That shit was genius.

ahhh, that old chestnut. Most of us remember the 1st time we learned that dreaded lesson.

@@theorncampbell4432 Waht?

yeah

@@theorncampbell4432 what lesson bro..I didn't get

Hey, if I'm 17 years old and Jennifer Lawrence is hanging all over me, I'm going to get emotional.

This was a beautiful until Natalie ruined the whole scene ario

The scene was inherently ruin able. He summed it up with the song. Her eyes and swallow showed that she got it even if his was latent..

@@tashuntka Beautifully said. You should be a writer, if you aren't already.

@@carlos00700 which made no sense cuz if this kid is in any way heterosexual he would have immediately sent Natalie on her way and stuck with the baddie

With that line, I half expected for this scene to turn into an episode of WWE Smackdown.

Meisner would be proud.@@thecowboy9698

the way she delivers that line made me laugh

haha...all out brawl in the resturant@@thecowboy9698

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When I was 18 people in their thirties seemed like they were from another world.

welcome to your world in ten years...

I remember the first time I got called "sir" by a teen girl. Ugh.

@@anthonygerace8926 They were ancient. Now I can't tell the two groups apart.

I remember the first time being called sir when i was 18 by the cab driver, it felt awesome cos it made me feel important.

He's missing out an opportunity of a lifetime. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Yeah some late breaking news. She was acclaimed back in The Winter's Bone as being able to act. That one of her earliest films. One of my favorites of hers is Silver Linings Playbook. But in that you also get great performances from Bradley Cooper and stellar supporting role from Robert DeNiro. I'd say that's still one of his best roles from the latter years of his career.

The guilty glance down and the hard swallow, the subtle raised eyesbrow…the words are cutting right into her.. Stunning scene…

Well said Adam Right on note.

Yea but it makes no sense that he'd start singing at all. It just doesn't fit with what a guy would do in his situation - he'd be terrified just to play, which is what most piano players do anyways - also, because it's weird for the piano player in a restaurant to sing anyways, so it makes no sense at all.

@@hansolo631 she manipulated him to do so. He was VERY resistant initially, and then found this wings as he played. Scene was brilliant.

Oh no I don't have a problem with him playing the piano, just the singing part. Usually piano players don't sing, especially ones who are goaded into playing, and especially especially ones in a restaurant. @@BelfastBiker

@@hansolo631 I agree with you, in fact I had similar thoughts which is why I agreed with someone else here who commented that he thought the movie was: "reverse engineered" from this scene. That makes more sense when you think it that way. It lead me to do a little digging and I found out that the actor, Andrew Barth Feldman, had dreams of being a singer and actually writes his own songs as well as doing his own "interpretations" of other songs. When he auditioned for the part there was a piano in the room and so the director asked him if he would do a song for them. This was the actual song he did. His performance not only got him the part but they liked it so much they decided that they: "had to incorporate it into the story" - so in a sense it really was reverse-engineered and it also proves that your instincts were correct So yes I agree that the scene does feel a little out of place but I hope that didn't spoil it for you too much as personally think it is one of the best scenes in the entire movie and shows that sometimes accidental creativity can add something extra that you could never have thought of.

simply gorgeous

@@tiredhub3270 she is the true successor of Cameron Diaz when it comes to comedy I feel Brilliant comedic timing with beauty to match

Not only that but she is smoking hot.

brilliant?

​@@SangbaranDasguptaa bit of Sandra Bullock too, to me

Don't forget how she's wearing pink, which is the color of the dress she wore when she tried to seduce him in the dog shelter and was acting like a predator. She's stuck in the past, unable to grow up but this young man who's matured so much has woken her up to what she truly has become. Then... as the song ends, another girl walks into the scene wearing a floral dress, which mirrors the floral blouse Maddie wore in the beach date. During the beach date, they were having a convo about whether Maddie would've liked Percy if they were in highschool together. Yet, as she is having her "prom" with Percy, the girl that she once was (young and popular) walks right in and makes her feel insecure for no longer being her.

I haven't even seen this movie, but what makes this great is that it is all there in this scene and it works by itself.

