WOW. That kid was ANNOYING
That was irritating.
She talked way too much. They gave her too many lines.
I Agree 100%
shareI agree as well. She talks about wanting to be treated like and adult and not called by little baby names any more then spends more than half the movie hanging on to her little baby doll, she can't seem to grow up without. (it actually gets them found). The other half of the movie whimpering like a 3 year old.
share-and when she goes outside to warn her parents, screaming her lungs out. Nothing like drawing attention to the issue. That part just bugged me - not the kids fault; it's the writer and the director. AND they go outside to hide the evidence of the ash - but the place is a burned out absolute mess. That's when it lost me. Would have been better if she mentioned the ash, and the dad said "You think they'll see a little bit of ash in the apocalyptic burned out hell hole up there? "
shareIt appears only one person in this thread recognized the young girl for what she is: A. Young. Girl. She's not an adult. She's a child. Have none of you been around a child recently? Children WANT to be treated like adults and not children - even though they have no idea how to be an adult. It's why children are referred to as "children" and not "adults".
The actress did a terrific job acting like a child who has spent nearly a year surrounded only by two adults and no children - of course she is going to want to be seen as an adult . . . yet still very much be a child inside.
I'm baffled by how many "adults" expect a child to act like an adult.
Not like an adult ... but just not like a completely stupid brat, despite being actually not stupid at all.
Like someone else already said, it's not about the kid, it's about the totally retarded writers/directors!
I know tons of children her age who act according to it, yet way more sensible and comprehensible.
Not in a situation like this, presumably, but anyway I wouldn't know where to begin seeing this mess.
The first half wasn't that bad, the third quarter it went downhill, the last one was almost unbearable.
Let the children (co-)write the script; you bet a lot of it would make a lot more sense -- no nonsense.
Except, the movie depicts an extraordinary situation and children in tough situations over longer periods of time mature faster and adjust to the tough situation, i.e. grow up faster. Now the dad kept *beep* this process up and you can see how annoyed the mom is from the getgo. Be that as it may, the girl was still annoying as *beep*. Whether it was the acting or directing or writing is secondary, the kid got on a lot of people's nerves, period.
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