I mean maybe, but the whole subplot seemed too well developed to just kind of drop like that. They spent decent time at the party developing it, then the scene at the pool, and I think once more (maybe without the mom, but with the boyfriend guy kind of ignoring the girl).
His reluctant interest in the girl and the mom's obvious interest seemed *so* well developed that to have the girl and the boyfriend wind up having sex later seemed kind of jarring.
It wouldn't have surprised me if they had actually written a mom-and-boyfriend hook up. I read the producers required 4 scenes with bare breasts to drive male interest in the film, having the mom topless would have been an easy way to achieve this, especially since they could have cast an older actress more willing to go topless, perhaps bonus points for a semi-famous Playboy model or something.
reply
share
strntz (10787)
4 years ago
I mean, you *might* be overthinking this (although you might not). This isn't a high-brow film we're talking about here, it's a low rent film that was entertaining and enlightening (assuming it represents the valley life - I have no direct knowledge).
For good or bad, I thought the whole minor subplot thing was interesting and entertaining. Maybe in an earlier draft it was a bigger story that got reduced in the rewrite, but I never really thought it stood out like sore thumb.
During that final scene, we all thought the boy would end up in bed with the mom because he went to the house for that purpose. The reveal of him in bed with the daughter was kind of a Twilight Zone twist.
I thought it worked well as is.
reply
share