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Was anybody else bothered by this?

posted 11 years ago by olliemankz
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I am sometimes completely perplexed by characters who seem to live lifestyles beyond their means.

I had heard Chicago is an expensive place in which to live. I can understand Nate having had his own apartment ... maybe a parent was well-to-do ... but Margaret? Then she shows up in a car. Granted, by the age of 52 she might have been able to amass those things, but it still seemed she was well fixed for someone working in a coffee shop.

Also, when ... spoiler alert ... Nate pointed the police officer to James and his collection of under-age porn, I felt that was a bit out of character for Nate. That could have landed James in a lot of hot water. Was that not something for which James could be arrested, or are we to assume he didn't really have any underage porn and Nate was just trying to make trouble for him, or that the officer wouldn't really follow up? It did elicit the one hoot from me ... the movie was quietly funny, not laugh-out-loud funny to me. But Nate didn't seem the type to exact such retribution.

[–] inforlonghaul 10 years ago

Perhaps the apartments they were living in were in areas for lower income people. Might explain why she was able to afford rent.

As for the car deal, I was under the assumption the money to get the car came from her standup gigs.

Nate's outburst at the restaurant was seemed out of character for him, but then again, he also blew up on Margaret after the robbery, but I think it was a culmination of the issues he was having with James, especially after Jame dragged him out of Margaret's dinner to the deejay thing as a way to get back at his ex-boyfriend and trying to treat Nate like a prize/trophy.

As for the underage porn jab, I think it was just a way to get back at James and that it wasn't anything serious. He was really pissed off at James and I flat out got the impression Nate started to hate him after the comments he was making at the table. However, in reality, making that claim could've warranted serious slandering consequences for Nate if the allegations turned out to be false.

[–] olliemankz 10 years ago

Thank you for your thoughtful replies to every question. I think I missed the part about the gigs giving Margaret the opportunity to have a car.

Good movie. I would watch it again. :)

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5947) 3 years ago

What bothered me was all the gaslighting. Could have been titled Gaslighting 101.