORIA SIGHS)
Just leave him.
Mom.
Gloria.
(GROANS SOFTLY)
(SIGHS)
(CAT PURRING)
(PHONE RINGING)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
(PHONE RINGING)
(CAT MEOWS)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
Okay.
(SNIFFS)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
ARNOLD: Hello? Gloria?
Are you there?
Say something, please.
You have to believe me.
I'm so sorry.
We need to save what we have.
(VACUUM WHIRRING)
(POWER BALLAD PLAYING
ON STEREO)
Gloria?
Gloria.
- No. No!
- (GUNSHOTS)
(GLASS SHATTERS)
I love you. No! No!
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (GROANS)
You shot me!
Dad?
- What happened?
- Daddy, what happened?
Oh, my God, help!
Help me get him up!
Who do you think you are,
you fucking old bitch?
ARNOLD: Gloria!
Come back here
and show your face, bitch!
Come on and get your
skinny ass back here!
ARNOLD: Gloria!
(PANTING)
(LAUGHING)
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
- Hi.
- GLORIA: Hi.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- GLORIA: You are a vision.
- Oh, hi! Thank you, Gloria.
GLORIA: So sorry I didn't
make it to the ceremony.
No, that's okay.
It's all right.
- GLORIA: Congratulations!
- Thank you so much for coming.
- GLORIA: Hi.
- Hi.
- Got her married.
- Oh, good for you.
- Hi, Gloria.
- I'm sorry.
Oh, please don't worry
about that. I'm just so happy
- that you're here.
- Me too.
Oh, nice.
- What's wrong?
- Nothing.
You seem a bit odd.
- WOMAN: Hello, Vicky.
- Hi.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(POP MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS)
(SINGING ALONG)
Gloria
You're always on the run now
Running after somebody
You gotta get him somehow
I think
You've got to slow down
Before you start to blow it
I think you're headed
For a breakdown
So be careful not to show it
You really don't remember
Was it something that he...
Pardon me.
Would you like to dance?
No, thank you.
Calling, Gloria?
Gloria
Don't you think
You're fallin'?
If everybody wants you
Why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin'
on the line
(CHEERING)
- Gloria
- Gloria
- I think they got your number
- Gloria
- I think they got the alias
- Gloria
- That you've been living under
- Gloria
But you really
don't remember
Was it something
That they said?
Are the voices in your head
Calling, Gloria?
A-ha, a-ha-ha
Gloria
How's it gonna go down?
Will you meet him
On the main line
Or will you catch him
On the rebound?
Will you marry for the money
Take a lover
in the afternoon?
Feel your innocence
Slipping away
Don't believe
It's comin' back soon
And you really
don't remember
Was it something
that he said?
Are the voices in your head
- Calling, Gloria?
- (CHEERING)
Gloria
(SONG CONTINUES)
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
(LIVELY CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
- Joe?
- Yes?
It's Gloria.
- Gloria...
- Gloria Bell.
Oh. Hi, how are you?
- Good, how are you?
- I'm good.
How long has it been?
Oh, gosh,
10 or 12 years at least.
Since my divorce, probably.
Right. Right.
- Well... You look good.
- Thanks. So do you.
Cheers.
(UPBEAT SOUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GLORIA SIGHS)
(CAT MEWS)
(CAT MEOWS)
- (MEOWS)
- Oh.
- (CAT PURRING)
- (EXHALES)
How did you get in here again?
(CAT MEWS)
- All right. Go home!
- (CAT MEOWS)
Go home!
(WATER RUNNING)
MAN: (MUFFLED)
I gave you everything!
Everything!
What for, huh?
What for? What for?
What are you looking at, huh?
Are you going to tell me
what to do?
You know nothing, Dad!
You don't know shit, man!
Nobody knows anything!
(POP MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)
(SINGING ALONG)
In the web of your lies
But it gets me nowhere
To tell you "no"
It gets me nowhere
To make you go
Will a little more love
Make you stop depending?
Will a little more love
Bring a happy ending?
Will a little more love
Make it right?
Will a little more love
Make it right?
She said the light was yellow?
Oh, no, I doubt
that she's color blind.
Was there injury involved?
Well, how about
the other driver?
(WHISPERS) Is it Robert Cox?
(MOUTHING)
Oh, no. That's fantastic!
Well, that's the most
important thing,
that everybody is safe,
because it's just a car
and that's what we're here for.
No, I'm sure that you paid
your premium on time.
Uh, but I will check on that
and I'll get right back to you.
Hi, Anne, honey.
Um, I haven't heard from you
in a while,
so I thought I'd give you a call
and see what's going on.
Um...
It's pretty busy here
at the office, but just,
you know, call me anytime
if you feel like it. Okay?
I love you.
It's your mother.
Hi, Peter.
It's Mom.
Just, um... Just calling to
see how Hugo is feeling
and if you guys
need any help or anything.
Um, that's it.
I love you.
It's your mother.
(GASPS) Oh, you doing again?
(HUGO LAUGHING)
- Put it back on.
- I should put him down.
Oh, I can do it.
I can put him down.
No, no. I'll do it.
It's gonna be faster.
- Oh. Go with Daddy.
- Come on, buddy.
- Go to Daddy. Okay.
- Come on.
- See you later, Nana.
- See you later.
- See you later.
- (HUGO FUSSING)
Okay...
Oh, God.
Have you heard from Rachel?
She's in the desert,
that's all I know.
She's finding herself
in the desert.
- I see.
- Yeah.
- (HUGO FUSSING)
- (PHONE KEYPAD CLACKING)
- He's fussy, isn't he?
- Yeah...
Do you think he still has
that ear infection?
Uh, I don't know.
I don't think so.
Did you give him an antibiotic?
Yeah, we gave him antibiotics.
I mean, it could be bad.
He could be having a reaction
to the antibiotics.
- I mean, you know...
