Yes! Welcome indeed. Now that we know that everyone we see walking here probably has ticks,
let’s jump into 2019’s A Rainy Day in New York.
Spoiler alert. While I might give you my opinion on the film,
that’s no substitute for watching it for yourself. Links to the film are in the description.
Next, we see Gatsby in class, and he tells us about how he’s jumped from ivy league to
ivy league, his mother thinks he isn’t living up to his potential, and he made twenty grand
playing poker the week before. He tells us about his girlfriend Ashleigh, and he knows
that he is absolutely in love with her. When she comes up to him, she talks about how she has an
interview with a big film director, Roland. Gatsby is happy for her, and he begins to plan out
everything for them to have a weekend in New York while she’s helping Roland. Ashleigh tells him
that they’ll need a lot of money, and he tells her that he’ll just use the money he won playing poker
to fund the trip. Soon, they are on a Greyhound to New York, and Ashleigh is hoping that Gatsby can
help her prepare for her meeting with Roland. You can see the difference in our star crossed
lovers here. She’s so nervous about this big interview with a movie director,
and Gatsby is just treating it like it’s all normal happenstance. He couldn’t
look anymore like old money if he tried. Once they arrive in New York, Ashleigh sees that
Gatsby splurged for the penthouse of the hotel that overlooks Central Park. Once they arrive at
Roland’s hotel for her interview, Ashleigh heads back while Gatsby goes to visit his brother. Once
she meets Roland, her nerves really kick in as she stammers and blurts out personal information.
Ok, Ashleigh. TMI for sure, but an interesting tidbit of information
that I’ve never heard anyone have. I now kind of want to see this hiccup fit.
The more Roland and Ashleigh talk, Roland admits to her that he isn’t happy with his newest film,
and he is thinking of quitting. It’s only after Ashleigh describes what kind of director he is,
that he invites her to view the film privately. Ashleigh decides that she’ll
change her lunch plans with Gatsby so that she can view the film with him.
Meanwhile, Gatsby is roaming the streets of New York, and he runs into a guy he knew in
highschool named Troller. Troller catches him up on what he’s missed out on with old classmates,
and he eventually tells him about Josh who is shooting a student film just around the corner.
After they say goodbye, Gatsby goes to meet Ashleigh for their lunch,
but she shows up to tell him that Roland has opened up to her.
Ashleigh talks about how she can’t miss out on what Roland is offering her,
and Gatsby reluctantly heads out. He goes to check on Josh’s project he heard about earlier, and he
ends up getting pulled into being in the film. It’s here that we meet Chan, an old classmate of
Gatsby’s that is acting in Josh’s movie. It turns out that they are just going to have to kiss.
This has to be one of the most awkward conversations I’ve ever witnessed.
There’s way more than just that, but I think you get the point. Come to think of it,
almost every conversation so far has been some level of awkward. Well, this is a Woody Allen
movie, so I shouldn’t really be surprised. Chan tells him that this kiss has to be hot,
and once Josh calls action, it turns out to be anything but hot. Gatsby mentions that he has
a girlfriend from Arizona, and Chan makes fun of the idea of him dating someone that isn’t from his
lifestyle. After a few takes where they banter back and forth in between, they finally loosen
up enough to give each other a steamy kiss that Josh thinks is good enough for his final cut.
Afterwards, Gatsby goes to visit his brother, Hunter, and he gets to see Hunter’s fiancee, Lily.
After a nice meet and greet where Gatsby makes sure everyone knows not to tell his mother
about him being there, Lily goes up to take a shower, and Hunter tells Gatsby that he can’t
go through with the wedding. Gatsby is desperate to know the reason behind this change of heart,
but when he finds out, he can’t believe it. It turns out that Hunter is so turned off by
Lily’s laugh that he is immediately turned off by it. He’s so turned off that he can’t
even get it up in bed with her! Remember how I said I kind of want to see the hiccup fit that
Ashleigh has? Well I’m adding this to the list. I have to hear Lily’s laugh now.
Meanwhile, Ashleigh is sitting and watching the viewing of his new film with Roland and
his writer, Ted. Roland is so disappointed in his film that he has to walk out and start drinking,
but when Ted tells Ashleigh that she doesn’t have to stay and watch it,
she mentions that she’s actually enjoying the film. Ted has the controller rewind the film
a bit and they continue watching it. Back at Hunter’s apartment, the brothers
are waiting for Lily to come down so Gatsby can witness her infamous boner killing laugh.
