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Plot hole

posted 11 years ago by JaneSchmo
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Let's pretend you hire someone to look after your nutjob uncle.

Let's pretend he instead lets your nutjob uncle fly him over two American states and the two of them crash your father's Thanksgiving dinner, leading to your uncle attacking your brother.

They would IMMEDIATELY call you at your in-law's home. IMMEDIATELY. In a world where everyone has a landline and some people have cell phones, they'd contact you right away. Your parents would contact you. Your own brother would definitely contact you, to tell you exactly what your charge and employee have been up to.

This is what the conversation would go like:

"You know that kid you hired to look after Frank? HE'S HERE. Yes, here. WITH FRANK! No, they aren't in New Hampshire! He did a hell of a job, let me tell you that! Hell of a job! How did he let himself get manipulated like that by an old blind man?! Boy, he screwed up! You want me to give you the phone so you can chew him out yourself? Wait, you are in New York, too, right? As soon as dinner is over, could you come here and fetch him and drive him back home? Yeah, I'm not trusting that kid to get him back to New Hampshire. Duh. That kid can't be trusted with HIMSELF! He's FIRED!"

And that would have been the end of their little escapade.

[–] mikeyg24 11 years ago

Yes whatever makes you happy!

Yours sincerely, General Joseph Liebgott

[–] kr196 10 years ago

Not a plot hole. Learn what one is please

[–] Traianus 10 years ago

They would IMMEDIATELY call you at your in-law's home. IMMEDIATELY.

Just because you and your family would doesn't mean they and their family would. You presume to know based on your experiences.

You don't know the nature of the relationship between Frank and his brother. It could be possible that William tried to do stuff like that - call people, get them to keep Frank in line, etc. - but Frank kept being Frank and breaking boundaries and Willie got tired of trying to keep him in line. Willie might be well beyond giving a crap or might have reached a conclusion that Frank is going to be Frank and get loose no matter what people try to do to keep him in line.

Notice they don't really seem all that surprised when Frank arrives for Thanksgiving.

This isn't necessarily the first time Frank has ventured out on his own or done something crazy. In fact, it almost certainly isn't, based on what we can gather from the details of the film.

[–] maxtshea 10 years ago

Maybe the Slades did call the Rossis and got the answering machine. The Rossis left for Albany, remember? Who says Mrs. Rossi told Mr. Slade where they were going for Thanksgiving? Not all families are close knit families. Even if the Slades reached Mrs. Rossi, what was she going to do? Was she going to call the cops? Even if Mrs. Rossi did call the cops, the Colonel and Charlie would be back in NH before the cops could find them. Let's suppose Mr. Slade did get Mrs. Rossi on the blower while Frank was at their house. Frank would have had NO trouble smooth-talking his way out of the situation, just as he did every other. We're talking about a blind man who gets pulled over driving a Ferrari and fools the cop!

[–] rscottcarlson 8 years ago

That wouldn't have made a very interesting movie.

[–] Bernnard_Black 8 years ago

I may be wrong because it's been a bit since I've seen this. But did anyone ever actually tell Frank's brother that he was supposed to stay home? I mean, it's not as if he's under house arrest. Maybe they didn't know what the plan really was?

Either way, I'm fine with it.

Whores will have their trinkets.

[–] eelb53 (36) 5 years ago

Given the difference in the standard of living between the daughter and her parents, it's possible she's estranged from the family for not meeting their expectations, and there's no communication between the two.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 5 years ago

Well when they got back the family was already home and they didn't come running out "Oh my God where were you?" so maybe they weren't expecting him to stay put to begin with.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

All the ridiculous scenarios in the movie and this is what you think is the big plot hole? I think you should rewatch the movie again because you missed several that were way worse than this.