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
sometimes it gives him
a stomachache or, um,
a lot of diaper rash,
or even a, um...
Even a fungus.
- There's this white stuff.
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
It's called "thrush,"
in their mouth.
- Um...
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Did you...
Did you check in his mouth?
(HUGO CONTINUES FUSSING)
- Did you? Did you?
- No.
- Did you open his...
- I don't think...
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
- Sorry.
Hey, Rachel.
Yeah. It's so awesome
of you to call.
It's really great, thank you.
It's so nice of you
to check on us.
Yeah, he's eating and... Yeah.
His poops have been
very dark and solid.
Where are you?
No, he's not asking about
his mother, he doesn't speak!
ANNE: Uttanasana.
Facing forward,
concave back.
Extending over the legs,
taking hands
in line with the feet.
Press the palms together...
And look up.
Take your elbows
close to your body.
Raise your knees,
raise your thighs.
(SIGHS)
Well done.
Good job, Gloria.
Thank you, everybody.
Bye.
- Excuse me.
- Sorry.
- You did really well.
- You think so?
Yeah, you should come around...
- I would love that.
- Bye. Thanks.
- Sorry.
- Thank you.
Excuse me.
Everybody really loved
the class.
- Oh, yeah?
- I can tell, yes.
All right.
- Shall we go?
- Yeah, let's go.
Uh, Theo! Come here.
Theo, this is my mom.
- GLORIA: Hi!
- Mom, this is Theo.
It's nice to meet you.
Anne has told me
a lot about you.
It's really nice to meet you.
It's nice to meet you too.
- Where are you from?
- Sweden.
- Yeah?
- He's a big wave surfer.
Yeah. I go around the world
looking for giant waves.
- GLORIA: Oh!
- And I'm on my way to Oahu.
So I stopped here
to surf the wedge
in Newport and see Anne,
of course.
- Oh. Of course.
- And she's...
She's a spectacular woman
and very nice.
- Oh, well, yes.
- (CAR HORN HONKS)
Oh, we've gotta go.
- Do you practice a lot?
- Um, no.
Actually, this is my first time.
Um, what about you?
Do you practice yoga often?
I tried to, since I was 15.
Oh, my goodness, that's, um...
That's early to start, isn't it?
- (CAR HORN HONKING)
- Okay, Mom, we're leaving.
Oh, okay. Have fun.
- Take care.
- Yeah.
- THEO: Bye.
- Oh!
- Nice to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you.
- ANNE: All good?
- THEO: Bye.
- GLORIA: Bye. Call me, okay?
- ANNE: Yes.
Anyone coming?
- I said I quit.
- Yeah, me too.
But...
I saw that huge drop in my 401K.
And I asked the human
resources guy and he said,
"Oh, um, this is just due
to the market. It's normal."
I can't even begin to
understand the stock market.
The amount of money that
I'm gonna get is bullshit!
Yeah, believe me,
I get it. I get it.
And I'm only getting this
bullshit amount of money
if I make it to
full retirement in five years.
(BOTH SIGH)
I'm gonna be working in my 80s.
I know.
If it all goes to hell,
we can be roommates, okay?
- Gloria, I'm fucked.
- Now, hey, you know what?
If they fuck with you,
they fuck with me.
We're in this together. Right?
Hey! Hey, you fuckers!
- This woman is awesome!
- (LAUGHS)
Treat her right!
- Yeah.
- Yeah!
She's a good woman,
she's a good friend.
Respect her.
She works her ass off,
you fuckers!
Yeah, fuckers!
(SINGING ALONG TO TRACK)
I'll be gone
I'm all out of love
I'm so lost without you
I know you were right
Believing for so long
I'm all out of love
What am I without you
I can't be too late
To say that I was so wrong
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Excuse me.
Is this seat taken?
No, no. Have a seat.
- Gloria.
- Stanley.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
- Hi. Michelle.
Very nice to meet you.
Pat. Pat Banowsky.
Pat Banowsky.
(DISCO MUSIC PLAYING)
- WOMAN: You're good at that.
- Thanks.
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
Can I ask you a question?
I hope you don't mind.
- No, I don't mind.
- (CLEARS THROAT)
Have you had work done?
No. (CHUCKLES)
- Really? Really?
- (LAUGHS) Thanks though.
(BOTH LAUGH)
MAN: Pardon me. Shall we?
- WOMAN: See you around.
- GLORIA: Mmm-hmm.
(DISCO MUSIC CONTINUES)
ARNOLD: Are you always
this happy?
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Uh, no.
Oh. Uh, you asked me
and I laugh, that's all.
Yeah.
No.
Some days I'm happy.
Some days I'm not.
Like everyone.
- Like everyone.
- Mmm-hmm.
Do you come here a lot?
(LAUGHS) Yes.
Uh... Yes, I'm...
No, not a lot.
I mean, um, sometimes.
When I feel like it.
When I can.
I like coming here though.
I like to dance.
By yourself.
By myself.
I'm divorced.
So am I.
Oh, really?
How long?
One year.
Recently.
- Finally.
- Well, yes.
Sometimes it's finally,
isn't it?
(BOTH LAUGH)
I'm trying to change things.
Life.
What's your name?
Gloria.
(UPBEAT FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
(RUSTLING)
What's this?
Just take it off.
(VELCRO RIPPING)
(BOTH MOANING)
Yeah, um, it's, uh...
It's... It's 500.
No, I know...
No, I know. I know.
It's a lot, but you are
covered for a rental
the entire time
your car is in the shop.
- (TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY)
- (CAT MEOWS)
Well, I can... I can arrange
for you to get into
a rental vehicle. I'll just...
I'll give them
all the information
- and I'll tell you where...
- (CAT MEOWS)
you can pick it up.
Um...
Or better yet,
I'm gonna have them
deliver it to you, okay?
- No, it's... No...
