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What the hell was his problem??

posted 15 years ago by fiatlux-1
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It was Jack's idea to invite his mom's friend to dinner! So what the hell was his attitude about?!

That mom should have cracked that kid across the face much earlier, that's partly why he was how he was. She knuckled under to him, and didn't discipline him. So she'd lose custody of him....so what?!
Who'd want a kid like that around! No judge would take Leo away, she was a good mom to him.
That dad was just a bully full of hot air.

"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

[–] emocarebear250 14 years ago

if yu remember he was bothered by him "making fun" of leo and what he likes...the dude has issues ....gosh he was hot lol

"It's probably just a serial killer or something."

[–] fiatlux-1 14 years ago

That's true, I watched the film again today and its amazing how that guy 'misread' that conversation. He had issues agreed.
That mom had issues too! I'm shocked she didn't crack that kid back! If I had raised a hand like that to my mom, I'd be wearing her hand IN my face!

This was a good film, but I'm kind of startled that they didn't show the dad's therapy sessions at all! We see how the mother *became* like she was, submissive and lacking in self-esteem, but what about the father?
What did he go through as a kid to help him *become* the way he did, bullying etc.?

"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

[–] 14 years ago

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[–] squiffydoodle 13 years ago

I think boys his age should be with their dad

Hey you dang woodchucks, quit chuckin' my wood!

[–] Starduster 9 years ago

I agree about fathers custody rights. HOWEVER, what the child wants should be given consideration. In THIS case the father was not the best choice. It appears that the fathers anger issues may have been the influence of why the older son had anger issues. also the boy didn't really seem to want to be with his father for any extended time. I think he felt that HE was "in control" at his mothers house and could pretty much get what he wanted there. His father didn't really see or believe how he acted at the mothers house. He wouldn't have been able to get away with that at his dads house. Then again, his dad was not really the right person to give him any constructive way to deal with his anger. The BEST alternative was to remove him from BOTH parents and to give him a structured environment where people were trained to deal with his problems and offer solutions and alternatives to his behavior.

[–] LuxuryEdition71 13 years ago

That was pretty weird but hey, that was just the instability in Jack, once he would be cool about things and then the next thing you would know he would just explode. How unpredictable he was.

[–] Blue_dresses 12 years ago

anger problems probably had to do with his father divorcing his mother.

[–] Starduster 9 years ago

He was angry but at the same time, jack himself had already learned the angry response behavior from the father. The "split" just gave him one more reason to get angry.

[–] britika 7 years ago

I am watching this movie right now, I remember watching it back when it was first released. But this kid definitely has issues. His parents were divorced, he had acne, his life was confusing and he was angry. He needeed to talk to a therapist and get help. I know how upsetting that all can be and, in a way, I sympathize with him. I went through something similar when I was a teenager, although I didn't resort to beating my parents or siblings. My parents divorced, I was angry, I stopped doing well at school, I wanted to run away from home. I kept it all bottled up rather than talk about it. I never turned to drugs, violence or any of that though. I pretty much just kept to myself, chatted on ther computer and watched tv. I also had my dog there to comfort me. As time went on things got better and I pulled myself out of it. Although things were never truly the same between my Mom and me. :-/