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the Daughter

posted 14 years ago by iferleigh
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I'm almost halfway through the movie and I have to say, I hate the daughter already. I don't know what happens, but for some reason, I hate her. She's self-centered, she imagines things about her mother, she's annoying (she's just barged into her friend's house and is currently grabbing cereals and making a bit of a mess--hate that) and she seems pathetic.

I mean, her mother is fun, flamboyant and obviously very good with people and her daughter is obviously the opposite, it's amazing she's the supposed New Yorker in the story. She's a shrinking violet and apparently, blames it on her mother. She fades into the background around mom because, hell, it's her fault. She's a wimp, clearly, but why blame it on mom?

I hate how she blames so much on her mother and can't seem to accept some of the fault herself when she too clearly has them.

And no, I am not an old person. I'm 19.

[–] Val-El 13 years ago

Tell me you really didn't see all of the stupid (no, I mean REALLY STUPID) things she did to her daughter in this movie!?!?!?
Don't get me wrong, the mother WAS awesome, she had serious issues, but I liked her.

But don't give the mother a free pass!

[–] imdb-12103 12 years ago

You're only 19, so wait until you're older, have a job, an apartment, a promotion and and then ask yourself how you would feel if your mother came to town--without saying anything--to stay indefinitely. When she is with you all she does is try to change you, and invade your life.

I'm sorry, but the mother seemed to have never have grown up. Her daughter has her life and responsibilities. She is no longer 10. If your really just want to spend time with her, do that and stop trying to run her life. This is especially important when you have barely been a part of it for the last 8 years. A grown adult would stop trying to invite herself, or guilt an invitation, to accompany her daughter on work assignments.

I keep wonder what her mother would have said if her her daughter showed up on the cruise ship and kept jumping up on stage to dance and sing with her in the middle of her performance. Constantly invading her work meals is no different. It is her job, and mom should stay out of it. I couldn't believe she also mooched that Dom off of the expense account. I'd be ashamed if my mother ever tried that. Champagne is not required for the job of a food critic, unless they are also intended to be a wine critic. If I was the employer, I'd force her to pay for it as it is nothing more than flagrant theft. I bet that would make the daughter really happy!

[As an aside, too many people abuse expense accounts. What ever happened to simple ethics?]

Now I will say the daughter should have kicked her out sooner, but it falls on her that she lets her mother treat her that way. She should have been more forceful in explaining the boundaries and then stuck to them. It is her house, and her rules, mom has to learn that. Nice switch from the normal adult/teenager roles.

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[–] Rajesh_pimp06 10 years ago

I don't hate the daughter, she basically said her feelings towards her mother were down to how her mother treated her when she was a child. that was the mother's fault. It isn't a child's responsibility to take care of themselves. I don't blame the daughter for being angry with the self absorbed, shallow mother who pretty much messed up her life when she was growing up. Just because the mother comes across as a laugh, she gets a free pass? The daughter should not have forgiven her at all.