- (CAT MEOWS)
It's no trouble at all,
I can handle it.
Believe me, anything you need,
I'm here for you, okay?
VERONICA: I love cats.
- How does it get in?
- I have no idea.
I shut everything up and that
little fucker still gets in.
Mm. Maybe it's trying
to tell you something.
It's like a...
It's like a dead thing.
It's like an Egyptian mummy cat.
Oh, like a sphinx?
It doesn't have any hair,
Veronica.
There's a beautiful story
about cats in the Bible.
Oh, no, please... Ow! Ow!
- Do you want more than that?
- Excuse me?
Do you want more off the sides?
Uh, no. I think I just want
it regular, I don't want...
A little bit more than that
actually, thanks.
So, uh, when the big flood came,
God told Noah
to build a huge ark.
And he brought his family.
And two kinds of animals
from every species
that existed in the world
back then.
- Mmm-hmm.
- And soon there where just
a ton of mice and they were
eating all the food.
And Noah didn't know what to do.
So he asked God and God said,
"Go find the lion,
pet its head like this."
Three times.
And the lion went...
(WHOOSHES)
Just letting out a gush of air
and two cats
came out of its nose.
Those cats got rid of the mice.
And so, order and balance
were re-established
in the world.
- (WAX RIPS)
- Ow! Ow.
Sorry, sweetie.
INSTRUCTOR: And we're gonna
hit our ribs softly like this.
And we're gonna count
one, two, three!
(ALL LAUGHING)
- Again!
- (ALL GRUNTING)
(ALL LAUGHING)
(ALL CONTINUE LAUGHING)
Your father,
God bless him,
left me just enough.
And, no...
No, I don't... I don't spend
much other than...
Well, okay.
I do like to come here
with my girlfriends
and have my salad,
- but other than that...
- No. I know, yeah.
It's just that
I could live too long.
I just don't think
there's gonna be
much left once I'm gone.
I don't need anything.
I've been paying my own bills
for a long time now.
You won't even know it.
You're gonna wake up one morning
and you'll find yourself
a wrinkled old lady
just like me.
You're not old.
You look beautiful.
You do. You really do.
Because life just goes by
in a flash.
Like that. (SNAPS FINGERS)
I know. You tell me
the same thing every 10 years.
- Do you see what I mean?
- I know, Mom. (CHUCKLES)
- You'll be fine.
- Of course I will.
At least you quit smoking,
thank God.
WAITER: Ladies.
I'll just... I'll take that,
thank you very much.
Gloria Bell.
Your tenant in apartment 2.
- (MAN SHOUTING, MUFFLED)
- You know I live below
your son, Mrs. Duffy.
Yes. That's... That's
actually why I'm calling
and I'm so sorry to bother you
so late at night, um...
- But, you know, I...
- MAN: Come here!
I work and I have to get up
early in the morning,
you know, so...
MAN: Why be born?
Yes, yes, exactly,
and I hate to be the one to
tell you this, but are you...
Are you aware
of what's happening?
- (MAN CONTINUES SHOUTING)
- I just... Your son is...
I think your son is having
some kind of a...
- Some kind of a breakdown.
- MRS. DUFFY: Is he there
- with you?
- No.
MAN: It's all fucked up!
Don't go outside!
I... It breaks my heart,
I mean, honestly... I mean,
I'm a mom too, so I...
MAN: I wanna die! I wanna die!
He needs help.
I'm... I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I hate to do this,
but please, please listen.
- (MUFFLED BANGING)
- Listen.
MAN: (CRYING)
Don't be born, man!
Don't be born!
- Don't be born!
- (OBJECT SHATTERS)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
Uh, no, this is she.
(ARNOLD SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
ON PHONE)
No, I'm not mad.
Why would I be mad?
Are you asking me out?
Thank you.
You're such a gentleman.
I can't get you out of my head.
I...
I'm really... I'm constantly
thinking about you.
You're just so...
Different.
What happened to me
with you, I...
I thought it was never
gonna happen again.
My head is still spinning.
I didn't dare...
It was driving me crazy.
I mean I wanted to,
but I was too nervous
to call you.
But I went for it, thank God.
So, thank you.
Thank you for coming.
You're very welcome.
(GLORIA CHUCKLES)
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
- ARNOLD: Ah.
It's okay. Go ahead.
- Excuse me, would you?
- Yeah, please, it's okay.
Hello? Hello. Hello, Suzanne.
Okay. Fine, but...
(MUTTERS) There's no reason
to cry about it.
Um...
I... I'm gonna do it
before 2:00. Okay?
What?
Yes, I'll leave the deposit
before 2:00.
I'm busy now.
Just relax, right?
Bye.
GLORIA: Mm.
- So, are you divorced or not?
- I am. I am.
Hmm, but...
You get divorced from
the woman, not the kids.
- Ah.
- Yes.
I've been living alone now
for a year.
But I still have to help out
the girls a lot.
They're...
They're very dependent on me.
It's just the way things are,
so, you know...
It's not all of me,
but it's a part of me.
My life used to be
very different.
I was drowning,
about to blow and then...
About a year and a month ago,
I had surgery.
What kind of surgery?
Gastric bypass.
- I used to weight 280 pounds.
- I don't believe you.
- I swear.
- No.
- It's true.
- No. I... I...
I was huge, really.
If you don't believe me,
here you go.
All right, all right.
It's there, see?
Look at that, see?
(BOTH LAUGHING)
- I had a size 52 waist.
- I'm sorry.
Very little neck.
- I'm sorry. I'm...
- (BOTH CONTINUE LAUGHING)
(GLORIA WHOOPING)
(LAUGHING)
(CONTINUES WHOOPING)
(LAUGHING)
Oh... Whoa. Whoa!
- I got you. I got you.
- (LAUGHING)
Okay. Okay.
- (ARNOLD LAUGHING)
- Oh. Oh!
