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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

dude, the movie is pointless. it does nothing, it's characters gain nothing, they stay as stupid and self involved and ignorant of how they damage their children. it is a movie about reprehensible people behaving in reprehensible ways. it is filmed beautifully, and the pacing is good, but it truly is pointless man.

I give it a 2.5 out of 5 stars

you don't think she realizes? and he realizes, with his stupid skateboard accident?

about the reprehensible people, they are all fucked up (it's suburbia, after all), but if you don't see them having an awakening you missed the last 15 minutes of the movie, the madame bovary references, the whole skateboarding subplot, etc. it's all there!

it's not just an obviously telegraphed hollywood ending where everyone is happy in the end-- it dangles the characters over the abyss and pulls them back without rubbing in the "message" with preachy lines from the author or by explaining the moral of the story like, ugh, sex and the city or greys anatomy or forrest gum (life is like a box of chocolates... sometimes you get your fingers dirty... sometimes it's not chocolate but poo...) -- you know what i mean.

and yes it's filmed beautifully with great pacing etc but i SWEAH the story was there! it was there! the characters CHANGE!