She felt like she was in the movie to add the cliche twist to the film. She never meets her father or her younger sister. They almost made her into a love interest for Shia. Seriously I saw no need for this character. I like her as a actress but her role was a waste of time.
shareSeriously I saw no need for this character. I like her as a actress but her role was a waste of time.
The big reveal about Brit's role didn't make sense to me. She knows she is adopted, but doesn't know her parents were Nick Sloan and Mimi Lurie. Her adoptive father reveals that to the reporter (or at least enough for the reporter and the audience to figure it out.) WHY? He tells the reporter that if he writes the story, his daughter will be affected. How so, if she doesn't know who her real parents were? The only people who knew were the bio parents and the adoptive parents. She only became affected because her adoptive father told the reporter.
As for the OP, it's suggested that this connection that Mimi and Nick had, that they had a daughter together as well as the rest of their shared history, is why Mimi changed her mind at the end and turned herself in. So the character is needed.
You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi
He tells the reporter that if he writes the story, his daughter will be affected. How so, if she doesn't know who her real parents were?She will be affected because Shepard will put the story of the adoption in his article, she will read it, and she will discover who her real parents were. So what her adoptive father says to Shepard absolutely makes sense.
Without her character's existence, there would have been no motivation for Julie Christie's character to come forward.
Maybe her role could have been minimized, but having her meet Shia LeBeuf's character gave him the motivation he needed to do what he did.
So, I think the role WAS needed.
She is merely a plot device but I was glad to see Brit like always.
Lose the Game!!!!!!!
In the making of you see a quick shot from a deleted scene where she visits Julie Christie in prison. So they did do a birth Mother reunion scene but it got cut.
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Brit Marling is
1) the only reason I watched this film.
2) a crusial character. She was the child of Nick and Mimi, and they gave her up so that they could go on doing their sh*t.
Nick "I have a daughter..."
Mimi "I know."
Nick "She is 11, almost 12."
Mimi "Oh, what's her name?"
Mimi never looked back, but Nick did. He gave up his child so that She would have a life. Yes she knew she was adopted, but she didn't care. She loved her parents and didn't ask about her past. Her and Nick was never going to be a family, but her existence is what made Mimi turn herself in, so that Nick could have a life with his child. That life Mimi's actions prevented before.
X ~We are the people our parents warned us about
Shia Labeouf's role wasn't needed... Just tell the story from the perspective of Redford's character.
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"