Nobody else, that I have seen, has mentioned this but does anyone think that Jeannie is just an unbearable, spoiled brat? Maybe I'm a softee when it comes to my dad but one, I would never talk to him that way, and two I'd do what I could do be around and take care of my dad if my mom passed away. And as inconvenient as it would be, if my dad showed up on my door step, I wouldn't tell him to go home, I'd invite him in and have him stay. It's my dad!
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Obviously you're not a father or a therapist (OP).
She has issues just like everyone else does. Insecurities, uncertainties, and obviously (assuming you watched the movie) a mundane life and husband.
Watching a movie like this and saying "what a brat, why I outta" is taking the whole movie experience the wrong way. ESPECIALLY a character study like this.
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I LOVE Hope Davis and I thought she gave a great performance, but you're right....Jeannie's a DETESTABLE character.
shareShe was awful. I caught it again the other night and noticed something she had said. When Warren called to say he was coming in early to see her and help out, she told him no, to stick with the plan. When he finally gets there and suffers that neck strain, she says something like, "We are holding things together here by a thread over the last few weeks while you were out on your "vacation"". What a horrible character.
shareJeannie was selfish, narcissistic, judgmental and angry -- just like her father. Her behavior toward her dad is the result of a dysfunctional and disconnected relationship with him. As hard as it is to feel sympathetic toward her, she's not a bad person; she's an apple from Warren Schmidt's tree.
shareWarren should've beat her when she was a child.
shareI agree, she was really mean to him. Then he offered to help and she said no and then when he hurt his back on the waterbed she was pissed that now she needed his help, they were barely holding this together "while he was out on his little trip". Hello! He went on a "little trip" because you told him not to come!!
shareshe needed to loosen up! maybe go on a road trip herself.
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Yeah really what a biotch. He asked to help weeks earlier, but she blew him off. And then he hurts his back 1 day before the wedding and she throws a biotch fit and physically swipes her fiance. What a little brat.
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Yep, she deserved a belt whipping! She left the next day. Poor dad. Unless your parents locked you in a closet and molest you, you take care of them.
Come on, Franklin! It'll be a fun trip!
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Even if, as it's implied, Warren Schmidt was a distant and unavailable father, he did nothing to deserve the almost hateful and contemptuous treatment by Jeannie. She missed no opportunity to insult and humiliate him, at every opportunity, either by complaining about the casket or about how he wasn't helping enough with the wedding (all the while demanding his money for it and refusing his earlier offer to come over sooner to help).
With a daughter like that, you can very well see why Warren felt lonely and isolated during most of his life.
You guys are ignoring that Jeannie was also the product of her petty, caviling mother as well as her distant, shallow, stingy father. Plus she was an only child. How could she NOT come out shallow and spoiled? From whom could she learn to be a sensitive, caring, generous person? All things considered, I think she came out pretty good.
Another good thing is that her sex life with Randall was "white-hot", according to Randall's mother. She yelled at Randall under pressure but she loved him deeply. You can see it in her face at the wedding. They'll "always be able to work our their problems in between the sheets".
Maybe Jeannie got that side from her mother, which is why the Mom had the affair so many years ago.
You guys are ignoring that Jeannie was also the product of her petty, caviling mother as well as her distant, shallow, stingy father. Plus she was an only child. How could she NOT come out shallow and spoiled? From whom could she learn to be a sensitive, caring, generous person? All things considered, I think she came out pretty good.
Another good thing is that her sex life with Randall was "white-hot", according to Randall's mother. She yelled at Randall under pressure but she loved him deeply. You can see it in her face at the wedding. They'll "always be able to work our their problems in between the sheets".
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Jeannie and Warren have a complicated daughter/father relationship. As many people have pointed out, Warren was emotionally distant. Jeannie certainly was not very nice to her Dad. However, it is worth pointing out that both of them loved each other even if they were not able to show it but more importantly, both of them were going through big changes. Jeannie just lost her mother while at the same time was getting ready for her wedding. It is not unusual for people not act at their best when they are going through changes. I always like to say that both weddings and funerals bring out the best in people and the worst in people at the same time. In any case, I want to point out that in the movie, everything is seen from Warren's view-point. Hence, I think that is the reason why people are able to see redeeming qualities in Warren and not Jeannie.
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