Incest

I agree.

Plus, you have this whole thing where a film thick with British customs is seen by an American audience. Sometimes, I think American minds are always on the lookout for nefarious things, and when genuine innocent foreign customs are presented, some of us get the wrong vibe all too often. We immediately think "creepy". Some of us American really do need to get out and experience other countries more.

Yeah,strong bond... *looks around suspiciously*

The things I listed are in chronological order but I don't remember when it was said. We didn't see her say that. I thought Tim narrated that people thought they get along so well and Kate joked that she was his wife, but I could be wrong. I think I confused that with the part when Tim told Kate that she was the top person in his life, equal to his wife, after she was injured.

As a confirmed lifelong Anglophile, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I'm not completely positive about the meaning of piss-taker. I'm pretty sure, but not positive. You mean she takes the piss out of someone, right?




I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

It's been awhile since I've seen it it, but even if she does say it, many little girls think they will marry their dad one day. This is usually in healthy families where there is no hint of incest or inappropriate anything between parents and children. My dad was my hero. The first man I grew to know and adore. I still remember when they asked me who I was going to marry, and I said "Daddy", and they smiled and said "But mommy is married to daddy,". And I was like "Oh. Oh yeah." And that was the beginning of my understanding that my world had to get bigger. So then I said "Elvis!", lol. I was 3. (I have short term memory problems now, but my long term is oddly clear and I can remember being in my crib--being 2 yrs old, and it's as clear as if it happened yesterday.) In families where they are comfortable showing affection and talking about feelings, a little girl's dad is the first man in her life that she loves, and it's healthy for him to be that. An infant's entire world is it's parents, but that circle grows to include immediate family, extended family, friends, coworkers, etc as we get older. A little girl with a big brother who is good, will often adore him just like her father. In my case it was my uncles who were between 12 and 16 years older than me, and there was nothing weird about my relationships with them, and I still adore them to this day. The OP is way off here; there is nothing creepy about the relationship between brother and sister in this movie. I feel sorry (and I'm not being sarcastic) for people who didn't get to grow up in a family like mine or the one in this movie.


"All the external decorations are less important than giving yourself the gift of time." G. Bujold

The way they talk to each other is very cringey though - no brother says to his sister that she's the most wonderful person in the world (or whatever it is he says in this). It's very schmaltzy and unrealistic.