Once he is convinced that the van is a piece of sh**, he runs over and beats up his friend for brokering the van deal with his dad (or grandpa or whatever). Did his friend knowingly rip him off? Surely the dad knew he was selling the kid a worthless van for too much money, but I wonder if the son knew any better.
shareit was the kid's uncle, and no, he didn't know better. even the uncle kept on trying to tell him to buy another truck, but wasn't going to pass on getting rid of the piece of *beep*
shareGot it. What an A hole that uncle was then, ripping off a little kid like that. Thanks!
shareExactly, Ale wasn't going to listen because he is a kid who thinks he has all the answers already. When he finally comes to the realization that running a business isn't so easy he still refuses to listen. I suppose at least he had dreams but there are no short cuts in life.
shareI think the kid who wanted to buy the track was an a-hole. Because when I was
a kid I still wasn't stupid enough to buy something that looked like a complete
turd. This kid is supposed to be street-wise. It was just one more obnoxious
part of an obnoxious movie about an obnoxious kid with an obnoxious, shrill
voice. God this movie sucked.
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His hopes and dreams overshadowed reality...his only focus was protecting and caring for his sister.
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He actually wanted his sister to 'work', when he knew what her work was.
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He wanted her to have something better.
I imagine any father or brother would be saddened, angry and ashamed to learn a female in the family was a prostitute. He was conflicted in his emotions. Plus, he's a little kid. Not exactly well-equipped to handle the many emotions he was feeling.
When he said to her that she needed to work, he did not mean she needed to go orally copulate some john.
When he said to her that she needed to work, he did not mean she needed to go orally copulate some john.Well, at the moment, I think that's exactly what he did mean. That's why there was that uncomfortable long moment of silence as he and his sister stare at each other, and why the camera holds her disappointed expression when he turns his back and walks away.
"mnoe" is absolutely correct here. The director even admits it in the commentary, for those who couldn't read it plain as day in the scene itself.
Yeah, I don't get this part. The kid has a pretty good idea of bodywork, they know what a food cart is supposed to look like, they are surrounded by mechanics and hustlers who can give them advice, they know the value of money, but they get ripped off? Fine, dream your dreams, but there is no excuse for handing over such a big pile of cash.
shareIt seemed realistic to me. We know the kid is amazingly precocious at hustling and that he really appears to know the value of things (see the scene where he looks over a customer's car and comes up with a competitive quote for repairs). But how much of that is real understanding and how much of it is repeating stuff he's heard and faking it? When he's on his own, as in the case of the food truck, his youthfulness shows through - he has some major blind spots in his ability to assess value.
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