This is the hopper,
where the paintballs go in.
Okay.
This is the pod
with 140 paintballs.
And now, you take the gun.
- You want me to hold it?
- Yeah, okay.
You put your hand there
and this hand around here.
- Okay. Mmm-hmm.
- Okay?
- You got it?
- I have it.
This is the trigger.
All right? Okay?
This is the safety.
Take the safety off.
Now it's an automatic.
Okay, now be careful.
- Do you want me to shoot?
- Not yet.
Look through the sight,
okay? All right.
- A little more...
- Okay.
- A little more at the target.
- At the guy.
- Right. Okay?
- At the guy.
- You can see him, right?
- Yes, I can see him.
- Okay? And...
- Okay. And...
- (FIRING GUN)
- (LAUGHING)
- You hit the bull's-eye.
- I think he's dead.
I love your park.
ARNOLD: You know, men,
they like to play war.
GLORIA: I do know that.
(RAPID GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE)
ARNOLD: Capturing the flag.
Protecting the president.
- Zombie attack.
- GLORIA: Hmm.
ARNOLD: Hmm.
(POP MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS)
(SINGING ALONG)
But another lonely night
(VOCALIZING)
Might take forever
We've only got each other
To blame
It's all the same to me,
love
'Cause I know
What I feel to be right
No more lonely nights
No more lonely nights
You're my guiding light
Day or night
I'm always there
- Is that him?
- ANNE: Yeah.
It's this weird mix of
happiness and... (SIGHS)
And anxiety. I've...
I've never felt anything
like this before.
I think it's called love, honey.
- Oh, my God!
- It's fine, Mom.
- He gets paid to do this?
- Yeah. It's his job.
He's a big wave surfer,
like an extreme surfer.
It's what he loves to do.
Honey, this guy could
die tomorrow.
Mom. We could
all die tomorrow.
I just saw the news
where they sent a boy home
for just making a gun
with his hand.
Oh, wow. You cannot stop boys
from playing with guns.
And if they don't have one,
they're gonna make everything
into a gun.
Mmm-hmm.
When Peter was little,
he went into my purse and
made a gun out of a tampon.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Yeah. What was the trigger?
See, we can't even outlaw guns
in our own families.
That's true.
But the fact that a civilian
can just walk in
and buy
a military-style assault rifle
is just beyond me.
Well, the majority of
gun owners are responsible.
CHARLIE: This is not about
the majority.
VICKY: The responsibility
that you're referring to
is what is going to blow up
the whole planet.
The planet is as good as
blown-up already, my dear.
We're just arranged
in the deck chairs
- of Titanic at this point.
- VICKY: Mmm-hmm.
I don't think we should panic.
Everything goes in cycles.
It's natural.
Besides, every generation
thinks it's the end.
The worst it's ever been.
And one generation
will be right.
Well, when the world blows up,
I hope I go down dancing.
- (ALL LAUGHING)
- ARNOLD: Hey-hey!
- Right?
- VICKY: Yes!
(SALSA MUSIC PLAYING)
Because everything is
changing, it's transforming.
All the time.
Even our physical bodies.
I was reading in the science
section of the paper
about cell renewal.
Do you know about that?
Yeah. Yeah,
I've heard something.
Basically, it said that, um,
our bodies,
even middle-aged bodies,
are less than 10 years old.
Our skin. The epidermis is
recycled every two weeks.
Our bones, the human skeleton
is replaced every 10 years.
And each organ, you know,
renews itself at a separate rate
and so everything is...
(DISCO MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)
(SINGING ALONG)
And I don't know
If I'm just dreaming
I don't know if I feel safe
But it's something
That I must believe in
And it's there
When you call out my name
(VOCALIZING)
Oh! Love is in the air
"I'd like to be a nest
if you were a little bird.
"I'd like to be a scarf
"if you were a neck
and were cold.
"If you were music,
I'd be an ear.
"If you were water,
I'd be a glass.
"If you were light,
I'd be an eye.
"If you were a foot,
I'd be a sock."
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
"And if you were the sea,
I'd be a beach.
"And if you were still
the sea, I'd be a fish,
"and I'd swim in you.
"And if you were the sea,
I'd be salt.
"And if I were salt,
you'd be lettuce,
"an avocado or at least
a fried egg."
(BOTH LAUGHING)
"And if you were a fried egg,
I'd be a piece of bread.
"And if I were a piece of bread,
"you'd be butter or jam.
"And if you were jam,
"I'd be the peach in the jam.
"If I were a peach,
you'd be a tree.
"And if you were a tree,
I'd be your sap.
"And I'd course through
your arms like blood.
"And if I were blood,
"I'd live in your heart."
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(SNIFFLES)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
Hello?
(WOMAN ON PHONE
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Helen. Uh...
Hello. How are you?
(SNIFFLES)
Good. How about you?
That's nice.
Yes.
I've already had lunch.
(SIGHS) Well,
she should take her pills.
What's that?
Hey, what can...
What can I do about it?
I'm here at home.
I haven't been feeling well.
That's why I haven't been out.
What? No...
No, I'm not going out today.
I'm staying here.
Okay?
Okay? No, I don't think so.
Did you like it?
I don't understand, really.
Where are you?
Why are you here?
Because I'm with you.
Then why can't you tell them
that you're with me.
Why? I don't want to involve
them in our thing. No way.
No way. Why drag them
into a situation
that they're incapable
of understanding. Why?
So they can say, "Oh, my God,
you have a girlfriend?
- "You stupid old man."
- You're not old.
"How could you even think
of dating at your age?"
(STAMMERING)
I know them.
They'd make fun of me and...
Why give them the chance?
I thought that, you know...
Um... (SIGHS)
I'm a part of your life,
aren't I?
You're the most important
part of my life.
Well, then I wanna feel that,
and if you're lying to your
daughters, then I'm not.
