Woman thought she was watching a regular movie at the theatre — until she spotted her husband on screen

Surprises in relationships carry their own kind of meaning. They show how much you value your partner without needing to say a word. One example recently captured exactly that when one husband turned a regular movie-watching experience into something entirely different and unforgettable for his wife. The surprise, shared by the wife, Alexis Olsen–who goes by @lexlax15 on TikTok–showed the moment she realized her husband, Christopher (Chris) Ross Olsen (@__chris_olsen__), had rented out an entire AMC movie theater to screen their wedding video.

Alexis captioned the video, "Husband surprised me with a private showing of our wedding video. I was so confused why there weren’t any previews, lol." The couple, who got married in October 2022 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, had been waiting for over five months to receive the final video, per PEOPLE. On April 8, 2023, Alexis thought they were going out to see the film "Air." Instead, she walked into a private theater and saw their wedding footage begin to play. At one point, she leaned forward and said, "What?" as their wedding video came into view.

"The second I saw our faces on the screen, I was just in pure shock and overcome with excitement. We had been waiting over 5 months to get the video back, so I was just overall confused about how it was being played on the big screen. I think my jaw was on the floor the whole time," Alexis recalled, per the outlet. She explained that her husband had planned the entire thing himself. He reached out directly to their videographer, Cinelum (@cinelum), to request the video early and then tried calling local theaters to arrange a surprise showing.

When that did not work, he walked into their nearby AMC in Phoenix, Arizona, and explained the idea to general manager Zack Panlener. Panlener "thought the gesture was so incredibly sweet" that he offered to set up the private showing for free later that day, per Alexis. To keep the plan a secret, Chris told Alexis he wanted to go see "Air" for a casual date night. She had planned to see the movie with friends, but agreed when he kept insisting. Since it was a weekday evening around 5 PM, Alexis was not surprised that the theater was empty. She said they had only been seated for about two minutes before the video started playing.

"I think the video was about 30 minutes long, and yes, we had some popcorn and soda, but I don't think we ate or drank anything because we were just glued to the screen the whole time, laughing and crying and then laughing again. Pure joy!" she said. Also, Alexis gave credit to their videographer, Cinelum, based in Querétaro, Mexico, saying, "The video itself truly was a movie." Alexis' video went viral, garnering over 6 million views. Moreover, viewers on the platform flooded the comments with praise, emotion and requests to see more of the wedding footage.

@lauraangelina wrote, "Uhm, probably the coolest thing I’ve ever heard of in my entire life." @ytwashedpuertorican commented, "This song is in the movie 'Me Before You,' so my heart is gushing and crushing right now." @Μαρία said, "'What movie are we going to see?' 'It’s a surprise.' 'Well, can you at least tell me what it’s about?' 'Love.'" @mario.728 added, "If I were that videographer, I’d die peacefully knowing you guys watched my video in a theater." @magic_13_c wrote, "But can we see the entire video? The small clip looks so beautiful."

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