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The Five-Year Engagement
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
(FIREWORKS EXPLODING)
(TRAM BELLS DINGING)
(INDISTINCT)
(MUSIC CONTINUES
ON CAR STEREO)
(SIGHS) Man.
I'm excited
about this party.
Oh!
I saw a special
Yeah?
About how frogs can
spontaneously switch sexes.
Are you okay, babe?
Yeah, I just thought you
would find that interesting.
Oh!
What?
Shoot!
What happened?
I forgot that I have
an errand to run.
I have to swing
by the restaurant
and get the receipts,
I forgot.
Oh, you can do that tomorrow. You
don't have to do it tonight.
No, I promised Alex
that I would do it tonight.
Oh, Alex won't mind.
Yeah.
Let's just go to
my sister's party.
Let's get you a drink. I
think you probably need one.
We'll have a bit of a dance. I want
to get weird with you tonight.
No, I have to
swing by the receipts.
It's the end of the year and
What is going on with you?
ls everything all right?
What is happening?
Nothing is happening.
Tell me what's going on.
Nothing.
Tell me what's happening.
Nothing's happening.
You look very
tense and sweaty.
Just tell me what's happening, Tom.
(SIGHING)
I was gonna ask you
to marry me tonight.
Oh, my God!
(GASPING)
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God.
Oh, no, I love you.
I love you.
Oh, I love you.
I love you.
Oh, no. Did you
have something planned?
And I questioned you
too much, didn't I?
We had a plan. It was sort of
like a skit about the receipts.
With the receipts. Oh, just do
the thing, I want the thing.
Please do the thing
with the receipts.
I've been dreaming about those
receipts since I was a little girl.
Please.
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
Violet! Tom!
What a surprise.
Are you here
for the receipts?
The taxman
waits for no one.
She knows.
VIOLET:
Yeah.She knows what?
Alex, it's fine.
She knows already.
Dude, shut the f*** up!
Congratulations.
No,no,no! Just pretend
like I don't know.
Do the thing
that we planned.
Do the thing.
Really?
VIOLET:
Yep.This is stupid.
L... (CLEARING THROAT)
Darn it, I can't
find the receipts.
Where are they?
I may have left them
on the beautiful roof deck.
Why don't you wait there while I
search for the receipts in the back?
Right this way.
Oh, my God! Babe!
Oh! Look.
Oh, Tom. Okay.
I will go ahead and look
What the...
Look at the bridge.
San Francisco
is for lovers.
Got it.
Violet,
it was one year ago tonight, on New
Year's Eve, when I first saw you.
(POP MUSIC PLAYING)
We were at a Make-Up-
Your-Own-Superhero party.
I was dressed
as Super Bunny.
VIOLET:
And I wasPrincess Diana.
I turned to my sister
and I said, "Who is that
cute bunny?" And she said,
"He looks like
a murderer."
(CHUCKLING)
Which was harsh.
Well, then
this song came on.
TOM:
And I walked upto you and I said...
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but what
exactly is your superpower?
VIOLET:
And I said, "Princess Dianadoesn't require a superpower.
Okay, listen, I'm not sure
exactly what you wanted,
but then it occurred to me
that I'm supposed to be
the one who knows you better
than anyone in this world.
And I remember that you saw Blood
Diamond and it really upset you,
so instead
I got you a ruby.
There are still
diamonds all around it,
tiny ones,
but this is vintage,
and I think
diamond mining
wasn't as brutal.
I know that
doesn't make sense.
If you do not like this,
we can return it
and go to Tiffany's
and get a new one.
I actually have
an appointment there
with someone
tomorrow at 3:
00 p.m.No, no, no.
It is perfect.
You know me so well.
Violet.
Yes?
Will you marry me?
ALEX:
Dude, dude, dude.Right now. What?
You guys got to go. TOM:
What are you talking about?
I thought you said
you were sick.
(MUSIC STOPS)
Chef, can you not
do this right now?
SALLY:
Of all the people who havestabbed me in the back, you?
You know what I should do?
Put you on the brunch shift.
Unless you're feeling too colicky
for that, you f***ing baby.
Chef, I'm trying to propose to
my future wife, just right now.
Literally, right now.
Oh! Wow.
Okay, wow.
Okay, congratulations,
both you guys.
Live long and prosper.
No, that's weird.
That's Star Trek.
Oh, my God.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Anyway-
(MOUTHING)
Violet, I love you.
I love you.
Will you marry me?
Yes.
I love you.
(INAUDIBLE)
(CHUCKLING) on, no!
When Tom first told us
about Violet and he...
PETE:
We thought thathe was lying to me.
For how could a woman
so pretty and intelligent...
Go for a guy so goofy
and without a cent?
CAROL:
And to be getting marriedafter only just one year...
Seems pretty short, don't
you think so, my dear?
Now, it's too bad Tom's last grandpa
Because he would
have loved to be here.
And that's no joke.
And that's no joke.
CAROL:
To Tom and Violet.PETE:
To Tom and Violet.My daughter, Violet,
is that it
requires commitment.
is that so does insanity.
(WEEPING) Vi, you know I don't believe in
marriage, or kids or anything like that,
but when I see
you two together,
I get what the whole institution
is about, you know...
wouldn't cry and I just...
F***!
Come on, Suzie.
Come on, Suzie!
All right, I got it.
I didn't think...
(MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY)
(SUZIE SOBBING)
Take a breath, love.
All right.
Violet and Tom...
GEORGE:
Breathe, breathe.(CHUCKLING) It's okay.
(IN SOMBER TONE) ...are perfect
And I feel
great about it.
And I love you.
(ALL CHUCKLING)
I love you so much.
I love you.
SUZIE:
And, Tom, (IN HOARSEVOICE) I love you, too.
Oh!
(SOBBING) I'm sorry.
TOM:
That's enough. That was enough.GEORGE:
It's all right, love.VIOLET:
It's all right.Amazing!
Are you ready for this?
Have you considered
your finances?
Do you know how many
children you want to have?
Indeed, do you want
to have children?
Where are you going to live? Do
you know each other well enough?
No, you see, the tendency when one
is young is to be rather naive.
One assumes that everything
is going to turn out
like some wonderful romantic
comedy starring Tom Hanks.
But, in reality, the sad fact
is that most relationships
end up like Saving Private
Ryan, or Philadelphia.
Doing a bit of a multimedia
presentation here, so just one second.
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
ON MIC:
Here we go.Oh, Tommy boy, I've known
you for a long time.
TOM:
Yeah.Violet, you are certainly the
love of his life. Mmm-hmm.
And we use this
moment to celebrate
a new future of
commitment and love.
But not without
first exploring a past.
Here we go.
(SINGING) Jenni Newman, Greta
Kay, Anne Pefia, Lizzie Gray
Kelly Wozack, Dana Gilpin
and Lizzie Gray again
Jill McCarthy, Teresa Nassbaum,
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