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Kind of a silly movie... possible spoilers?

posted 11 years ago by perfectjade
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I'm not even done with it yet, but almost, but I accidentally read a spoiler so I know the ending, but that's besides the point. I mean, are crazy and stupid the same thing now? I mean, up until her sister moved in she managed to have a decent reputation it appeared. Everything everyone did was stupid.

The mom was a cop, for at least 15 years. She sure acted like she didn't know anything about anything let alone have any sort of common sense. She took every step EXCEPT telling her sister she could not live there. She gave her sister that pen which was just stupid all the way around. And why would you put a lock on your daughter's door if you constantly have to run in for her night terrors? Why didn't she file a police report instead of running off with her partners gun when her daughter was taken? Every time she was given two choices she made the wrong one every single time.

Then stupid Emily runs off camping against her mom's wishes, knowing the sister was in an institution. She really thinks there's no reason her mother is taking all these extra security matters?

And the sister thought she could just take a teenager over her mother's objections? I realize it's really her daughter but that scene was just stupid the way it played out.

Then the partner decides to drag the fiancee in on all of it... What the heck was going on in this movie??? Can't say it was boring though.

I guess the ending twist was good, but not sure it redeems the rest of it.

[–] movlov15 11 years ago

Then stupid Emily runs off camping against her mom's wishes, knowing the sister was in an institution. She really thinks there's no reason her mother is taking all these extra security matters?

I agree, that part bugged me. She doesn't even know this woman, but she's believing her over her mother (well, the woman pretending to be her mother). But hey, teenagers don't think straight - and sometimes they don't even think. They think they know everything.

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[–] QueenofDisaster 11 years ago

Yes she was reversing and lying about the flashbacks.

Jane was truly the jealous and unstable sister. She murdered her brother in law and tried to kill Cassidy. She lied to police and said Cassidy was borderline and unstable since childhood and it was a murder-suicide attempt. Jane was a cop so that's probably why she was able to stage the scene so well. She saved the baby after she almost drowned when her dad was shot while bathing her. The cops believed Jane's story and gave her custody.

Because of Cassidy's electric shock treatments she lost her memory of the incident for many years but it suddenly all came back to her.

I'm the sweetest bitch you'll ever meet.

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[–] QueenofDisaster 11 years ago

You're welcome

I'm the sweetest bitch you'll ever meet.

[–] aw2005 11 years ago

I wasn't clear on the ending either. Thanks for posting this! I really appreciate it!

[–] QueenofDisaster 11 years ago

The twist answered a lot of questions except for why the fiance and Emily's love interest were in the movie at all and why Emily was a teenager who acted and behaved like a 5yr old. Her having a phobia had nothing to do with her being so stupid and gullible..lol

I'm the sweetest bitch you'll ever meet.

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[–] QueenofDisaster 11 years ago

I didn't think it was creepy. Just a sign of the times. I believe the purpose of that scene was to show how long Cassidy was locked away. She thought CDs were still popular.

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[–] lighthouses 11 years ago

Lol, you must be an 80s baby like me. :) Teens these days don't use CDs. But still, even if this was 1998, not having a CD player wouldn't automatically be a sign of immaturity. It could just be a sign of parents wanting to raise their kids more "organically," kind of like parents who don't have televisions in their household.

[–] lakealice 11 years ago

This movie was completely ridiculous! Noone can be kept for 15 years in a mental hospital without being actually mentally ill, and Cassidy wasn't. She may have had some sort of temporary emotional breakdown over the earlier violent episode, but psychiatrists can distinguish between that and true mental illness. Also, patients cannot be held against their will for any length of time.
I know many movies have been based on this plot---someone unfairly locked up in a mental institution--but that just makes the medical profession look like idiots who can't diagnose, and just naively believe the word of a jealous or mean family member. According to this movie, the police and courts can't figure out who shot whom ,either.

This movie was watchable, anyway, because of the strong performances of the two women. However, The daughter's acting was painful to watch, and the other actors seemed flat (and full of Canadian accents in what was supposed to be the American Northwest).

[–] the-academy-isanti 11 years ago

I'm sure you can be kept in a mental institution for more than 15 years if you kill your family because of a mental illness. I highly doubt that if you are declared, guilty but mentally ill, you can just walk out like that LOL.

Anyways, only thing that didn't make sense to me was why in the world would she take the blame for her sister. I understand the confusion at first (wives/husbands are usually the first suspects), but I'm sure the evidence would've pointed to the sister. The gun powder residue would've been all over the sister.

I'm assumming the sister just took all the blame and I have no idea why, maybe in her mental breakdown she thought it was really her who did it. They should've clarify that a little bit more in the movie.