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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Marriage is a funny thing to do... if you want to stay.]] |
| 3 | ''Best Friends'' is a 1982 RomanticComedy starring Creator/BurtReynolds and Creator/GoldieHawn as the leading couple. The film was based on the love life of its two writers, Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin (who divorced the year the film released), and directed by Norman Jewison. |
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| 5 | Richard Babson (Reynolds) and Paula [=McCullen=] (Hawn) are two Hollywood screenwriters living as roommates for years. While Paula feels no strong urge to get married, Richard would like to, so they decide to elope instead of hosting a big ceremony. The [[TitleDrop best friends]] turned newlyweds then decide to travel cross-country to visit their parents and inform them of what happened, who assume they are merely engaged and are happy to celebrate until the truth is revealed. This ends up souring the pair's mood, just in time to be called back to work for a script rewrite, and they decide that maybe they were better off as just friends. |
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| 7 | !!This film includes the following Tropes: |
| 8 | * BetterAsFriends: This is the conclusion that the two reach at the end of the film, after the announcement of their elopement goes poorly and they start getting frustrated with each other's flaws. |
| 9 | * {{Claustrophobia}}: Paula suffers from this, leading to her [[IntoxicationEnsues accidentally overdosing on valium]] to relax when they visit Richard's parents that live in a windowless apartment, and later to Richard breaking a window open for her when they're LockedInARoom together and she needs fresh air. |
| 10 | * {{Elopement}}: Richard and Paula decide to elope at the start of the film due to Paula not wanting to make a big event out of it. |
| 11 | * IntoxicationEnsues: While visiting Richard's parents, Paula overdoses on valium and ends up [[FaceplantingIntoFood faceplanting into her lunch]]. |
| 12 | * LockedInARoom: Larry Weissman, the producer that Richard and Paula are working for, decides to lock the pair in a room together when they return from their trip at odds at each other and struggle working on the rewrites he needs. |
| 13 | * RidingIntoTheSunset: Parodied, in that the film ends with Richard and Paula walking into a sunset that turns out to be a Hollywood prop. |
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