In real life a man like this would most likely land in jail for corruption of a minor. Also, another example of how young boys can be exposed to sexual humor and ridicule from adults yet with young girls it's a no-no.
Seems to suggest too that a good way to bond with a child is through immoral and obscene behavior.
Yes mommy. i will do my chores now and never look at girls....what planet do you live on?
There is nothing immoral about looking at breasts or talking about sex. if anything its natural and educational.
Others may like what you hate - deal with it.
Yes mommy. i will do my chores now and never look at girls....what planet do you live on?
There is nothing immoral about looking at breasts or talking about sex. if anything its natural and educational.
Seems to suggest too that a good way to bond with a child is through immoral and obscene behavior.
That, unfortunately, is probably why this movie didn't do very well. I thought it was hilarious; then watched it again later. The second time, I began to see why a lot of people didn't like this. Giving shots of Wild Turkey to a 10 year-old is NEVER a good idea. The "boobs" . . . that's a tough call. In today's world, it's probably naive to think a 10 year old boy hasn't seen boobs, and the scene was done about as well as it could have been done. Still . . . it's telling that (in the special features) they make a point of telling you that the kid was not there when they did the scene, but that just makes it worse. It's OK for a 10 yr old "actor," but not cool for a real 10 year old. I think they might have thought these things were clues as to how "hip" this kid was under that cutesy exterior. And Jason Bateman can liven up just about any material he's handed.
shareIt's friggen comedy. Lighten up.
shareIt's a movie who cares
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That'd be a fuc|<ed up turn, if the movie took it. Imagine the clip they'd show at the Oscars...
shareWhoever actually wrote this movie SHOULD be in jail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gCBiJ3QJnk&feature=player_embedded
Is it a free country or not?
Don't like it? Go back to Russia.
...and following your thinking...All great horror film writters should be in psych wards then?
shareAnd when we were kids we watched movies/TV shows that "encouraged" us to drop anvils and safes on peoples heads. All these years later and I've yet to drop either on someone's head.
shareWell of course not. Anvils and safes are damn heavy. It's so much easier to just smack them in the head with a baseball bat.
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"And when we were kids we watched movies/TV shows that "encouraged" us to drop anvils and safes on peoples heads. All these years later and I've yet to drop either on someone's head."
Technically he kidnapped a minor and gave him alcohol,
took him out shoplifting,
then exposed him to a prostitute who flashed her boobs.
Yah, jail would be involved.
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It's funny how you miss that (or overlook it) the first time, but if you watch it again later, you think, "Wait a minute . . . . WHAT is he handing that kid??" And although Jason Bateman can liven up just about anything, even he couldn't pull that one off.
shareThe whole idea of movies like this is to see people do things you wish you could do and not go to jail. It's called living vicariously. Take away that element and you can just shut down the movie industry.
shareYeahhhhh . . . but this was a bit much - and I'm noooo prude. I think they definitely had something here, in the Christopher Guest "Best in Show" mold, but it needed work to bring it down to the "Pretty Woman" plateau (where everybody had forgotten 1/3 of the way through that Julia Roberts was a ho' - she WAS A HO' (and not even a classy, high-end one - and it made her the biggest star in history. So it can be done). Jason Bateman made a point of saying that he played the main character because "everyone else said no" - which should have told him something. That said, I can't think of anybody who could have played that part better. Maybe if he had drunk most of the shot, and just given the boy a taste . . . and not shoplifted. The boobs . . . tough call. It was done about as well as it could have been, and it's pretty naive to think young boys haven't seen boobs (and I have to admit I laughed out loud when he said, "F-ck the ice cream, how much to touch them?" I also laughed out loud at the sex (?) scene, but . . .
Like I said, they had something here, and I can definitely appreciate black comedy, but they don't usually have 9 year-olds in them. It needed more script work.