A girl with insomnia who works in a coffee house (Ione Skye) has impossibly high standards for her love and fears she will never meet a worthy man. Then in walks a new employee (Mackenzie Astin) and they click - until she discovers he has a girlfriend. Undaunted, she moves to L.A. with a friend (Jennifer Aniston) sure that he will dump the girlfriend and follow her. She puts all her faith in fate and hopes for the best.
Summary written by Ed Lorusso
Several of the quotes used throughout the story are: "There is no chance at all. We are all trapped by a singular fate. No one ever finds the one." Charles Bukowski
"In order to win, you must expect to win." Dan Fouts
"Every action and pursuit is thought to aim at some good. The good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim." Aristotle
(🕊)"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers." Lord Tennyson
"I am now a central part of your mind's landscape whether you care or do not." Steven Morrissey
(🏉)"I am troubled immeasurably by your eye. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain." Jim Morrison
"The lady will have the linguini with clam sauce and a Coke, no ice. Remember, wherever you are, that's the place to be. Isn't this great?" Mike Damone, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
(📼) "I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got in the register." H.I. McDonnough, Raising Arizona
"Worship the music, not the musicians." Eddie Vedder
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw
"Life can only be understood backwards." Kierkegaard
"I wish I was like you, easily amused." Kurt Cobain
"Love is all you need." John Lennon
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The accents that Allison demonstrates are: French, Irish, Southern, snotty-rich, New York, Canadian, and sub-continental Indian.
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David (Mackenzie Astin) says that 'cazique' is the highest scoring word in Scrabble. 'Quartzy' is the highest scoring word (162 points), with 'cazique' and 'bezique' running in second at a 161 points.
(🌁)中(zhōng )文概要 by 柠檬好女人 (天(🗜)涯社区)
