The Tumblr Fake Movie Meme: Old Fools
Song: Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Jet
Old Fools
Cast: Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Reed Diamond, Matthew Goode, Rose Byrne, Rosamund Pike, Matt Bomer (requested by leanstein)
Anthony (Alan Rickman) and Jillian (Emma Thompson) have been in love with each other for almost thirty-five years but have never done anything about it. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Anthony used ‘taking care of Helena and Richard’ - his much younger siblings - then ‘his banking career’ as his reasons; Jillian used her desire to see the world, pursue her art, and taking care of her niece as her excuses. They’ve had so many chances but they always manage to flub their way through it.
Hopefully, all that’s about to change. Richard (Matthew Goode), is going to get married to Bianca (Rose Byrne), who is best friends with Cate (Rosamund Pike), Jillian’s niece. The three had hatched up a plan to ensure that Anthony and Jillian’s nth chance for ~*+*~love~*+*~ will succeed. The plan is fool-proof - Helena (Olivia Williams) and her husband, Neil (Reed Diamond) are flying in from New York a few weeks early to help with the wedding preparations - and if anyone knows how to get things done, it would be those two. Tagging along for the ride is Michael (Matt Bomer), Neil’s business partner, who had never set foot in London, ever.
But as the wedding date looms near, hijinks begin to pile up on all six. Bianca’s turn as the Mother Of All Bridezillas leads her to detach herself altogether from the wedding, worrying Richard to death; a surprise pregnancy makes Helena and Neil question what they really want in their relationship (since neither wanted any children); and how will Michael tell Cate, who’s been spurned by love too many times, that he isn’t actually gay (as she had assumed)?
Anthony and Jillian on the other hand, are seemingly obtuse to everything that’s happening around them. Are they destined to grow old as neighbors, gazing at each other longingly through the kitchen window?
This is like, a more complicated version of Love, Actually. lawlz.