Noel Page #2

Synopsis: Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Chazz Palminteri
Production: Convex Group
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
29
Rotten Tomatoes:
28%
PG
Year:
2004
96 min
Website
892 Views


I'll love it.

No.

Coffee.

Just get coffee.

[sighing]

Geez.

Okay, okay.

[upbeat Latin music]

Nina, no.

No, I got to go.

I can't be late.

^^ ^^

Listen, Dennis is waiting

for me, all right?

I got to go.

^^ ^^

I can't be late.

^^ ^^

(men)

^^ Ay, ay, ay,

Micaela se bot. ^^

^^ Bailando mi boogaloo,

Micaela se pas. ^^

^^ Ay, ay, ay,

Micaela se bot. ^^

^^ Que se bot, se bot. ^^

^^ Micaela se pas. ^^

^^ Ay, ay, ay,

Micaela se bot. ^^

^^ Micaela cuando baila-- ^^

^^ Si, seor. ^^

^^ El boogaloo la arrebata. ^^

^^ Micaela cuando baila-- ^^

^^ Si, seor. ^^

^^ El boogaloo la arrebata. ^^

^^ Toda la gente la llama-- ^^

^^ Si, seor. ^^

^^ La reina del boogaloo. ^^

^^ Ay, ay, ay,

Micaela se bot. ^^

^^ Que se bot. Que se bot.

Que se bot. ^^

^^ Ay, ay, ay,

Micaela se bot. ^^

^^ Y cuando yo bailo con ella,

atrs me dej. ^^

^^ Ay, ay, ay,

Micaela se bot. ^^

^^ Cuando yo bail

con ella, ^^

^^ Micaela se bot. ^^

^^ Cuando yo bail

con ella, ^^

^^ Micaela se bot. ^^

^^ Pues, yo s

que ella es candela. ^^

(man)

I was beginning

to worry.

Absent from work

yesterday

and apparent

no-show today,

thought maybe

you'd run off to Tahiti

and gotten married

on me.

I'd never do

a thing like that

without checking

with you first.

Of course.

So when are we

going to dinner?

Don't you have deadlines

or something?

Hey, I got to eat.

Okay.

When?

Uh, well...

Tonight?

Tonight?

It's Christmas Eve,

so I figure you must have--

No, no, no, no.

Nothing.

Okay, let's do it.

Okay.

Tonight.

Yeah.

After work.

Yeah, it's a date.

Okay.

(man)

^^ Sometimes we're red. ^^

^^ Sometimes we're blue. ^^

Those earrings new?

Yeah.

Cute, huh?

They were a gift.

From who?

Mr. Brenner.

Mr. Brenner.

Is that normal,

lawyers giving gifts

to paralegals?

Uh-huh.

Mm-hm.

Don't start, Mike.

What?

You know,

some women would be flattered.

Of what, that the man

they were about to marry

was a jealous psycho?

Yeah.

See you at home tonight,

okay?

Okay.

Hey, I love you.

[folksy music]

(man)

^^ If I only had a moment, ^^

^^ if I only had a moment ^^

^^ inside the sun ^^

^^ with you, ^^

^^ you know it's true, ^^

^^ we'd never feel so good. ^^

Excuse me,

can I ask you for a Coke?

Sure thing.

So anyway,

so my plan

is to spend Christmas

in the hospital.

I know that sounds strange.

I mean, the hospital's

probably the last place

anybody would want to be,

especially this time of year.

Thanks.

But see,

the thing is,

see, out of all the Christmases

I've ever had,

the only one

that was halfway decent

was the Christmas

where I was 14.

I busted my nose open

in this sledding accident.

They made me spend

the whole day at the hospital.

That's a shame.

No, but it wasn't.

That's what I'm trying

to tell you,

because they threw

this killer Christmas party

where the nurses

were dressed as elves,

and they were

singing songs,

and they were

handing out eggnog

with a little bit

of booze in it,

and they even made

little presents,

which was really cool.

That was awesome.

