Editing Everyone Says I Love You (section)

==Plot==
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   | image1    =Alan Alda by Bridget Laudien (cropped).jpg
   | caption1  =[[Alan Alda]] plays Bob Dandridge, one of a pair of liberal Democratic lawyers who have a blended family from previous marriages.
| image2    =Woody Allen at the premiere of Whatever Works.jpg
   | caption2  =[[Woody Allen]] plays Joe Berlin, Steffi Dandridge’s ex-husband, who coached by his daughter DJ, fakes interest in art, music, travel, African daisies, and buys a Parisian garret to win Von.
   | image3    =Drew Barrymore 1997.jpg
   | caption3  =[[Drew Barrymore]] plays Skylar Dandridge, who wants a "take-charge" kind of guy; initially alarmed by ex-con Charles's aggressive passes, she falls under his spell.
   | image4    =Lukas Haas by David Shankbone cropped.jpg
   | caption4  =[[Lukas Haas]] plays Scott Dandridge, Liberal Bob and Steffi’s Republican son, who wants criminals taken off the street and disapproves of Steffi's work rehabilitating felons.
   | image5    =Goldie Hawn 2011.jpg
   | caption5  = [[Goldie Hawn]] plays Steffi Dandridge, who volunteers with the American Civil Liberties Union and brings ex-con Charles, her latest cause, to her daughter’s engagement party.
   | image6    =Natasha Lyonne 2014 (cropped).jpg
   | caption6  = [[Natasha Lyonne]] plays Djuna "D.J." Berlin, who listens through a hole in the wall on Von’s therapy sessions, then coaches her father, Joe Berlin on how to woo her.
   | image7    =Edward Norton 2012.jpg
   | caption7  =[[Edward Norton]] plays Holden Spence, whose romantic gesture, at DJ’s urging, backfires when Skylar swallows the ring he slipped into her parfait.
   | image8    =Natalie Portman (48470988352) (cropped).jpg
   | caption8  =[[Natalie Portman]] plays Laura Dandridge, who competes with sister Lane for the handsome heir to the Vandermost millions and is heartbroken he falls for Lane.
   | image9    =Julia Roberts Duchenne Smile.jpg
   | caption9  =[[Julia Roberts]] plays Von Sidell, an art historian, who relates to her therapist that she longs for romance and discusses her fantasies, which eavesdropper DJ passes on to her father.
   | image10    =Tim Roth by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
   | caption10  =[[Tim Roth]] plays Charles Ferry, one of Steffi Dandridge’s liberal causes, who scares guests at Skylar’s engagement party with accounts of prison stabbings, then seduces Skylar.
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Skylar and Holden are an upper-class [[Manhattan]] couple ("[[Just You, Just Me]]"). Holden enlists DJ, Skylar's younger sister, to help him choose an expensive diamond engagement ring ("[[My Baby Just Cares for Me]]"). Skylar wants a "take-charge" kind of guy ("[[I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All]]"). Holden’s romantic gesture, at DJ’s urging, backfires when Skylar swallows the ring he slipped into her [[parfait]], resulting in a trip to the ER ("[[Makin' Whoopee]]").

Bob and Steffi Dandridge, liberal [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] lawyers ("[[Cole Porter|Looking at You]]") who have a [[Stepfamily|blended family]] from previous marriages, are aghast at having a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] son, Scott, who wants criminals taken off the street and disapproves of Steffi's work rehabilitating felons. Steffi, who volunteers with the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] ("He was an abused child who made one mistake."), brings to the engagement party one of her causes, Charles, who scares guests with accounts of prison stabbings. Initially alarmed by Charles's aggressive passes ("[[If I Had You (1928 song)|If I Had You]]"), Skylar eventually falls under his spell ("I've never been kissed by a sociopath before."), breaking up with Holden.

Steffi and Bob are friendly with Steffi's [[Neuroticism|neurotic]] ex-husband Joe, who lives in Paris, and has just broken up with his latest drug-using [[Hypersexuality|nymphomaniac]] girlfriend ("I'm through with Love"). Steffi wants to fix Joe up with a more suitable woman, but Joe is still hung up on Steffi.

On vacation with her father Joe in [[Venice]], Italy, DJ and her friend, whose mother is a psychologist, listen through a hole in the wall on the clientele's [[therapy]] sessions. Von, an [[Art history|art historian]], relates to the therapist that she is discontented with her husband, longing for romance and discussing her fantasies. DJ suggests Joe "run into" Von jogging and then coaches Joe on how to woo her by faking interest in art, music, travel, African daisies, and a hastily bought Parisian garret, and by setting up "coincidental" meetings at a museum and a concert. Convinced she has met the man of her dreams ("All My Life"), the unsuspecting Von leaves her husband for Joe.

DJ falls for a [[Gondola|gondolier]] and plans to drop out of college to marry him until she meets her next "flame": a student at [[Columbia University]] ("[[Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine]]"). She then falls for a [[Rapping|rapper]] in New York, and finally falls in love with a dashing [[Paris]]ian.

Competitive sisters Lane and Laura, DJ's half-sisters, both have crushes on a local lad, heir to the Vandermost millions, but 14-year-old Laura is heartbroken when Vandermost falls for Lane ("[[I'm Thru with Love|I'm Through with Love]]").

Grandpa, an 88-year-old with [[dementia]], occasionally wanders off, corralled by Freda the maid, who DJ jokingly claims was [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s maid at [[Berchtesgaden]]. ("It's Bavarian pasta, it doesn’t need any sauce; Italian pasta needs sauce. The Italians were weak!") At foot fetishist Grandpa’s funeral, the corpses at the chapel sing and dance to "[[Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)]]".

Skylar encourages ex-con Charles to study law, but he has other plans, involving the unwitting Skylar in a grocery store robbery with his gang. Begging to be let out of the getaway car, Skylar successfully escapes and eventually reconciles at a Halloween Party with a forgiving Holden ("[[Chiquita Banana]]"). This time Skylar swallows the engagement ring Holden has slipped in a box of [[Cracker Jack]].

Scott is diagnosed with a [[brain tumor]] and has successful surgery. He immediately resigns from the [[Young Republicans|Young Republicans Club]] and starts to espouse [[Liberalism|left-wing causes]].

Having lived out all her fantasies with "the man of her dreams", Von no longer yearns for them; she leaves Joe to return to her husband.

The family goes to Paris for Christmas and attends a [[Groucho Marx]]-themed New Years party ("[[Hooray for Captain Spaulding]]"). When Bob comes down with a cold, Steffi reunites with Joe and they reminisce, acknowledging that although their marriage didn't work out ("I'm Through With Love"), they still have feelings for each other. Although Steffi loves Bob "wholeheartedly", she and Joe kiss while accepting the boundaries of their mutually supportive relationship. Steffi encourages Joe to find someone who will make him happy. The family dances to "Everyone Says I love You" as DJ falls for a dance partner in a [[Harpo Marx]] costume.