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The Girl Whose Party it is Plot Hole

posted 13 years ago by punxgurrl
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So if she just graduated from high school, why are her parents out of town? Wouldn't they have been there to see her graduate, and if they did, why go out of town immediately afterwards? It's something that always bothered me and it's a total plot hole.

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[–] punxgurrl 13 years ago

Her parents going out of town on the day/night she *graduates from high school*. If you don't think that's weird for parents to leave their kid on the weekend they graduate from high school, I can't explain further.

[–] chingon_85 13 years ago

perhaps the parents let her have a party as a graduation gift and left the house all to herself while the folks went out and did their own thing

[–] brifitz1980 11 years ago

That's what I always figured. She probably asked them if she could use the house and them not be there, since kids that age usually don't want to party with parents. If graduation was on Friday "out of town" could just mean on Saturday morning they drove to some bed & breakfast a few hours away with plans to return on Sunday night.

Heck, they probably even said "you are an adult now and we trust that you won't let things get out of hand and trash the place." Hence the reason she spends the whole movie trying to keep anything from getting broken or damaged.

[–] johnston.scot 11 years ago

It's not a plot hole, it's just an unexplained detail.

Would the movie have been improved if they had inserted a scene in which her parents explain why they're leaving and drive off in a Volvo? I don't think so.

[–] varangian1044 8 years ago

She murdered them in their bedroom. That's why she didn't want anyone going in there. Then someone found the bodies and put their heads in the refrigerator.

[–] johnston.scot 8 years ago

Okay, maybe that would've improved the movie. Or at least modified the tone slightly.

[–] TMC-4 (20130) 6 years ago

I don't know for sure if this can be considered another plothole, but doesn't Amanda already have some inkling about who Preston is? When the "Reminiscing Guy" is talking to him on the couch, Amanda is on the other end smiling. I mean, she in that scene heard Preston's voice and presumably, saw him out of the corner of her eye.

[–] TMC-4 (20130) 3 years ago

It just occurred to me that other than Jenna Elfman and maybe Jerry O'Connell's characters, there really aren't any "adult" characters in Can't Hardly Wait. We just don't see the parents, we also don't see any teachers at the gang's high school (it takes place post graduation, so it would be expected).