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Dreadful movie

posted 14 years ago by Stirchley
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Dreadful movie and had to bail out before the end.

Some of the most ludicrous events in the movie:

If I saw one more scene of the entire family in the bathroom, I would scream. And a small boy taking a bath with his fully developed older sister? Yes, that's a likely event.

The very first scene was so lame. Those guys couldn't play hockey on skates to save their lives. Only some halfway decent editing saved that scene.

The older sister spent all her time in a bikini sunbathing on a sunlounger. Even though there was absolutely no sun and she was as white as a sheet.

What finished me off, I think, was when they put the cat on a tether. So cruel to do that to a cat. That was the final straw for me in this very very odd boring movie.

[–] LusitanWanderer 14 years ago

I also found the film rather boring but not because of any of those scenes as they can perfectly happen but I just disliked the 'group craziness' in building up a giant concrete wall instead of adding new bedrooms to the house.
I think if this is meant to be a parable then just let it be but mixing a profound and sincere realism during the first hour and then just change the whole thing I found it quite a bad option.

youngsters dont make mistakes, they try new things n besides, brains r overrated!

[–] Mejano 14 years ago

I think the bath scenes were meant to show the closeness of the family unit and the daughter sunbathing purely because she was bored, with nothing better to do.

Also the French do not have the same hang-ups about nudity as some other countries so the nudity could be valid.

As for the cat, I think they were just trying to keep it safe, just locking it in would have also seemed cruel.

I totally enjoyed the movie and so did a few others looking at the rating, but hey, we all have different tastes :-)

[–] sean272001 14 years ago

Well those reasons really sucked.

Can't believe you expected a professional hockey team instead of a family having fun.

The cat was put on a tether to stop it running into the road. They gave it plenty of room.

The eldest daughter had nothing else to do.

The family in the bathroom just showed how close they were.

I know this film isn't for everyone but was there any need to embarrass yourself with very lame reasons.

[–] samzpan 12 years ago

very well written intelligent reply; the original person who posted this thread is probably enjoying the latest Disney animation even as I write. I do have a problem with the director Ursula Meier. The interview on the DVD was very revealing. I wonder if she is a lesbian. She gushes about the women who played the 2 daughters and barely speaks of the young boy, who I thought ran off with the film. His acting in this flick was fantastic, much more was demanded of him than anyone else including Isabelle Huppert. I also found it strange that she thought the father figure should emulate Sean Penn and then says "he should act more feminine"! I liked the movie but felt it sort of collapsed in the last 20 minutes, but until that point it was almost believable.

[–] PoppyTransfusion 11 years ago

The boy Julien was played by Kacey Mottet Klein whom Meier cast in her 2012 film Sister. Even if she didn't gush about him she clearly rated him as a child actor. He was great in Home and brilliant in Sister.

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