That was the best time

I ever had.

I know.

What--

I...

I know.

I'm sorry.

You know what cup

of cu fee this is?

Number four.

Where the hell you been?

Wedding plans,

you know.

Just one cup, I promise,

and we're out of here.

What can I get you?

Just coffee.

Oh, hi.

Hi.

Just coffee,

and we're in a bit of a hurry.

Okay.

What was that

all about?

I don't know.

Beats me.

You know the guy?

No, I never laid eyes

on him before.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Because he's looking at you

with that, you know, like...

it's, like, weird,

you know what I'm saying?

No, what are you saying?

Okay, here you go.

Here's your coffee.

I had a feeling

you'd want it black.

Right, black.

And I got you

almond butter cookies.

Almond butter cookies,

those are my favorite.

I know.

Ah, he's got

a thing for ya.

Come on.

Cut it out.

Come on; his eyes

are all over you.

And that silly smile.

I know that smile.

I'm gonna straighten this out

right now.

All right,

Mikey.

All right,

calm down now.

Come on;

come on.

Now, you're a cop,

for

Come on now.

You're a cop,

okay?

(man)

Your turkey club's up,

Artie.

You got my money?

Not yet.

Aw, come on,

Jules, look,

if you want

to meet Arizona,

I have

to get paid first.

Look, you know

I'm good for it, right?

I just got to go d

this one thing,

so why don't you

tell me where to meet you,

and I'll bring you

the money.

All right, look.

Meet me

at the old theater

on Avenue A

at about 10:
00, all right?

But don't go in

without me.

You wait for me.

Why?

Oh, you don't want

to surprise a guy

like Arizona;

that's why.

All right.

Well, Glen,

you know

I really appreciate this,

right?

It's Christmastime,

man.

^^ ^^

He never has

any visitors,

not even family.

Oh, except

for this one guy

that was there

this morning,

but I've never

seen him before,

and I just--

I don't know.

I wish there was something

I could do, you know.

To be sick and alone

and during the holidays,

it's awful.

You know, that's what

I like about you, Rose.

What?

You care

about other people.

You know,

I have to say

that I--

I'm...

Well, I just don't feel

like I'm really your type.

[laughing]

I think you should

let me decide that.

I'm a little uncomfortable

with you, Marco, sometimes.

Let's just relax

and have fun, Rose.

Okay.

Good, because that's all

I really want to do

is just have some fun.

Hey, me too.

&@

Didn't I tell you?

Best pizza

in the city.

Mm, mm.

It's very good.

This place

has been here forever.

On the weekends,

there's a line around the block.

Why don't you

have a girlfriend?

Or do you have

a girlfriend?

Well, I did,

but we broke up

a few months ago.

Oh, I'm sorry

to hear that.

Don't be.

It was good that it happened.

Why was it good

that it happened?

Ooh, hold it.

What?

Cheese.

Cheese?

Yeah, on the side

of your mouth.

Oh, God.

No, let me do it.

So now that I've saved you

from Tony's pizza--

[laughing]

what shall we do now?

Um...

You want to see a movie?

No, not really.

Want to walk somewhere?

Yeah, but it's getting cold.

Don't you live around here?

Yes.

Well, we could, uh,

go back to your place,

maybe have a nightcap.

Um...

Marco, I-I...

Rose, we work together

in the same building.

What's the big deal?

[laughing nervously]

You know me,

and it's Christmas Eve.

I don't have any...

real liquor.

I just have eggnog.

No, I love eggnog.

Let's do it.

Okay.

Okay.

Do you have family

in the city?

No.

My family's

all down in Florida,

so it's just me here.

Great place.

You live here

all by yourself?

It's my mother's house.

Well, here we are.

I'll get the eggnog.

You know, Rose.

I find you

very sexy.

Thank you.

I'm gonna get

the nog.

You're not

attracted to me?

No, um...

I'm attracted to you.

But this, you know,

it's going a little fast for me.

Okay.

Let's just start

with a kiss.

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