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影片背景是(shì )法国,影片(🥕)中的(🎡)女(🗳)主人(rén )公是一个电(diàn )影名星,七岁的时(📅)候父母双亡(wáng )(🔺),当时她很伤心(🦏),但是当(🔞)晚她睡着了(📁),但(⛹)是(🦄)当(dāng )(🐃)她(tā )深睡的时(shí )候做了很多梦,当然,梦里(🔱)都是父母在时(🛒)的(de )场(🦎)景,而(ér )当她醒来(lái )的时候(🎫),她(tā )发现(xiàn )父母已(yǐ )(📸)经不在了(le ),这(🗨)是(📂)一(yī )个(🌇)铁(🔺)一(yī )样(yàng )(🍽)的事(🕡)实,无法改变的(♍),所(suǒ )(🚢)以她(🎅)非常伤心,也是从那(🏳)个(gè )时(shí )候起,她(😈)不敢深(🙃)睡,因为只有深睡(🏵)的时(shí )(💅)候才会(huì )做梦,而且连睡(shuì )觉都(dōu )(🔬)变(biàn )成了(🤧)奢侈,所以(yǐ )每次都是在把(🏔)自己弄的无(wú )比疲惫的时(shí )候才会睡(⬜)一小会,所以她只能培养各种各(gè )样(yàng )的(de )爱好(hǎo )和添充(👫)这(🚩)些时间,最后她选择了去读名著和(hé )格言,到她二十(🌏)四岁的时候(🧚)她(📫)神奇(🤺)般(bān )的已(yǐ )(♒)经出口都是格言了,只要有人(rén )说出(chū )一句她都可以找出(chū )是(🍡)出自(zì )什么(🕔)书,说(shuō )这(zhè )句(🦈)话的人(rén )是哪位(wèi )。
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父母死(🔣)后他和(➿)一个父母的朋友(🐡)一(yī )(🍢)起(🤯)生活(🛢),他们开着一家咖啡(fēi )(🛴)厅,老者有一个儿子(这个(😴)儿子是个(gè )同性恋)(🚱),过着悠(yōu )闲(🍪)的日(🏫)子,但这十七年(🎈)间她(tā )从来没(méi )深(🥒)睡(shuì )过,也没做过(guò )(🔯)梦。恰好这(zhè )个时候有一个(🎢)人(🐂)来(lái )咖(kā )啡厅找工作,这个男人是一个作家,但是(shì )是(shì )失去灵感的作家(jiā ),于(👊)是(shì )就(⛱)象来这(🎈)里(👅)体(🕤)验生活,找回自己的(🌭)灵感,应聘很顺利的通过了,第二天早晨十点(diǎn )开始(shǐ )上班,在咖啡(fēi )厅的墙上(🏉)挂着(😤)女(🐠)主人公的(de )相片,老者的儿(ér )子给他介召过(🐫),这是他的表姐(🧜)(实际上没有任(rèn )何血缘(yuán )关系(xì ),只(zhī )(🌹)是(shì )这(⏲)样(yàng )叫而(ér )已,显(🥚)得亲(qīn )切吧),并(📒)且告诉(🤘)他,她(tā )是一(yī )个影星,这个男(✊)人(男(nán )主人公)(🔷)有种(🙄)特别的感觉。女(nǚ )主人公从外面(miàn )回来的(de )时(🚨)候(hòu )老者的(🕳)儿子也(yě )告诉(sù )她有个小(🎲)伙子来这(🌄)里(lǐ )上班,让她(tā )有(yǒu )个(🗓)心理(📗)准(zhǔn )备(bèi )。
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第二(èr )天的(💍)十点整(zhěng ),女主人公在咖啡厅里帮(bāng )忙(máng ),这个时候(🐫)男主(zhǔ )人(📧)公从外面(🛌)进来了(le )(🗳)。两个眼(yǎn )神(🥤)碰撞(🚸)的时(🛷)候奇(qí )迹发生了,也许(xǔ )这就是爱的眼神吧(🐃)。于(yú )是(🖥)男人爱(ài )上了女人,女(🤤)人也爱上了男(nán )人,没有(yǒu )理由的。也许是有着共(🌎)同的气质(zhì )和爱好(🃏)吧,男人因为是个作家,女人读(dú )过(guò )(✴)所(🧖)有的名言(yán ),他(tā )们完(wán )全(quán )可以用格(gé )言来对话。一(yī )个(gè )人说出(🏨)格言另一(yī )个(🙏)人马上可以(yǐ )说(shuō )(❔)出(chū )(🛒)出处,从来(lái )就(🎿)没有错过。
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女主(zhǔ )(🍁)人公意识到(dào )自(zì )己(🏠)爱上了(🏣)这(🙇)个男人,于是就利用自己的手段(duàn )(👛)千方百计的来(lái )勾引男(🔗)人,男(😢)人也(🍛)是(shì )很(⬆)喜欢女人的(de )(🔑),所以(yǐ )他(🌡)们不自然的就(jiù )会有很多共同话(huà )题,男人知道女人失眠(mián )还特意用催眠(mián )术来给(gěi )女人催眠,当(🥦)然了,结果是男人自(zì )己睡着了(le ),女人先开(😁)始装(zhuāng )睡(shuì ),等男人熟睡的时候呆呆的看(😭)着男人,直(zhí )到(😽)天(tiān )亮(liàng ),男(nán )人醒了,勿勿忙忙(📳)的和女(nǚ )人告诉,说(shuō )回(🐊)家收(🔀)拾一下还要(yào )上(☔)班。当时女人给男人的(🐠)承(🥗)诺是我帮(🕦)你找回灵通,你帮我治好失眠。女人还拜(🌚)读(❓)了男人的作品,以慰她失眠的痛苦,男人(rén )很高兴,因为(wéi )女人是他这部书的第(〽)一个读(🤞)者(🛎),虽然(💉)是一年(🏝)前(👃)的作(🆘)品,因(💞)为他(tā )这一年内没有任何灵感,所以什么都没有写过。