- They're grownups, right?
- They're not that grown up.
I mean,
physically they are, but...
I don't know
if it's a generational thing,
but they see me as their father,
not as a person.
I've always been the one
worrying about them.
And they've never worried
about me, not at all.
It's a really lonely feeling.
And I don't want you to
have to experience that.
(GLORIA MOANING)
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(DOOR RATTLING)
- GLORIA: Hello?
- (BANGING ON DOOR)
- MAN: Open the door.
- (BANGING CONTINUES)
- Open the fucking door.
- GLORIA: Hey!
(BANGING CONTINUES)
- (KEYS RATTLING)
- MAN: Shit!
Shit!
GLORIA: This is not your door.
(BANGING CONTINUES)
(STAMMERS) What are you doing?
MAN: Fucking bitch!
- (FOOTSTEPS RETREATING)
- (GLORIA BREATHING HEAVILY)
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
I'm so happy you could come.
Thanks for bringing me.
- Happy Birthday, sweetheart.
- Thanks.
Ooh! This is gonna be
a wonderful year for you.
Thanks.
- Oh, it's gonna be just great.
- Okay.
I can feel it. I know.
And I can help you
with anything you need.
Thanks, Mom.
- This is Arnold.
- Hi, Arnold.
- Hi. Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Hi.
- ANNE: Hi.
- Oh, you look so nice.
- Oh, thank you.
- Mm.
- DUSTIN: Hello.
- GLORIA: Hello.
- How are you?
GLORIA: I'm well, how are you?
- Good. This is nice, huh?
- Yes.
My goodness.
How long has it been?
- Four... I think.
- Four years?
- Five, I think.
- Five?
- Yes.
- FIONA: Oh, what?
Since you got divorced?
No, actually since the last
time we saw each other.
No, we got divorced
12 years ago.
- FIONA: Oh.
- Twelve? Really?
Yes. Oh, you must be Fiona.
- Hi. Hi.
- FIONA: Yeah.
- Nice to meet you.
- Oh, it's so nice to meet you.
Oh, my goodness,
you are so pretty.
- Oh...
- You didn't tell me
- how pretty she is.
- Please.
- No, beautiful.
- No, She is.
So you haven't introduces us.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
This is my friend Arnold.
- Um, that's my ex-husband.
- Okay.
- Dustin.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- And his wife, Fiona.
- A pleasure.
Nice to meet you.
- ALL: Cheers.
- PETER: Thanks, everyone.
- ANNE: Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
I'm happy.
Thanks for being here.
- GLORIA: Mm.
- Ah.
- And cheers.
- (GLASSES CLINK)
- ANNE: Cheers.
- To your pregnancy.
- Oh, you didn't know?
- No, I didn't.
You're pregnant?
- GLORIA: You didn't tell him?
- No.
- GLORIA: I'm sorry. I...
- Oh, really?
That's so nice.
It's still new, you know, so...
ANNE: Yeah.
Oh, well,
- you're not showing at all.
- ANNE: Ten weeks, so...
FIONA: Do you have
a boyfriend?
- ANNE: Yeah.
- FIONA: That's great.
She's the same age that I was.
FIONA: Aw!
- Yeah?
- GLORIA: Mmm-hmm.
PETER: Would you like
some nuts, Arnold?
Yeah, sure.
Thanks.
Would you like an olive?
Sure.
- Thanks.
- Olive?
Thanks.
You know, the baby's the same
size as an olive right now.
It is.
- FIONA: Oh!
- (ARNOLD CHUCKLES)
What a nice home you two have.
It's just...
This is beautiful. I love...
PETER: Most of this is
Rachel's taste, but...
Oh. Where is she?
I have no idea.
ARNOLD: Well, I like it too.
Congratulations.
Thanks. We're moving out soon.
So you guys got any plans
for Christmas?
Do you celebrate that?
Oh, my gosh, I haven't even
thought about that.
We're spending it together.
- Oh. Mmm-hmm.
- Of course. Yeah.
Arnold, my mom tells me
that you have
some kind of, um,
amusement park type thing.
- Uh, yes. Vertigo park.
- It's so much fun.
- Have you ever done paintball?
- No, I haven't.
FIONA: Is it real paint?
Yes, it's real paint
and it's in two teams.
So it's kind of like a...
I guess it's like a pretend war.
- She loved it.
- I did. I loved it!
You did paintball?
GLORIA: Well, I just did
the target shooting.
- (LAUGHS) She has great aim.
- (GLORIA LAUGHING)
Yeah, she sure does, yes, sir.
PETER: What did you do before?
I... I was a marine.
After that, I started
transporting equipment for them.
DUSTIN: Were you an officer?
Yes. Of course.
FIONA: So you were a military.
Yeah. I went in to, uh,
pay for school.
- Do you have any children?
- Two daughters.
- ANNE: How old are they?
- 27 and 31.
Oh. So like us,
more and less.
- GLORIA: Mmm-hmm.
- ARNOLD: Yeah.
Well, they're pretty different
from you guys.
- ANNE: Are you a grandfather?
- No, no.
ANNE: And they aren't married?
No, they're single.
Very single.
PETER: What do they do?
You mean
at this particular moment?
Nothing.
They're doing nothing.
No, but one of them just had
a meeting with a friend
who owns a pet store and that
went very well, didn't it?
Yeah, it did. Yeah.
And it has the potential
to be very lucrative.
People love their pets.
ANNE: What part of town
are they in?
Oh, Redondo. With their mom.
Uh, you know,
high rents and all that stuff.
FIONA: And what does Mom do?
She's a, you know...
That's amazing.
- Do you want some weed?
- Oh. No. Thank you.
No? You don't smoke?
Well, no. I mean, I've...
I tried it long time ago,
but now I...
I'm afraid I'd lose control.
No, don't be silly.
- Are you sure?
- No.