@@biayumol4271 That's really insightful. I was so confused by Maddie's reaction to Natalie. Like Maddie's clearly stunned by the song and upset at the idea of being a "maneater," but positive attention from a woman his own age seems like it's going to make him less emotionally invested in Maddie and thus less vulnerable to being hurt by her. So you'd think Maddie should be all for it. Also, I feel like Percy being able to get this attention from someone like Natalie and have a positive, natural interaction with her would be "Mission Accomplished" as far as Percy's parents are concerned. I know Maddie has mainly interpreted her job as just to take Percy's virginity, but I think a big part of the assignment was to get him to open up and socialize normally. So then it's like "Wait, is Maddie actually romantically interested in Percy now?" But that doesn't seem accurate. Or she views Natalie as an obstacle getting in the way of Maddie having sex with Percy, taking the car and being done with the whole thing, but that doesn't jibe with "Maneater" hitting her so hard.

@@paulroys5019 Rather than just jealousy for taking Percy away, I've always viewed it as envy. It's the envy of a girl who hasn't moved on. To her, seeing Natalie was challenging another popular kid in highschool. Whatever guilt she felt was suddenly pushed away when she sees Natalie. She knows what she is but she forgets at that moment. Since the beginning of the movie, they've consistently tried to mirror Maddie to the younger characters in the movie. She may be in her 30s but mentally she hasn't aged much. One instance is during the beginning montage where they showcase both Maddie and Percy. Maddie's shot are a bit farther away from her face and have more raw sounds. Percy's shots are mostly close to his face and with music. By the latter part of the movie, they do the montage again but this time both have the background music playing. It shows how contained they are now at this point. The same goes with Natalie and the floral dress thing. Also, I'm just speaking from what I learned from analyzing movies in our film class lol. I had fun analyzing this movie because despite being a comedy, they still out effort in the cinematography.

@@biayumol4271 That makes a lot of sense. Like Maddie's interaction with Natalie is all about... Maddie and Natalie. For that minute she just kind of sees Percy as an object that they're competing over. And then once Natalie leaves and Percy brings up the future, she moves to "Oh man, how do I not hurt this sweet kid (but still get the car)?"

PREACH IT

??? It’s clearly made of many takes There’s a zillion cuts

@@marcsullivan7987 yes there's cuts to different cameras but they did it all in one go, watch the interviews about it. They did it live, in the restaurant, in one go BECAUSE they didn't want it perfect.

There's a cut of this scene in the bloopers reel. She flubbed her "wtf" line and said "sorry, I'm just real excited to be in the movie". 😄

you can tell, he's not a good actor. his nervousness looked very forced and over acted.

Classic comedies are dead. This is the new formula. Comedy 2.0, if you will. The Leftovers follows the same pattern and it’s amazing. The stupid-style comedies have migrated into superheroes movies, so they had to recreate it from scratch.

I hate the fact that I agree with you, although I can see all the red flags everywhere LMAO I ain't buying the idea that she's 23 in the movie tho

@@BahaaSolimanshes 32 in the movie

@@nickhy9223 thanks for the clarification fam

It’s to bad she’s a Leftist communist in real life 😔

Beautifully put 👏🏻

If you look at the way they interact and consider the questions he poses to her, he is basically fulfilling the role of a therapist for her.

@@barbarakiewe2870 well perhaps the same way a dog is a sounding board for people who talk to themselves

@@geargeekpdx3566 Not really. Talking with a therapist is much different than talking to a dog. Percy talked to her and asked her questions that made her think about how she was living her life and whether she was limiting herself with obstacles of her own creation. This self-reflection was absent in her life before she met Percy.

@@barbarakiewe2870 OK you're absolutely right my opinion is clearly inferior.

Looked Right at the camera! lol

Meh. They just finished high school. They're allowed to radically change their opinions of each other in short amounts of time.

What makes you think she goes to school with him? They know each other, but she said she hadn't seen him in so long. It's my impression that they know each other from a social situation outside of school, such as perhaps a country club. They may in fact be at that country club at this moment in the film.

