How many of you wanted to smack that b***h Marlene? - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) Discussion

[–] Samclyde2 10 years ago

I think you mean Uncle Toms, not tomboys.

But Marlene was just a cliche` character -- she was the typical best friend of the protagonist in these kinds of movies -- the best friend is always bitchy, sarcastic, mouthy.

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[–] robert-macc 10 years ago

No, tomboys. Women who hang out with guys and act like them, sometimes they're even gay themselves hence making them one of the guys. Another important thing, loving guy stuff.

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[–] Samclyde2 10 years ago

I know what a tomboy is, but who was a tomboy in this movie?

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[–] robert-macc 10 years ago

Well there wasn't, but I get that impression that they do hate them.

Anyways, the way Peyton tried to make life hell for Claire and her daughter and for the father (forgot his name) is bad enough.

Marlene isn't better at all.

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[–] EliotTempleton 8 years ago

Well there wasn't, but I get that impression that they do hate them.

Can someone tell me how you can have a dialogue with someone who thinks like this?

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[–] robert-macc 8 years ago

Can someone tell me how you can have a dialogue with someone who thinks like this?

Typical "Friends"-watching racist Scot. If you don't like people like, why don't you and your Scottish/Jewish/Danish whateverthehellsheis wife go back to Scotland or Denmark or Israel, you know "Friends" land and leave us good Americans alone and kiss my Puerto Rican ass, bro? This is America, we don't need you uptight bastards. This ain't a Victorian wonderland.

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[–] EliotTempleton 8 years ago

Typical "Friends"-watching racist Scot. If you don't like people like, why don't you and your Scottish/Jewish/Danish whateverthehellsheis wife go back to Scotland or Denmark or Israel, you know "Friends" land and leave us good Americans alone and kiss my Puerto Rican ass, bro? This is America, we don't need you uptight bastards. This ain't a Victorian wonderland.

Wow! Where in hell did that rambling, nonsensical, incoherent rant come from? That's a rhetorical question that doesn't require an answer from you. Please don't respond, and please put me on ignore. Thank you.

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[–] Catnip86 9 years ago

Marlene was a nasty b8tch. She couldn't say a polite "thank you" to her employee when he handed her the file? It was clear that she thought she was just "too good" for anyone she decided was "beneath" her.

I almost worked for someone like her, but walked out. The temp agency that sent me got upset (they said they couldn't understand why NOBODY they sent stayed, others didn't even last a week). I guess it was just too hard for them to figure out.

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[–] chiluvr1228 8 years ago

I also worked with a bitch like Marlene. She was the boss' daughter.

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[–] robert-macc 8 years ago

LMAO
She reminds me of every "Friends"-watching anti-"Seinfeld" anti-"bro" bitch or person I've ever known hahahahaah

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[–] EliotTempleton 8 years ago

I guess the point that Marlene is "comic relief" eludes you, and everyone else here who takes her SO seriously.

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[–] Catnip86 8 years ago

I didn't see anything "comic" about her treating her employee like dirt. I really never saw her do anything funny.

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[–] EliotTempleton 8 years ago

Well, some people have no humor. Marlene is a hoot.

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[–] whitespirit26 8 years ago

Yes, loudmouthed bitches are hilarious, Eliot, always funny.

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[–] robert-macc 8 years ago

I had a white paraprofessional who Marlene reminds me of. Her name was Angis Bowers (I think; Cioffi was only her surname by marriage). She was a stuck up "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating skank I just felt compelled to smack.

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[–] EliotTempleton 8 years ago

A lot of people hate Seinfeld. My kind of people. Is the entire world supposed to love something, just because you do?

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[–] robert-macc 8 years ago

Typical square.
Go watch "Friends" with your fellow lameos, bro.

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[–] Catnip86 8 years ago

Personally, I never liked Seinfeld or Friends.

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[–] whitespirit26 8 years ago

Robert, go play in the backyard until you learn to talk to adults.

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[–] robert-macc 8 years ago

Go smoke pot like the dumb loser you are

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[–] whitespirit26 8 years ago

LOL Never touched drugs, but you show your age.