Well, everybody reacts
differently,
so if you don't mind,
I'll just...
(INHALING DEEPLY)
(PIANO PLAYING AMBIENT MUSIC)
(PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SONG ENDS)
Who's my grandson's father?
ANNE: His name is Theo.
Theo?
- Theo what?
- Van Gogh.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
It doesn't matter.
He's Swedish.
- DUSTIN: Swedish?
- ANNE: Mmm-hmm.
- Like, does he live here?
- No, he lives in Sweden.
- But he's coming to live here.
- No, he's staying there.
- FIONA: How come?
- ANNE: I'm moving there.
- She's leaving. (SIGHS)
- To go to Sweden?
ANNE: Mmm-hmm. Yes.
Wouldn't you?
I'd love to move to fucking Sweden.
(GLORIA CHUCKLES)
- When?
- ANNE: On the 28th.
- It's so soon.
- ANNE: Yes.
Wha...
You know what, honey?
Why don't you read your dad
the letter that he wrote you?
- PETER: E-mail, Mom.
- Okay, the e-mail.
Read him the e-mail
so he can see.
- ANNE: No.
- He's a wonderful guy.
He's just...
Oh, he's so lovely
and I think we're both a bit
in love with Theo too.
No. Mom...
- GLORIA: Why, Annie? Come on.
- Just cut it out.
It'll be nice for your dad.
"The only thing I want is
to have a life with you.
"I discovered
that the love in my heart
"was being saved for you.
"Living the mystery
of every day with you
"is the most profound thing
I can imagine.
"I may have been on the
biggest waves in the world,
"in the deepest waters,
"but the deepest thing I can
think of is to be with you."
(SNIFFLES) Oh, my.
Everything is making me cry
these days.
I don't know why. (CHUCKLES)
- DUSTIN: Mm!
- Look at these two.
Look at these two little
cuties eating their apples.
- FIONA: Oh, they're so cute!
- DUSTIN: You loved apples.
The people thought
they were twins.
- They looked like twins.
- ANNE: I know.
Our wedding pictures.
Here we are, stiff as boards.
- We were so naive.
- Oh, we were so in love.
- We were very naive.
- We were in love.
PETER: Hold it up, hold it up.
- GLORIA: No, Peter.
- PETER: No, for one second.
Let's do a quick "then and now"
- ANNE: What's happening?
- Peter, we were in love.
PETER: I know
you were in love.
Okay. Just hurry up.
Hurry up, okay?
- Don't cut my head off.
- PETER: No, no.
- (LAUGHING)
- She's laughing.
- (WHISPERS) We were laughing.
- GLORIA: No, stop.
PETER: You look
so much happier now.
- Send me a copy. Peter.
- PETER: I'll send it.
Please, send me a...
- (GLORIA LAUGHING)
- DUSTIN: Oh.
- PETER: Look.
- Oh, yeah, okay.
Yeah we look great. Yeah.
Oh, look at Petey
with his necklace.
Look at your necklace.
Look at that.
PETER: I bought it
on the beach.
- FIONA: Really?
- He loved his jewelry. Right?
- FIONA: Aw!
- Isn't he sweet?
- FIONA: Oh, look at you!
- DUSTIN: Oh!
- I know. And here's Annie.
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
This is the day that
she graduated from preschool.
I know because I remember
that dress.
- Look at you in that dress.
- I remember that dress.
It's so cute.
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
Oh, this... Oh, my God.
Here's our wedding cake.
We couldn't get married
with just any cake.
It had to be bigger
than we were.
Take a look at that.
FIONA: Oh, but look at
that frilly dress!
Well... It was 1986.
- Okay, that's hilarious.
- That's what we wore then.
- I was not here.
- No. You were gone by then.
No. I wasn't.
FIONA: Wow.
I should've been here. Here.
- And I wasn't!
- All right.
All right.
I wasn't here.
PETER: All right,
let's calm down.
- Dad, you want some water?
- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
(KNOCKS) Arnold?
(KNOCKING)
Arnold? Are you in there?
DUSTIN: Maybe he went
down to his car.
ANNE: No, Mom.
- He's not here.
- GLORIA: He's not.
- (HUGO CRYING)
- Oh, no,
now we woke up the baby.
ANNE: Jeez.
Do you think he got sick?
Uh, I don't know.
Maybe the food that he ate
didn't agree with him.
DUSTIN: He did seem a bit off.
GLORIA: Hmm. Oh.
PETER: He's not downstairs.
I'm gonna get the...
I'm gonna get the baby.
No, no, no.
I'll do that, just...
Okay. You got him.
I'm gonna give him a call.
I'll see if I can get him
on the phone.
All right.
FIONA: Is there another way
to get out?
ANNE: No, it's just the
entrance and the black door.
- DUSTIN: It was just a photo.
- FIONA: I know.
- DUSTIN: It was ages ago.
- FIONA: Yeah.
ANNE: Did you say
something, Dad?
DUSTIN: Nothing.
You were here.
(ANSWERING MACHINE
PLAYING INDISTINCTLY)
Arnold. It's Gloria.
What happened?
Um...
I'm still at Peter's
and I'm worried,
so give me call and let me
know where you are, okay?
Okay, bye.
Sometimes he feels sick.
He had surgery recently,
and he has a hard time
digesting things.
He had a lot of olives.
So, I think that I...
I probably...
- Thank you. Uh...
- I don't...
- I'm sure he'll reappear.
- Yeah.
- Well, thank you for coming.
- FIONA: Thank you so much.
DUSTIN: Okay. Mmm-hmm.
- All right.
- FIONA: I'm driving.
(GLORIA SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
No answer.
Okay. I should go.
Who is this guy, Mom?
Who are you with?
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Arnold? I'm busy.
I'm working.
(ARNOLD SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(CAR LOCK CHIRPS)
What are you doing here?
ARNOLD: Can we talk?
I don't have anything
to say to you.
