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Marcus cheated on Angela w/ Jacqueline?

posted 17 years ago by bribond72
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I put a question mark in there because we never really saw it, strangely but did see the aftermath. I remember I was only sort of paying attention at that point but I recall Jackie making a flirtatious remark to Marcus (clearly either wanting to prove she can have him even when he's with another woman, or is attracted by his new confidence because he's happy with Angela) and then the scene fades out and he comes in late at night and thinks he gets away with sneaking into bed with Angela. In the morning she is really pissed off at him and breaks it off but somewhere in there I missed that him coming in late clearly meant that he'd done it with Jackie again. Don't understand why in a film in which little was left unsaid, (2 hour running time is a lot for a comedy) why there was not a scene clarifying this act, which drives the rest of the film.

Any one else's thoughts?

[–] tildeya 17 years ago

I believe that Marcus didn't cheat with Jackie that time. It seems to me that in the film in which Angela is upset at Marcus is because that Marcus didn't seem confident about the relationship he has with her. He did say something like after he talked to Jacqueline he took a walk and feelings along with other emotions came up that he didn't know was still there. So it wasn't anything sexual happening that night but it wasn't enough for Angela because Marcus should have felt strong and committed with Angela whether he saw Jacquline or not. I think with that part of the film Marcus had to learn not only to be faithful physically but to be faithful emotionally.

[–] topdowg 17 years ago

I see your view tildeya but I was always of the opinion that his reason for being late was a lie/excuse and he was "with" Jackie (meaning sexual or not really wasn't important) although I seem to lean more towards yes he was sexual with her. Just my observaion.

[–] tildeya 17 years ago

Thanks for mentioning that, I used to think when the movie first came out that Marcus just saw Jacqueline for the sex that night and not for that commercial. However, an old friend of mine convinced me that nothing happened between them. I was just hoping that Marcus had better sense to think things over in his relationship with Angela rather than cheat on her. I guess for that character it can be pretty hard to break bad habbits.

[–] bdiddy83 17 years ago

He cheated on her, how couldn't he have with Jaqueline. He'll be back crawling to her cause jaqueline was a woman who get everything she wants

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[–] truhorrorfan1 16 years ago

To bribond72 and tildeya:

I think you both missed something...the night Marcus and Jacqueline met with those French businessmen, she came on to him and HE DID sleep with her...that's why he got home so late and "thought" he was sneaking into bed...towards the end of the movie (after Angela left him) Marcus realized he was in love with Angela and he broke things off with Jacqueline (without sleeping with her)

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[–] bribond72 17 years ago

That makes sense for me. I agree it could go either way but it is believable that he might have just spent time with Jacqueline.

[–] gljbradley 17 years ago

I agree. But, it could be most likely that he slept with her, meaning Jacqueline. And I don't blame Angela for being pissed because of him being dishonest and two timing.

[–] e_blakely 17 years ago

I believe he slept with her and he lied about the "taking a walk" line. I think they just didn't want to overdo it, up to that point in the movie you already had 2 love scenes between the two. I mean simply from a director's standpoint I would be kind of cautious myself to keep showing the same couple's love scene more than twice. I think 2 1/2 scenes did well enough (the half scene in which he rejects jacqueline.)

[–] Isaac5855 16 years ago

I think the point of this whole scenario was that Marcus stayed out all night when he had made a commitment to Angela and they were living together.

[–] luvursmile 12 years ago

Marcus may not have slept with Jacqueline that night but he still had feeling for her. It started in the scene right before that one. But I think he did cheat on her.

When Angela is showing him her painting. They are living together but when Marcus is on the phone with Jacqueline he tells her that Angela had just stopped by.

And then at breakfast Marcus tells Angela that seeing Jacqueline brought up a lot of feelings. Then he thanks her for making him a better man, a man that Jacqueline likes.

[–] DivaJ75 12 years ago

When he said she had just stopped by, that was the end of their relationship. It would have been only a matter of time.

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[–] General_Friday 12 years ago

Whether or not Marcus actually slept with Jacqueline is left up to speculation. IRL, it would be difficult to think that someone with Marcus' track record didn't sleep with her, but it is still uncertain.

What is certain is that Marcus was still emotionally attached to Jacqueline, and that was clearly what Angela was upset over. It was an emotional affair regardless if it was also physical, and those usually hurt much worse, especially to women.

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[–] jeffsh 11 years ago

Well if he hadnt slept with her I think he would have defended himself more when he got home. Any innocent man would protest in that situation, but knowing that he did do wrong he had no defense and had to try and win her back.

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[–] TheManWithTheHorn212 10 years ago

Marcus slept with Jacqueline. After Angela made him confront the fact that he still had feelings for Jacqueline, Marcus then conceded that old feelings resurfaced around Jacqueline and in his words "things happened".

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