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Crappy ending

posted 16 years ago by paulistef
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I was using my headphones on and off (working on sound editing whilst distantly watching this film - had distantly (!) watched it a few months ago). I was quite disappointed in the not so climatic ending. She had done a lot of evil, manipulative things during the whole narrative; why are the sabotaging of the emigration of Terry and of the wedding of the other son so particular? And she dissed the fat dimwitted cross-dressing moron right before. So what? It was a pétard mouillé ending (pétard mouillé : um... wet firecracker). I expected to see somthing like the mother being cooked on the BBQ or slowly sliced to death, or perhaps the fat ass to commit suicide, or Terry chosing to go to jail after all, to "forcefully" avoid his sicko mummy. SOMETHING!

[–] Harold_Robbins 16 years ago

I think the ending implies that life is indeed going to just continue on for these people according to Mrs. Taggart's agenda.

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[–] morgana-31 14 years ago

I was disappointed as well. The family had finally stood up to the evil old bitch, and she still wins!

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[–] velcronewsletter 12 years ago

i expected them to set fire to the house with the witch still inside. now that would have been a good ending. for her to get her own way yet again was kind of boring

[–] pol96-1 11 years ago

That's life.

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[–] smjensen312-158-669840 11 years ago

The ending and the way she is determined to crush the life out of her sons and reduce them to a state of infantile dependence makes you understand why her son and daughter-in-law have fantasies about her being trapped in a burning house. She always wins, she holds all the cards, so they can only dream of exacting revenge.

I loved the pissing mannequin, too!

[–] MyMovieTVRomance 11 years ago

I disagree. I think the ending was fabulous and I would have been disappointed if Bette's character didn't get away with it. She was much more glamorous and interesting than everyone else. I liked her and I wanted her to win!

Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!

[–] FranLovesBetteD 10 years ago

I disagree. I think the ending was fabulous and I would have been disappointed if Bette's character didn't get away with it. She was much more glamorous and interesting than everyone else. I liked her and I wanted her to win!

I couldn't have said it better! I truly expected a much worse fate for those ungrateful, horrible sons of hers. They were just a bunch of "good for nothing" and yet she supported financially to all of them, and even to the bitchy daughter-in-law! And the youngest one was the worst of them all, very rude to her loving mother. Hope his children got the same monstruous ears as his horrible wife.

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[–] shannongr 10 years ago

You mean the "loving mother" who kissed her youngest son as if it gave her a sexual thrill?

The "loving mother" who faked a phone call saying all of her grandkids were in a fatal accident?

Terry seemed at least to want to work hard, as did the cross-dresser. The youngest one seemed to be the laziest.

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