I mean, she lived her WHOLE life for Mona. She didn't date or do anything for herself. She raised Mona's daughter as her own. She never complained about anything until she got sent to jail... and STILL, in prison she was Mona's little cheerleader.
I like this movie, but I'm shocked this topic wasn't discussed here.
I share your sentiment. I thought she was a floormat. And then, after being in prison, Mona wants to be a mother to the daughter Ruby raised - the nerve!
shareNo, I don't feel bad for her. Ruby seemed pretty happy with her decision to do all that. Some people are satisifed living sacrificial kind of lives like that.
shareI agree. If she did not want to do it she did not have to, She gave Mona the reality check that she needed to take the initiative to live her own life and be with her daughter.
Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
I thought Ruby was a gigantic closet case in love with Mona and the movie should have referenced that in some way because it was so ridiculous otherwise. She was the breadwinner, had no life but Mona and raised MOna's kid until Mona decided to be a mother. At least if Mona decided to be a Mom maybe Ruby could be the Dad.
sharethat was the little girls choice. plus, ruby wasnt just forgotten so mona could be a mother. they both picked up ruby at the end. i just saw it as the little girl now having two mothers. =)
shareI felt sorry for her when Mona told Vanessa she was her mother without even considering Ruby first.
credo quia absurdum est
ruby was happy, did you not watch the movie and see how moved she was? all she wants is for mona and the little girl to be happy. she knew they both loved her and this would not change anything.
share(A spoiler alert should probably be in effect here)
I agree with you QuieroShane 100%! I caught the last 40 minutes, or so, of this film. I was channel surfing and I could see that this looked like the end of a good film (I usually only watch movies from beginning to end – If I miss the first 15 minutes, I wait and see it from the beginning another time). But this looked so fascinating that I couldn’t stop watching it. I was so moved by Mona’s epiphany and the way she responded to her seemingly simple question. She was hyperventilating, soul searching, and reviewing her entire life up until that point, while she kept sneaking looks at adorable little Vanessa. I was spellbound! [My complements to Minnie Driver] I knew then that I would have to watch this to the end, and then watch it from the beginning at another time.
When I finally saw it from the beginning, I was so disappointed with Minnie Driver’s character (The way she treated people in general, Ruby [All that Ruby did for her], her parents, and little Vanessa), that (even knowing the ending) it ruined it for me. However, I was still moved by the last 20 minutes (When Mona picked up cute little Vanessa and Vanessa said “I don’t think that was the right answer.” how could one not be moved?).