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Open scene small boys in bathtub


In the very opening scene we see Kevin bathing two boys in a bathtub. I may have missed this but these are his children? With Glenn Close? But then, what happens with them after that scene? We never see them again. As I said, I may have missed a scene that explains.

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The Coopers have 2 homes. there is a scene where Sarah Cooper is talking to the children on phone from one home to another. they have a nanny or babysitter. the kids were too young to go to a funeral weekend

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I could've sworn there was only the one son in the tub that Harold's bathing when Sarah gets the call about Alex.
But yes - the other poster is right, they have 2 homes ... I think there's a line that Harold says to one of the friends that goes "Sarah and I were up at the Richmond House with the kids" and it seems Alex and Chloe were staying at the big house they held the funeral gathering at. Remember, Harold takes Michael to the cabin Alex was fixing up - not far from the big house - for Chloe and himself, before he passed.

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I think the kids are Kevin Kline's real kids with Phoebe Cates. I thought one is a girl, but not sure.

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The little boy's last name is Kasdan so I assumed he was related to the director somehow.

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yep, it's discussed in the reunion on the dvd extra

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