Life as We Know It Page #12

Synopsis: Holly and Eric were set up on a blind date by their friends, Peter and Allison who are married. After Peter and Allison are killed in an accident, they learn that they have been named as the guardians to Peter and Allison's daughter, Sophie. So they move into their house and try their best to honor their friends' wishes. But raising a child puts a crimp on their style and they don't exactly get along.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Greg Berlanti
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG-13
Year:
2010
114 min
$53,358,964
Website
3,695 Views


-I'm observing you miss the fIight. Move it.

-Okay.

[HOLLY CHUCKLING ON VIDEO]

HOLLY:

Come here.

July 22nd, 2010. First steps.

Where you going? Come back.

Yay!

You have a beautifuI famiIy.

Thank you.

WOMAN [OVER PA]:

Ladies and gentlemen...

...Flight 722 to Phoenix

will now begin boarding.

Hi. Hi. I need two tickets that wiII get me

anywhere near TerminaI T...

-...as fast as possibIe. pIease.

-Three. I'm not waiting in the car.

The baby's shoes too. ma'am.

Are you kidding me? They're baby shoes.

-Just give her to me. Give her to me. Go.

-Here. Okay. thanks.

[DIGHD]

[CRYING]

It's just. you ran aII the way there...

...and I thought when I took Dophie.

it wouId be. you know. okay.

I know.

You know. you did great. you did.

Don't worry about me. I'II be fine. I wiII.

-I've got Dophie.

-Yeah.

And maybe this is the way

things were meant to be. so--

You're just gonna be so unhappy.

-I'm not gonna start crying again.

-I shouId get Dophie inside.

Yeah. sure.

-You're gonna be a great mom.

-Thanks.

-I'II Iet CPD know you passed.

-Thank you. Thanks.

-Chin up.

-Okay.

I'm reaIIy sorry that I cried.

-No probIem. Used to crying.

-Okay.

Okay.

Here.

Wanna pIay with the keys?

Just don't Iose them Iike Iast time.

-Oh. my God. Messer. Oh. my God.

-I didn't mean to scare you. aII right?

I had my key. and I thought

that you'd be home for Janine.

Messer--

Look. pIease don't say anything.

Just Iisten.

I finaIIy figured out

why Peter and AIison picked us.

And it's not because we knew them best.

It's because you and me together.

with Dophie...

...somehow. we're a famiIy.

Like they were.

And that's why they picked us.

And when I'm gone.

I don't just miss her or you. I miss us.

I miss our famiIy.

I know we got it backwards.

You're supposed to meet. faII in Iove.

then have a baby. but I don't care.

I don't care how it happened.

because I feII in Iove with you.

-I feII in Iove with our famiIy.

-Messer.

I was at the airport.

Did you pIan some kind of a trip

that I'm not aware of?

No.

WeII. did you hear me say I Ioved you?

Because I can say it again.

Okay.

I Iove you.

When I found out that I was pregnant again.

I just cried and I cried and I cried.

And I said. ''Dcott. can we be this bIessed?

Can we?''

We can't repeat what I said.

It was not poIite.

We cannot. We were-- You know what?

I think CampbeII needs a new diaper.

-Okay.

-Thank you.

-Me. huh?

-Yeah.

-AII right.

-Look at him go.

Oh. Dcott. couId you get me maybe

a IittIe gIass of ice water or something?

-Of course. Why haven't I done that?

DEEDEE:
Oh. I don't know.

Coming through.

-Hey. Cookie?

-Uh-oh. I don't know what's more deIicious.

-Oh. no. thanks. Trying to cut back.

-Okay.

Give me that back.

I'II take one of these. MostIy raisins.

-It's Iike a saIad.

BETH:
Yeah. It's a great saIad.

It's aII about the sIeep scheduIe. man.

You've gotta put those babies to sIeep.

MEDDER:

Hey. Dophie has a request for the caterer.

-Cake.

-Yeah.

Cake? Do you Iike cake?

It's simpIe. it's understated. it's....

Yeah. you know me. That's how I roII.

DimpIe. understated.

[MEDDER LAUGHING]

-Ah. Okay. okay.

-Ah. Yes.

-You're never gonna get any easier. are you?

-Nope. And I have another one.

MEDDER:
What? Dhe's 2.

-It's for us. because we made it a year.

Okay. babe.

-AII right.

-Ready?

-Here we go. Doph. AIrighty.

-Here we go.

Here we go.

We're going to the birthday party.

BOTH [DINGING]:

Happy birthday to you

ALL:

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Sophie

Happy birthday to you

[ALL CHEERING]

[ENGLIDH - UD - DDH]

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