I agree Natalie is not "like super nice". Maddie told her directly that they had other plans. If she hadn't realized it by then, that was her clue that Percy was on a date. It was extremely rude of her to continue attempting to entice him to join her.

@@barbarakiewe2870 Fair point, but I think we're supposed to get the impression that Percy hasn't been involved in many social situations outside of school.

yeah

Same here

Same. Ditto to everything you said

ikr

She is a hot woman.

looked good walking away...

i really recommend it !! it’s so good

Yes that was very very good.

Funny how this movies is praised but when a man fuck a younger woman who were far from being as naive and innocent as this guy ,he’s a groomer

It's going to be on Netflix this month.(Oct.2023)

It’s on Netflix now

Ya tell her to stay away from xmen she ruined a lot of it

@@Bunny11344 bad writing ruined xmen

I’d like to see Shane Black do a sequel to The Nice Guys with Jennifer playing Ryan Gosling’s girlfriend her and Angourie Rice would be perfect in a film together with Gosling and Russell Crowe!

Jennifer Lawrence is an amazing actress, always has been. Only jealous ppl say otherwise

Her eye roll and slamming the wine glass at 4:54 was brilliant! 😅

damn thats a lotta writing chief

but i read all of it

Thankfully the guy was not in love with me or anything, but the Music Director of Dollywood, upon hearing my open audition song, the tone of the instruments, and reading my resume was basically just as stunned.

I feel the same way. I didn't expect THAT performance.

gonna watch this cause of this scene. LOL hell yes..

So right.

You decided to "share" the detail about this scene that everyone is supposed to know already?

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Yeah, I bought into the “I’m so old” crap too. Your life doesn’t end after high school.

I'm in my 20s and I'm with you gang

Then you got some SERIOUS issues

@@gabrielaortega-hn2pq Jennifer Lawrence is 33.

She was just an excited kid

​@@kripahanda3350 she knew better tho. Old enough to understand how to read the room

​@@Lala-jl7miagreed I could tell she's one of those spoilt rich kids.

Yea they became close in a different way but... I mean she jerked him off and he came on her thighs, can we maybe call it something besides sister...? Sorry, just slightly creeped out. Still a good movie!

@@AngelArm1110 LMAO wat

@@TheSunIsMyDestroyer "step bro im stuck"

Great actress, bit vulgar in interviews, not classy😂

Maybe watch more movies

​@@donaldvanvliet9039Makes me like her more!

She's been in almost 30 features in 15 years. That's a ton of movies.

@@elpulpo800 30 "'features"? They are all B rated movies at best, not exactly blockbusters. I should have clarified my earlier comment, I'll never understand why we don't see her in more memorable movies.

X-Men, Hunger Games, Don't Look Up, are my faves of hers. Will make sure to see this one too.

i sung this to my gf and now were married lol

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The song is Hall & Oats "Maneater." It was inspired by the actress Kelly LeBrock who stared in Weird Science and The Woman in Red. She ended up marrying Stephen Segal and then later divorcing him.@@alexandercortes2565

The song is "Man Eater" by Hall & Oats. They say the model/actress Kelly Le Brock was the inspiration for song. @@alexandercortes2565

Well, isn't she being paid to make a man out of him?

Maddie did not deserve to be mistreated. At this point in the film, there was no reason for Percy to feel hostility toward her. So I don't think he intended to convey that he thinks of her as a predator. But even though it wasn't intentional, hearing these words from his mouth was devastating to her. It may have been the first time she was able to see their relationship through HIS eyes and sense it from his perspective. And because her sense of conscience had been awakened during this relationship, she was suddenly overwhelmed with guilt and shame.

Thats exactly how he thinks of her.

Not to invalidate your well thought out analysis, but I think you may be digging a little too deep. I think he played it for her because he was trying to be romantic, since it was playing during their first date. That being said, that line when he says it's like she's trying to eat him definitely supports what you're getting at.

I also think he wasn't trying to be mean or hurtful, he totally expressed interest in seeing her during weekends while in college but she totally cooled him off on that idea and he felt hurt. He genuinely has feelings for her and her him but she cannot confront it.