At one point, the mom locked the convicts out of the house. Then she discovered that Ralphie, who she had told to stay upstairs, was actually outside. So she had to unlock the door and when she did, the criminals got back inside. He just couldn't shut up! For some reason he got on my nerves all the way through the movie.
shareEvery movie with a dumbass kid like that pisses me off. It is the same thing in movies like "The Russians are coming" and that one old film that is very similar to this but has like a psychiatrist for a dad.
The stupid kid always wants to take action and pisses off the whole family and he always calls his dad a coward for not acting and the father feels he needs to take action because of this.
Fortunately in this movie the kid wasn't as bad as I thought he would be...though that whole jumping out thing was a dumbass move...but then again so was the whole attempt by the girl.
I totally agree. Even now, years since I've seen it, I can still remember her screaming Ralphie's outside. I'd have left him with the crooks. They'd give themselves up after 10 minutes listening to him whine and snivel. Not to mention that if he had put his bike away at the start of the movie as his mother ordered, the crooks wouldn't have stopped there. They were looking for toys on the lawn indicating the presence of children in a house.
shareDamn little brat! If he had put his bike away like he'd been told to do his family would never have been victims of a home invasion.
shareYes, but the wife was just as bad, and the daughter was no prize, either. If all three had just shut up and done as they were told, the father might have gotten them out of there sooner, at less risk.
shareOne reason why I never took the married with children route in life was the possibility of having a bratty kid like that. Never wanted that headache.
His part did give me one laugh though--his intended letter to his teacher Miss Swift "dear Miss Swift, there are men in the house with guns, they are criminals". Nice try, LOL.
At one point, the father and sister were out of the house and the mother and boy were alone upstairs while the crooks were bickering downstairs. The boy could have shown the mom the way out to the roof and down to the yard where they would have been immediately grabbed by the cops and taken to safety. I wonder if that little hole was meant to be covered up by the dads making the son 'promise' not to try anything while he was gone getting the money. The first time the kid behaves !
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