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[–] robert-macc 8 years ago

I'm not the one who resorts to name-calling. Not very mature now is it?

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[–] whitespirit26 8 years ago

Actually yeah, you called someone a square and a lame-as*, then you called me a dumb loser.

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[–] robert-macc 8 years ago

Wasn't to you first of all, second of all I only called you a dumb loser after you insulted me first. Provocation makes the difference between being an *beep* and just responding.

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[–] whitespirit26 8 years ago

The other person you insulted didn't provoke you at all, so if you're going to complain about namecalling, well, doesn't fly.

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[–] whitespirit26 8 years ago

Yes, Marlene was a loudmouthed jerk. In fact, how..HOW did she and Claire even become friends? She was completely different from the friendly, humble Claire and was even her husband's serious ex. How does that work out?

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[–] Catnip86 8 years ago

Maybe they were childhood friends? I don't think the movie ever mentioned how long they were friends.

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[–] lrdcharlton 7 years ago

I've had friends that are total opposite of me and we get along. I actually liked the dynamic that even though Marlene was her husbands ex, they were still good friends and trusted each other. I know it was set up to be a way to cause a rift.

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[–] malnil-329-938853 9 years ago

I would always prefer an evening with someone fun like Marlene over a snooze-fest like a chat with Claire. Besides, Marlene is the smart, loyal and caring friend that tries to save Claires ass whilst risking letting down her clients.

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[–] HarveyManfredSinJohn 9 years ago

And Julianne Moore looked really hot back then (she still looks good today, but circa 1992 with that shoulder-length red hair she looked gorgeous). Marlene was a good friend, but certainly not the type of person you'd want to make an enemy of.

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[–] Reva_C 9 years ago

Or leave alone with your husband....

~ I hardly looked at his face. His knees were what I wished to see. ~

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[–] theater_dreamer 8 years ago

Absolutely agreed. I'd have smacked Marlene, but not in the face. Yes, she was a bi#ch, but she also seemed bat sh#t crazy, which means she'd be incredible in bed. 

Julianne Moore looked hot back then. She had a smoking little body, and that character let her show off those gorgeous legs every chance she got.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions-Dag Hammarskjold

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[–] ms2000vette 9 years ago

Both Peyton and Marlene really enjoyed taking turns, cutting Michael's balls off. Claire had no choice - Michael could not protect his family, and "when push came to shove" - he somehow broke both legs falling 2 feet from a stair, and was completely useless in saving his family.

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[–] robert-macc 9 years ago

Please answer my newest question :)

about Sciorra saying "bro" in any of her movies :)

I hope it's true :)

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[–] Ltay328 9 years ago

I am DYING from laughter @ this post.
???? He did somehow fall and break both his legs, didnt he!!?? I am almost crying. He fell from no where.

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[–] whitespirit26 8 years ago

He fell off the stairs you twits, onto a hard concrete floor, and broke one leg. Yet the wife saving her kids is castrating him? Idiot comment.

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[–] theater_dreamer 8 years ago

Funny, I shattered my femur into six pieces slipping off the bottom stair. You've been watching too many Hollywood action films where heroes jump twenty feet to the ground, get up and run off. The human body can be grievously injured by a fall that doesn't appear all that serious.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions-Dag Hammarskjold

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[–] EliotTempleton 8 years ago

...he somehow broke both legs falling 2 feet from a stair...

You think that's not possible, ass hole? People also drown in six inches of water.

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[–] alserve 9 years ago

"Your wearing Claire's perfume" Marlene isn't aware of the scheme by Christian Dior to turn a profit and sell Poison to more than one woman.

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[–] robert-macc 8 years ago

LMAO!

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[–] leybadana 8 years ago

shes rude and despicable. im glad she gets it.

"I have never seen a vision, nor learned a secret, that would damn or save my soul"!

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[–] boy19 7 years ago

I can't actually believe the audacity of people here. Marlene was great! She saw right through Peyton when nobody else did. That's why she had to go. She wised up to her and needed to be out of the way so nobody else would realise why she was the nanny.

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[–] Catnip86 7 years ago

That came later. Right from the beginning, she was rude. And she treated her employees like crap.

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