Chris Eigeman's character, Max, was going out with a 17-year-old (16 going on 17, if you want to be technical), and it didn't seem like there was any fuss made over the fact that she's underage. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the movie. I just wondered why no explanation was made as to why his character was going out with a teenager.
shareBecause he's emotionally stagnant?
share"Emotionally stagnant" is a good answer as to why he's going out with her, but I agree that it seems a little odd that nobody even mentioned the age difference. These guys have graduated so you figure they are at least 21 or 22. If I had gone out with a 16 year old after graduating no doubt my friends would have given me all kinds of grief about it. But since the characters are all emotionally stagnant I guess it just does not matter to any of them. Nonetheless a wonderful film and this issue really did not diminish my enjoyment of it at all.
"Always with the negative waves, Moriarity....always with the negative waves"
As already stated , she was obviously assertive enough that no one would think he was taking advantage of her. If anything, the shoe was on the other foot (his line about the guy already preferring to be bowhunting is a classic, and she managed to back him down)
share[deleted]
By dating her he gets to re-live the security of being younger and all of those events that go with it (high school prom, graduation, starting college, etc.) rather than focus on his own life in the present which feels so uncertain. This is also the reason the group clung to each other and trivia, trying to hold onto some semblance of sameness.
share[deleted]