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Ending did not make sense

posted 13 years ago by lauraannxoxo-1
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Did anyone else feel like the ending required some additional explanation? One moment the younger daughter is determined that her mom rejoin the family and the older daughter is starting to come around to giving the mom a second chance, and then all of a sudden the dad and daughters are leaving with their new friends. I thought the dad was going to go back to the states and the daughters would stay and spend time with their mom, but instead the dad and daughters leave together and they don't say what happened with the mom.

[–] kahleth 12 years ago

I think they all eventually realized that the 'mom' was just trying to buy their love back with expensive gifts. She had not changed.

You can't buy love.

[–] imabe 10 years ago

I just saw the film. I have to 100% agree with you. I thought the same thing. She even tried to by Dan's love by rigging his bid for the mall contract. She was devious and thought her feminine wiles would work to get her family back. She didn't deserve them IMHO. I was proud of Dan for not giving her her way. I think Blair helped him to realize that he didn't have to just so the girls could be with their mother. Most of that is something that I have learned but, sometimes people don't notice things like that for what they are.

[–] Heroforsale1959 8 years ago

Saw this for the first time last Christmas and thought the ending was a trifle rushed. I don't see how the younger daughter would have simply walked away from her mother unless there was some dialogue that was cut that could explain it.

Overall though I liked the movie, the bitchy to cute and caring daughter, the morose to open son all added to a fun film with a moral in it that money cant buy love.

Si vis pacem, para bellum

[–] ChristmasStan 8 years ago

TV films are bound to a running time. I felt the ending made perfect sense. Its not ambiguous if you are over 12.

The reality is the mom would of kept the daughters until New Years. Putting that aside the ending was fine.