有(🚙)一天他(♈)们在咖啡厅里和(🥔)几个朋友正(🏜)玩的尽兴,这个(gè )时(shí )候男主人公的女朋(péng )友(⛄)进来了(🐙),在(zài )场的各(gè )位全部都(dōu )愣了,因(🎦)为这完全(quán )是个意外。当然(rán )女主人(🌽)公简直是从公主变(💘)成了平民的感(🌴)觉,伤心至极,但她没有失去希(xī )望(wàng )。
事(🌍)后男人对(duì )她(tā )说(shuō ),他(tā )和她是大(dà )学(xué )同学,已经(jīng )生活一起三年了,已经变(🌺)成了(le )一种(🎬)习惯(🥌),无法改(🀄)变的,他们彼此需要。女(😑)人只是说(shuō )了一句话(🍡):这(zhè )个世界上(🍨)已经太(🎐)多无聊的(🗒)事,如(🎪)果(🍑)连(lián )爱情都没(méi )有激情(qíng ),那她对这个世(shì )界彻底绝望了。
男人把这句话(huà )听进去(⚓)了,很(hěn )伤(shāng )心,但她仍(🥢)然不能结束他(☝)自己原有的那份感情(qíng ),女人要(✨)和(🎁)朋(🥇)友去好莱(lái )屋开始新的演(yǎn )艺生涯,虽然(rán )已(🚈)经(Ⓜ)和男主人公说(💗)过很多次(cì )了,男主人公只是在前(qián )一(🍕)天晚上和(hé )女主人公去(🚯)外面做了一(yī )次刺激疯狂的(de )玩耍(shuǎ ),女人建议(yì )拿着喷彩到外面(✏)的(📆)墙壁上涂(tú )鸦(🆚),他们画了(le )一(💯)个流着(👀)蓝色眼(❇)泪的(de )女人,男(nán )人(rén )又在这个(gè )流泪(⏹)的女(🚂)人的(🏅)头(tóu )(🤰)上(shàng )喷了一个金(jīn )冠。呵呵,由(yóu )于他们的动作(🌮)不够利索(suǒ ),最后还(⏰)是难逃(📵)在(zài )看守所里过夜的(de )(🕍)恶运((👟)因(✝)为涂(🕋)鸦(🔼)是不被允许的(de )(🎴))。夜(yè )里他(tā )们仍(👣)然(🚬)是对格言(yán )。
第二天女主人(🕕)公出发了,男主人公并没有送他(🔌),她们顺(shùn )利(🌃)的(de )到(🐣)达了(le )好莱(🙇)屋(🐯),但女主(zhǔ )人没(méi )有(yǒu )心思(👁)找工(gōng )作(zuò ),每天都(😫)会发(fā )一个贺卡到咖(🌡)啡厅,来祝福男主(zhǔ )人公,而且思(sī )念一天天的加重。男主人公(🖊)终于意识到了(le )(📈)她需(xū )要(yào )要有(yǒu )激(jī )情的(⛲)爱(🛤),所以(yǐ )(🎌)他对(duì )前来给他送房(fáng )门(mén )钥匙的女(nǚ )主(zhǔ )人公说(shuō )(🌡):下午我们一起去散步吧,女友说下(👾)午我(❓)有课(😜)(男(nán )主人(rén )公(🏻)的(de )女友在攻(gōng )课法律学位),那晚(📃)上我们(men )一起(qǐ )去吃饭吧,晚上我也要学习没时间(jiān ),那我们去(qù )看午夜(💣)场电影,我要休(xiū )息,明(🚅)天才有(😊)精神上课。男主人公彻(chè )底(dǐ )绝(jué )(🚆)望(🕘)了(le ),在追出咖啡厅的时候他们吵起来了,然后(😆)分手(shǒu )了,男主(zhǔ )人(rén )公跑(pǎo )进(jìn )咖啡(fēi )厅(tīng ),扔掉围裙对着(🖐)咖啡(fēi )厅的(🔓)主(zhǔ )人说“你(nǐ )(🎁)们(men )不用介(jiè )(🚎)意我这个星期的工钱(qián )(🎤),我(📨)不(😌)干了。”然(rán )后撞开门跑了。女主人(rén )公(gōng )(🌹)因为(🥁)思念(😠)最(zuì )后还是打通了咖啡(🛠)厅(tīng )的(de )电(🏎)话(💎),但(🚛)这个(🦕)时候(hòu )男(nán )主人(🕯)公已(🗺)经走了(🐎),他唯一的想法就是打(dǎ )电话到电(😨)话局,查所有(😃)和男主(zhǔ )(📭)人(🔠)公(🌞)同名的男士的(💌)电话,但因为她(🧙)并(🤫)不知(🚡)道男主人公的(de )全(🔆)名(⚽),所以她只能(🤫)一(yī )个一个电(🌫)话(huà )的打。。。
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突然(🍃)外面(miàn )有人敲(qiāo )门,她骂(🦔)骂咧(liě )咧的说,又不(🕙)带门钥匙,下次注意了,然后门开了,男(nán )人(🔳)和(🆑)女人抱在(zài )了一起(🕓)。同伴回来(lái )(🙍)的(de )时候推开门发(🛄)现女主(zhǔ )人公(🥅)安慰的躺在(🏩)男主人公的怀里,熟睡着(👯)。