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This movie was so bad it actually made me feel ill.
posted by microscopeSTAFFMOD on March 7, 2017 at 2:48 PM
I never been made to feel like this from a film before... The whole thing was so completely unconvincing, nothing about the contrived situation they lived in seemed realistic at all, he is supposed to be heroic but he is incredibly pompous and annoying, as are the children, as is the fake dead wife crappy heart string tugging desperate move, as is the huge dollop of sickly sweet sugar coating all over everything. I HATED this movie, and I hate that it got good reviews. I think it is sad how easy it is to manipulate people with a film like this.
Reply by Oddball
on June 4, 2017 at 9:48 AM
At first I was put off by the fact that the characters seemed unrealistic, a bit too perfect in some ways. They seemed a bit like caricatures. However, eventually the movie started to reveal their flaws and the flaws in their way of living and it seemed more believable and the movie became enjoyable. By the end I found the movie quite touching.
Reply by Poppyseed
on June 4, 2017 at 2:09 PM
That isn't the impression I got at all. He clearly had many flaws, which were revealed throughout the movie, one of them being his inflexibility. The movie is essentially about his growth as a person and father. His desired way of life was unrealistic and damaging (he even takes blame for it killing his wife, and it begins to alienate his children) and he ends up finding balance, allowing the children to go to school and live in a house.
Reply by microscope
on June 4, 2017 at 3:44 PM
I didn't make it to the end, sounds like it gets better. But the film lost me when I saw all the kids sitting there reading Nietzsche.
Reply by Poppyseed
on June 4, 2017 at 3:48 PM
Yeah, I think that was the point. They were showing the extremes and thus, Dad's flaws in child-rearing.
Reply by PoppinCorn
on June 26, 2017 at 10:14 AM
Agreed. They were all obnoxious. As was the film.