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Really disliked the parents


Materialistic, incredibly shallow individuals thank god the boy had his grandfather in his life. The way the mother became devastated she no longer owned a son with special ability that she could show off and boast of, the way she treated him when he was no longer special and her general cockyness. The fathers all consuming greed at the company, going into debt because he was spending more than he made... Were the parents meant to be so unlikeable? It ruined the movie for me somewhat that those selfish people were given back all the millions they had lost, would have rather they realised there were more important things than status. The only redeeming quality of the two of them was the wonderful son they raised. Did anyone feel the same way?

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I just saw the movie myself and i thought it was great. She (the mother) was even disappointed when Vitus's IQ dropped from 180 to 120.Needless to say, the kid was still smart ! I guess Vitus's falling with those wings and going to the hospital was their (the parents ) realization of how much pressure they were putting him through. Yes, Vitus's grandfather was his (Vitus's) solace through his parents insanity and it carried him through his grandfather's passing.

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Not only the mother was greedy and cold. She also had no fear to tear him from those he arrived to love: the first piano teacher, Isabel. She is absolutely indifferent towards his sentiments, So lonely a boy and she never estimulated affections.

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Not only the mother was greedy and cold. She also had no fear to tear him from those he arrived to love: the first piano teacher, Isabel. She is absolutely indifferent towards his sentiments, So lonely a boy and she never estimulated affections.

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I didn't like the parents much either, but they aren't 100% awful, so I'm going to defend the percent that isn't awful.

They were a normal couple, loving each other and their son and the grandfather. After they first discovered the boy's musical ability, they didn't jump on it; he had to nag at them to get him a piano. They didn't start getting stars in their eyes until other people started putting them there.

After she becomes obsessed, Helen does and says some awful things, but she eventually apologizes. After that she pines away for the lost genius but treats her son lovingly enough. Meanwhile, Leo, who apparently is a good inventor but a bad money manager, gets into trouble. You have to admit, he's an all around better guy than the boss's son, and it's probably a good thing for the company that he ends up its CEO instead of the a-hole son.

They are moved to tears by their son's final triumph.

The defense rests.

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Folks-we are talking about a movie! I doubt the two playing his parents are actually his parents. Yes, they were portrayed as being smug, elitist and callous at times but that was probably planned in the script. The film lost its footing towards the closing footage which perhaps was shot out of sequence. He wasn't the boy who had matured somewhat under the guidance of a knowing retired concert pianist legend. He looked nervous, his shoulders were hunched and was clearly not enjoying the experience. By the time the ending came he was supposed to have moved beyond the narcissistic self consciousness of a prodigy. He was much looser earlier but the last performance was not pleasant to watch. Surely his teacher had engendered a looser less self conscious ethos when tackling concerti. There was actually no joy in the performance and the Schumann is a lovely joyous work -particularly the last movement. That suggests again to me the performance was filmed earlier than events which unfolded.

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