Movies like this are inundated with characters that are emotionally crippled, conceded, selfish little snots that just repel me as a viewer. I'll pay good money to watch a movie that will put a character like that girl in their place. I actually paused to movie at one point to let my daughter know that if she acts remotely close to that while we're being chased by bad guys, I'm leaving her behind to die.
shareI was confused why her step mom would let her talk to her that way myself.
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Thank you! Yes! And the son needed to stop being such a fag.
share"I was confused why her step mom would let her talk to her that way myself."
I was too. They show her that way many times (that scene in the bedroom was just over the top) and make you wait until darn near the end to know why. I mean after she explained it you kind of had to feel a little bad for her. But it was hard because you spent more than 3/4 of the movie shaking your head.
The whole time she was going off on her step-ex-step-mom was just to hard to take.
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I actually cant stand ANY obnoxious pre teens in ANY movie!!!!! in fact, i cant stand them in real life either!!!!
i watched about a half an hour of this movie, and straight away she bugged the crap outta me!!! what were we supposed to do???? feel sorry for her??? think she was "hilarious" and "comedy gold" in her role??!!
not a hope!!
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I agree.
I know it's just a movie, but I really did feel bad for "Bob Ho" (Chan), in the movie.
The oldest daughter and the boy were such major a**holes (I suppose it's good acting on their part since they were meant to be unlikeable), to him.
Anyone who was in the same position would have wanted to smack the crap out of them. I honestly could not stand them.
It would have been great if that older daughter especially got her comeuppance in the movie. But I knew for a kid's movie, that would have been very unlikely to happen.
hated the kids too
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Movies like this are inundated with characters that are emotionally crippled, conceded, selfish little snots that just repel me as a viewer. I'll pay good money to watch a movie that will put a character like that girl in their place. I actually paused to movie at one point to let my daughter know that if she acts remotely close to that while we're being chased by bad guys, I'm leaving her behind to die.
Movies like this are inundated with characters that are emotionally crippled, conceded, selfish little snots that just repel me as a viewer. I'll pay good money to watch a movie that will put a character like that girl in their place. I actually paused to movie at one point to let my daughter know that if she acts remotely close to that while we're being chased by bad guys, I'm leaving her behind to die.
You hit the nail on the head when you described all of this family's dysfunction. I know it's "just a movie" but let's face it. The mother is spoiling the daughter rotten trying to compensate for her lack of a father figure. This happens a lot in real life. At one point she turns against Bob, lashing out and even striking him in a psychotic meltdown. If he had any sense he would run from such a relationship. If she did it once, there is no guarantee she won't do it again sometime down the road.
Sure, the script calls for the daughter to get an attitude adjustment, but in real life a spoiled child is going to want to stay that way. Should Bob try to discipline her for her own good to try to keep her from continuing her self-destructive behavior, all the kid needs to do is cry to mommy and manipulate her to take her side against the new father's correction.
Bob is an outsider, a Johnny-come-lately. In real life I doubt he would ever be afforded equal status in the family. He might even be resented by the kids who see him as a reminder that they didn't have a real father. He might spend the remainder of his life trying to get the kids to accept him completely, with the kids sensing his insecurity and milking it for all it's worth.
And then, there's a snot-nosed kid who can bypass top-level CIA security with a couple key strokes. OMG don't get me started! LOL Kinda amateurish writing all around, and borderline plagiarism maybe, given all the similarities to other movies.