I really need you
to listen to me.
- (SCOFFS)
- I do.
How could you be
so rude, Arnold?
For what?
I was introducing you
to my family.
I brought you
to my son's birthday party
and you have the nerve
to just disappear.
If you were me, you would've
done the same thing.
- It wasn't an easy situation.
- Really?
I searched for your eyes
again and again.
I didn't exist.
"We were in love."
- Oh, please.
- "We were in love."
- He didn't mean to...
- How many times
- did he have to say that?
- He was drunk.
- He was... He...
- It made me sick!
I threw up.
I don't know how you could
do something like that to me.
And the girls called, so...
Grow a pair.
Take your...
Take your toy guns with you.
Gloria.
- No. No, Gloria.
- Okay, fine. Okay, fine.
Then I'll keep them.
- Gloria, don't go.
- I don't want to run you over.
- Gloria.
- Arnold, please!
- I love you, Gloria.
- Just get... Get away!
I love you, you understand?
- Get away from the car.
- Please!
- (TIRES SCREECHING)
- Gloria! Gloria!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Those are your toes?
How many toes?
One, two, three,
four, five. Five.
Five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One. Two.
(GUITAR PLAYING)
BOTH: (SINGING)
Alone again, naturally
Looking back over the years
And whatever else
that appears
I remember I cried
When my father died
Never wishing
to hide my tears
And at 65 years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand
Why the only man
She had ever loved
Had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement
from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
(VIRGINIA CHUCKLES)
Alone again, naturally
DOCTOR: Don't squint
in this eye.
- That's great.
- So how are your kids?
They must be like
four and six now, right?
Hold on. Don't talk.
When you talk, your eye moves
and I can't see.
What?
- Am I going blind?
- No.
Not necessarily.
But in time,
if you don't take care of it,
your field of vision
will get smaller,
which will limit
your day-to-day life.
Like driving, getting around...
So I'm afraid
I'm going to have to
prescribe you these eye drops.
They're to be taken
in each eye twice a day. Okay?
For how long?
Unfortunately,
for the rest of your life.
(BALLAD PLAYING)
Please call me
if you wanna talk.
Mmm-hmm.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
Thank you for everything,
Gloria.
Or e-mail me, text me.
Any time.
- (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
- I will.
Gloria.
- These came for you.
- Thank you.
If you cut your hair or do
something different to it,
then people think it's
the hair that's different.
That's why you look different.
- Mmm-hmm.
- They don't notice
- the other stuff.
- (DOOR OPENS)
- GLORIA: Here comes the bride.
- (CHUCKLES)
- You look gorgeous.
- VICKY: Wow. Wow.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Really? Is it not too much?
No, no, no. It's special
enough for the big day.
But you still look
like yourself.
Yeah.
All right. My hair is next,
so I'll be back.
Okay.
GLORIA: It's gonna be
a great wedding.
(DOOR CLOSES)
She's such a beautiful girl.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
He calls me every five minutes.
Don't pick it up.
No, I won't.
- Hello.
- (ARNOLD SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
Nope, it's Vicky.
Uh, she is in the bathroom.
And, uh, it's gonna
take a long time.
Mmm-hmm.
Yeah.
Okay.
Bye-bye.
- I can't believe you did that.
- (VICKY LAUGHING)
I'm gonna jump out
and see you off.
No, Mom.
To help you with your luggage,
Annie. It's heavy.
No, Mom.
Just leave me here, please.
I'm not gonna cry.
I'm just... I'm just gonna
- walk you to the entrance...
- Mom.
Just be careful, okay?
Yes.
And e-mail me
when you get there,
just, you know, to let me know
that you're safe.
Just "I'm here."
It's all I need.
Yes, Mom.
It's fine.
- Take care of my books for me.
- I will.
- Don't sell them.
- I won't.
I love you very much.
(ANNE SOBBING)
GLORIA: Okay, baby, okay.
All right.
Okay.
- Okay. Okay.
- (EXHALES)
(EXHALES)
(CAR HORN BLARES)
- (TIRES SCREECH)
- Come on, come on.
(CAR LOCK CHIRPS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Please step back, ma'am.
- Oh, sorry.
(CRYING QUIETLY)
MAN: (MUFFLED) Bitch!
That's what you are.
Bitch!
(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
Fucking dumb bitch!
That's what you are!
What's it all for, huh?
What's it all for? Nothing!
(GLORIA SIGHS)
You gave me nothing!
I gave you everything!
(GLORIA LAUGHING)
Oh, you made her fucking
love me, did you?
You fucking...
You've just fucked me around!
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
WAITER: Your coffee, ma'am.
- (RINGING CONTINUES)
- (GROANS)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
(ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYING)
(LAUGHING SPOOKILY)
(ROCK 'N' ROLL
MUSIC CONTINUES)
(LAUGHING SPOOKILY)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Arnold?
- Okay, thank you.
- Oh, you're welcome.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
- Enjoy Vegas, sir.
- Thanks.
It's beautiful.
CLERK: Good afternoon.
Welcome to Caesars Palace.
Hello. I have a reservation.
- Under what name?
- Arnold Tenner.
Welcome, Mr. Tenner.
One moment, please.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
ARNOLD: Honey.
Hello?
What's happened now?
Well... (STAMMERING)
I'm out of town. Why?
What?
But how?
How did she go through a window?
What the...
Are the...
Are the cuts deep?
Are they deep?
I'm really sorry.
I can't come now. I'm busy.
The doctors can take care of it.
That's what they do.
Yes. The doctors.
I have things to do! Please!
What happened?
My ex-wife's had an accident.
My daughters called me and...
Suzanne walked right through
a glass sliding door.
It was too clean.
She didn't see it.
She crashed through it.
Cut herself, uh, badly.
On her legs.
So stupid.
I just, uh, well...
I am...
I'm not leaving.
