Try Seventeen (2002)
Elijah Wood: Jones
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Quotes
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Jones : You know, I've been some places - Texas, Delaware, three schools in New Hampshire, Kansas - not everwhere so maybe I'm wrong, but I think you're probably the most beautiful woman in the world.
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Brad : It's been three years since I had sex, Jones.
Jones : Woah.
Brad : Did you say "woah"? Three years of celibacy deserves more than "woah". "Woah" doesn't come close.
Jones : Try seventeen.
Brad : What, years?
Jones : The first twelve are pretty easy.
Brad : What about the, uh...
[indicates the girl upstairs]
Brad : [Jones shakes his head]
Brad : So you're a...
[Jones nods]
Brad : Woah.
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Jones : My mother, she was deep into all of it - booze, pills, everything she could get her hands on. I was born 10 weeks premature. By the time the doctors discovered the bone disease, it was too late to treat properly. I've been suffering since before I was born.
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Jones : What about you, Blanche? Are you making anyone miserable on a regular basis?
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Jones : She knew I was watching her. I think she likes being looked at. I wanted to do more than look. She was so close it should have been easy. But I felt like I was missing something.