Everyone Says I Love You

Holden plans to cement his commitment by selecting an expensive diamond with Skylar and DJ's help. The gesture is meant to signal security and status within their Manhattan social circle. This setup launches a chain of choices that pull the couple in conflicting directions.

A grand engagement gesture triggers misread signals and competing loyalties between Skylar and Holden. The social web around them amplifies tensions, making the couple wonder about what romantic success really requires. The moment establishes the film's tonal mix of warmth, humor, and inevitable trouble.

DJ and her father Joe fly to Venice, where they listen in on therapy sessions through a wall, adding a voyeuristic thread to the narrative. While in Venice, DJ coaches Joe on how to woo Von, whose own marriage strains under pressure. The scenes reveal how observation, manipulation, and longing collide.

Von confesses her discontent with her husband and longs for romance, unsettling the room with stories of prison stabbings that later prove more playful than terrifying. Her admission cracks the veneer of polished chic in Steffi and Skylar's circle. The moment marks a shift toward the attraction that will pull Skylar away from Holden.

Von decisively leaves her husband to pursue a relationship with Joe, signaling the start of a new romantic orbit that unsettles the rest of the group. The romance expands the film's playful satire of modern love.

Back in New York, DJ falls for a gondolier and even contemplates dropping out of college to marry him. The crushes destabilize her sense of belonging and point to the larger question of what love requires.

DJ's search for companionship widens to include a Columbia student, a rapper, and a dashing Parisian, all swirling around the same cosmopolitan scene. The segment playfully tracks how modern dating can feel performative within elite urban life.

Lane and Laura, DJ's half-siblings, chase their own crushes around the social set, injecting youth, ambition, and sibling dynamics into the ensemble. Their subplots provide warmth and humor against the backdrop of wealth and status.

Grandpa, an 88-year-old with dementia, roams the house as Freda the maid keeps a running joke alive, only for the funeral to turn surreal. The chapel scene features dead bodies singing and dancing, blending humor with memory in a bittersweet moment.

Skylar encourages ex-con Charles to study law, then becomes tangled in a getaway that goes wrong during a grocery-store robbery. The event pushes her into danger and tests her capacity to protect those she loves.

Skylar escapes from the car and reunites with Holden at a Halloween Party, a fragile reconciliation under carnival lights. The Cracker Jack moment follows: Holden slips the engagement ring into a box, and Skylar swallows it, turning love into a symbol of fragile second chances.

Scott is diagnosed with a brain tumor and undergoes surgery, an ordeal that leads him to resign from the Young Republicans Club. His near-tragedy pushes him toward left-wing causes, adding a political counterpoint within the family dynamic.

After her fling with Joe, Von returns to her husband, leaving Joe to confront his own longing and the realities of their situation. The personal standoffs keep the emotional center of the family tense but intimate.

The family travels to Paris for Christmas and rings in the New Year with a Groucho Marx–themed party. Steffi and Joe acknowledge lingering feelings but choose boundaries that support each other’s happiness.

The closing image shows the family dancing to a lively retro soundtrack, with DJ finding a dance partner in a Harpo Marx costume. The scene reinforces the film's message that love endures in its many forms, even amid mislaid opportunities and mismatched expectations.