Well I can now cross that off of my movie bucket list on this one.
I definitely wasn’t expecting that laugh to come out of her, but I don’t know about
it being a boner killer. Tell me what you think about that laugh in the comments.
As Gatsby leaves, he takes one of Hunter’s umbrellas, but before he gets down the stairs,
he gets a call from Ashleigh. When he tells her about the plans for the rest of the day,
she tells him that she won’t be able to make it because she has to find Roland and convince
him that the movie is actually pretty good. Gatsby doesn’t care about all of that though.
He thinks that she’s getting too close to Roland, and he isn’t a fan of how much she’s putting him
off to pursue this chance with Roland. After they hang up, Ted and Ashleigh find
out that Roland has drunkenly taken himself to the studio in Queens. As they drive in that direction,
Ted spots his wife walking into the apartment of his best friend, and he finds out that she’s
having an affair. Ashleigh decides to stick with him to help him through this difficult time.
There comes a time when professional courtesy has to stop, but she really does seem too gone to
really notice anything else that’s going on. She is living her dream, and nothing else matters.
Meanwhile, Gatsby gets a cab, but Chan pops in on the other side at the exact same time.
As they ride together, she realizes that Gatsby really does love Ashleigh, and she hopes that he
talks to her soon to get her priorities straight. The more they talk, the more she begins to think
that something funny is going on on Ashleigh’s end. After talking with Chan, Gatsby decides
to call Ashleigh, but she simply tells him that she’s caught up right now and hangs up on him.
In Ted’s car, he begins to ask her about Gatsby, and Ashleigh can’t really describe
him in the right fashion. She describes him as an unfocused genius, but she attributes a
lot of his negativity to his relationship with his mother. Then she finishes the conversation
by saying she thinks he has Asbergers. Well, this is a rather pleasant conversation.
I’m pretty sure that’s more information than Ted was looking to find out.
Shortly after, Chan and Gatsby get out of the taxi, and they decide to continue
keeping each other company. They head up to Chan’s apartment so she can change,
and Gatsby sits down and plays the piano. Who just walks into someone’s house and sits to
play piano and sing? It was almost like watching a musical, and the character
realized it was time for a musical number so they just pop a squat and start.
Once he finishes playing, they talk about their own versions of the perfect romance,
and they differ in the final point of whether it’s a happy ending or a realistic ending.
In Gatsby’s version, the one that is going to meet the other finds another and chooses them instead.
In Chan’s version, everything plays out exactly how it’s supposed to.
Across town, we see Ted’s wife, Connie, come out of his best friend's apartment, and he runs over
to confront her. She swears that they were going to tell him, but that’s what they all
say. Ashleigh rushes over and introduces herself as a reporter, and she begins to take notes on
everything that is said. Eventually, Ted doesn’t like how Connie tries to pull Ashleigh into all
their drama, and he gives her the address to the studio so she can take a taxi and find Roland.
Back with Chan and Gatsby, they arrive at the art museum, and they walk around while they try
to find out more about each other. After Gatsby admits to having no game plan for the future,
Chan admits that she used to have a crush on him when he dated her sister.
She even tells him about how her sister talked about the time they made love in the park.
Gatsby’s expression says it all here. Even he isn’t sure why this is what
they’re talking about, but the two of them are a better awkward couple than Ashleigh.
Ashleigh is that aloof character that always means well, but Chan is the sarcastic realism
that will hit you with the truth and you won’t even know what happened.
Gatsby spots some of his family while walking around, and he tries to hide from them.
While he hides, Ashleigh calls, but now, Gatsby is the one that really can’t talk.
He ends up running into his family, and they call his mother as they all leave the art museum.
Ashleigh on the other hand, makes it to the studio, but once there, she doesn’t find
Roland. She finds Fransisco Vega, a celebrity hottie that she thinks is sent from heaven.
The two of them make it into his trailer where Fransisco invites her to dinner and a party,
and Ashleigh isn’t quite sure if that’s a good idea.
Well, that’s not as satisfying as the laugh was earlier, but at least I got
to hear everything I wanted to. Back in town, Gatsby tells Chan about
how he’s dreading having to go to his mother’s that evening, and Chan tries to tell him that
he could always ‘move out’ and do things on his own. He finds the idea of renouncing the family
money a little absurd, but she’s serious. Across town, Fransisco and Ashleigh leave his
trailer to go out to eat, and the paparazzi have a field day with Ashleigh accompanying him. After
they get to dinner, they connect, and Fransisco just comes out and asks if she has a boyfriend.