I'm staying with you.
I'm not gonna let them
take this away from me.
They're not gonna
destroy my life.
I'm staying here with you.
It's what I want.
With you.
Maybe we should just go back.
Gloria.
Gloria.
Gloria, don't go.
(UNZIPS PANTS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(VELCRO RIPS)
(ARNOLD BREATHES SHAKILY)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
You're doing the right thing.
It's gonna be fine.
Thank you for saying that.
You just may not see
how difficult this is for me.
How can I not see you?
I'm looking straight at you.
You know,
it's not just bad for them
to depend on you so much.
It's bad for you too.
You have the right
to your own life.
Yes. I do.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(RINGING STOPS)
Do you wanna take a trip?
A big trip?
Just the two of us.
We could... We could
go to Europe or Spain.
- Spain?
- Have you ever been to Spain?
- No.
- Well, then let's go.
Let's... Let's go to Spain.
Let's take 10 days off work
and go dancing.
We both love to dance.
Let's do it.
You know, we could die tomorrow.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Turn it off, okay?
(RINGING STOPS)
(LAUGHING)
All right. My goodness.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
All right.
GLORIA: Mm.
Cheers.
To Spain.
To Spain.
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
I'll be right back.
Excuse me.
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
Excuse me.
Could I have another one,
please?
BARTENDER: Absolutely.
(SHAKER RATTLING)
It's weird to bet it all on 11
when my favorite number is 22.
- Well, that's my birthday.
- Then we'll bet them all.
What's your name?
- Gloria.
- I'm Jen. Nice to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you.
- Yeah. Let's see how we do.
CROUPIER:
No more bets, please.
(ROULETTE WHEEL TURNING)
(BALL CLATTERS)
CROUPIER: Black 22.
Oh, my God, we won. You won!
Oh, what a job!
Congratulations!
- Good for you!
- (LAUGHS) Thanks!
Oh. This is Gloria
my new friend.
- Hi. Mark. How you doing?
- How are you?
- MARK: Good.
- Oh, our friend Jeremy.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
(EXCLAIMS)
Let's keep it going.
MARK: Twelve? All right.
I'll go with that too.
GLORIA: (GASPS)
Oh, no, no, no! No, no, no.
No, no. Please. Please.
No, you have no idea.
Don't do that.
Don't do it. Don't do it. No.
God, no. I mean it. Really.
I... Take that off.
Please take that off.
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING)
JEREMY: Four, still here.
(PANTING)
Five, there you go.
Six. Whoa!
- (THUD)
- Oh.
(LAUGHING)
(SWEEPING GLASS SHARDS)
(SWEEPING CONTINUES)
(MOANS)
(PANTING)
Excuse me.
May I use your phone to call LA?
Oh, yes. Of course.
Uh, number?
- 818-614...
- 614...
- 5329.
- 29.
- There you go.
- Thank you.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Gloria.
- I got your stuff.
- Thanks, Mom.
- I'll pay for the tickets.
- I already bought them.
I'm sorry.
(CAT MEOWS)
- When did you get a cat?
- (GLORIA SIGHS)
Just leave him.
Mom.
Gloria.
(GROANS SOFTLY)
(SIGHS)
(CAT PURRING)
(PHONE RINGING)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
(PHONE RINGING)
(CAT MEOWS)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
Okay.
(SNIFFS)
(RINGING CONTINUES)
ARNOLD: Hello? Gloria?
Are you there?
Say something, please.
You have to believe me.
I'm so sorry.
We need to save what we have.
(VACUUM WHIRRING)
(POWER BALLAD PLAYING
ON STEREO)
Gloria?
Gloria.
- No. No!
- (GUNSHOTS)
(GLASS SHATTERS)
I love you. No! No!
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (GROANS)
You shot me!
Dad?
- What happened?
- Daddy, what happened?
Oh, my God, help!
Help me get him up!
Who do you think you are,
you fucking old bitch?
ARNOLD: Gloria!
Come back here
and show your face, bitch!
Come on and get your
skinny ass back here!
ARNOLD: Gloria!
(PANTING)
(LAUGHING)
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
- Hi.
- GLORIA: Hi.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- GLORIA: You are a vision.
- Oh, hi! Thank you, Gloria.
GLORIA: So sorry I didn't
make it to the ceremony.
No, that's okay.
It's all right.
- GLORIA: Congratulations!
- Thank you so much for coming.
- GLORIA: Hi.
- Hi.
- Got her married.
- Oh, good for you.
- Hi, Gloria.
- I'm sorry.
Oh, please don't worry
about that. I'm just so happy
- that you're here.
- Me too.
Oh, nice.
- What's wrong?
- Nothing.
You seem a bit odd.
- WOMAN: Hello, Vicky.
- Hi.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(POP MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKERS)
(SINGING ALONG)
Gloria
You're always on the run now
Running after somebody
You gotta get him somehow
I think
You've got to slow down
Before you start to blow it
I think you're headed
For a breakdown
So be careful not to show it
You really don't remember
Was it something that he...
Pardon me.
Would you like to dance?
No, thank you.
Calling, Gloria?
Gloria
Don't you think
You're fallin'?
If everybody wants you
Why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin'
on the line
(CHEERING)
- Gloria
- Gloria
- I think they got your number
- Gloria
- I think they got the alias
- Gloria
- That you've been living under
- Gloria
But you really
don't remember
Was it something
That they said?
Are the voices in your head
Calling, Gloria?
A-ha, a-ha-ha
Gloria
How's it gonna go down?
Will you meet him
On the main line
Or will you catch him
On the rebound?
Will you marry for the money
Take a lover
in the afternoon?
Feel your innocence
Slipping away
Don't believe
It's comin' back soon
And you really
don't remember
Was it something
that he said?
Are the voices in your head
- Calling, Gloria?
- (CHEERING)
Gloria
(SONG CONTINUES)