She doesn’t actually tell him no, and he continues laying on the compliments.
Eventually, she says that technically she has a boyfriend, but really, she doesn’t.
She tries to describe Gatsby again, but this time, her commentary on him isn’t as elegant
as it was before. Meanwhile, Gatsby goes to sit in on a high stakes poker game, but his mind is all
over the place with worry about Ashleigh. After a risky gamble, he heads back to the penthouse
where he empties his pockets of all the money he just earned. He throws on the TV, and he sees the
paparazzi surrounding Ashley and Francisco. That has to hit pretty hard on his mind. He’s
been worrying about her all day, and planned out everything with her, and the first he hears from
her in hours is on the TV with a famous actor. Congratulations Ashleigh! Poor Gatsby.
Gatsby takes himself to the piano bar where he drinks alone and contemplates everything that led
him to love someone like that. He ends up catching the eye of Terry who is sitting alone as well.
When she comes over, she tells him that she makes dreams come true, and her profession becomes
absurdly clear. She tells him that his rate is five hundred, but he offers her five thousand to
pretend to be Ashleigh at his mother’s party. Meanwhile, Fransisco takes Ashleigh to the party,
and she ends up finding that everyone is at the party. As she wanders, she runs into Roland, Ted,
and ends up with Fransisco again. Roland offers to take her to the south of France with him,
Ted spills his heart out that her words were all he thought about when he found out about Connie,
and Fransisco simply tells her that they should split from the party.
She just got every choice in the world laid out in front of her. Which one would you pick?
Gatsby takes Terry to his mother’s party, and he tries to put on an act for everyone
he runs into. Terry even plays a good Ashleigh considering she just got roped into this.
Oh god. I didn’t think I was going to be able to ever hear the laugh
again! That just made the movie! Francisco takes Ashleigh to his suite,
and he asks what all the business with Roland and Ted was. She blows it all off, and soon she
ends up talking to herself about her moral compass in the situation. She knows she has a boyfriend,
but Fransisco Vega is her dream. She goes ahead with having some adult time with him, but they are
surprised when his actual girlfriend shows up. He tells her to hide in the other room,
but she causes a stir. So, she grabs a trench coat and makes it outside in the rain just in time.
What she didn’t plan on, is Fransisco’s girlfriend locking the door. With no other options,
Ashleigh goes down the fire escape and makes her way around New York in a trench coat.
Over at Gatsby’s mother’s house, she confronts him about bringing a hooker to her party.
When Gatsby explains that it was his attempt at a bad joke and rebelling against the appropriateness
of her household and lifestyle, she wonders if it was really that bad for him growing
up. When she tells him that he gets it from her, he doesn’t believe her, so she tells her
inappropriate story of how she met his father. She comes out and tells him that she was a hooker
that came onto his father in a hotel! This is not how you tell your son that you were
a hooker before you got married. Honestly, I don’t know the right way to ever do that,
but I’m pretty sure that this isn’t the way. After Gatsby leaves the party, he heads for
the piano bar that he was supposed to meet Ashleigh in, and he sits down to play.
Seriously! Do people just see a piano and say I gotta play that.
Soon, Ashleigh finds her way in, and Gatsby tells her that he saw her on the TV.
She promises that nothing happened, but Gatsby just doesn’t believe her.
She tells him that she’s too drunk, too high, and too tired to explain anything. The next morning,
Ashleigh tells Gatsby the whole story, and he seems surprisingly calm about everything.
Before they leave town, they take the carriage ride that Ashleigh had hoped for,
and Gatsby realizes that she just isn’t the one for him. He gives her money and sends her on her
way. After that, Gatsby heads to the station where it has begun to rain, and he seems to
be waiting for something. As the clock chimes on the hour, Chan walks up from under the tunnel.
As they kiss in the rain, the credits roll. The awkwardness of the dialogue and situations
made this an enjoyable, slow rom-com. It’s also a Woody Allen film, so you know it’s good, and
you have a good idea of what you’re getting into. This is another one that I’ll say, if this is your
style of movie, you definitely have to watch it. It’s a nice title to add to your collection.
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