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100 things I learned from 'Enough'

posted 15 years ago by mlena721
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Now, don't get me wrong, I liked this movie somewhat. It's not great, it's not horrible. But I liked watching it. But here are some RIDICULOUS points:

1. If you don't want your daughter being "tainted" by shelters for abused mothers, take her from city to city, change her name as well as yours. Have her meet several men such as her estranged grandfather and your ex boyfriend, and have a high speed car chase with people chasing you. That will help her have a normal childhood.

2. When your new husband makes a threat to a strange man just to buy his house, that means he's a loving husband.

3. When your father-figure boss finds you some family's house to stay at when you have no where else to go be sure to insult their ethnic cuisine. ("What IS this??" "It's food." As though they were eating out of a garbage.)

[–] yowigginz 15 years ago

This movie taught me that if I want to escape from my abusive husband in the middle of the night to make sure I keep extra bottles of water around to make it sound like Im in the bathroom peeing so that I can make my getaway and hopefully he buys it!

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[–] TruE_stAr19 15 years ago

11. Self defense. is not... murder!

Bishop O'Hara: You took a vow of hospitality for all in need.
Rev. Mother: I lied.

[–] blackballoon05 15 years ago

12. Slim doesnt know how long it takes to trace a call
13. Gracie doesnt think J.Lo is that "slim"

ps. im watching this movie right now, and i dont think the line "its food" is meant to say "its garbage." I think she means it more like, dont complain, we could be living on the street.

~ wanting to be someone you're not is a waste of the person you are - Kurt Cobain ~

[–] mlena721 15 years ago

I like #7.
But seriously, my #3 really bothered me. That were they like Greek or Middle Eastern? Is that SOOOOO crazy and strange that the food is considered garbage?!?

[–] coldnaps 9 years ago

Yes. The food is actually good unless you have no palate

[–] peerlessneil 15 years ago

1. We can't control the universe.

[–] rosek102 15 years ago

If you're trying to escape from your husband in the middle of the night, overturning a bottle of water in the toilet to make it sound like you're peeing while you put on your clothes is a better idea than, say, turning on the shower or the sink. After all, it's realistic to pee for several minutes without stopping, and your husband won't think that's the least bit odd.

Maintaining phone contact with your mother-in-law is a fine idea when you are attempting to flee from her abusive son.

Change your name and your kid's name enough times, and she's eventually gonna just tell people she doesn't know her name.

[–] fiatlux-1 15 years ago

15. You have a divine, animal right to defend your own life, and the life of your offspring.

Seriously though, why didn't she slip a sleeping pill in his wine or something and then try to escape?
16. Shelters are apparently bad. [sarcasm]
What the hell is wrong with a shelter?! Oh yeah its much better to mope in a depressing motel or on the stairs of your ne'er do well denying father.
17. Your husband is figuratively imprisoning you, cheating on you, threatening you, and beating you and you want to escape...but you don't call the police and have him in jail BECAUSE he's the father of your child.
18. You're desperate enough to set a bottle of water on a toilet seat to make pee sounds and to hide a bag, but don't have your husband arrested SO YOU CAN USE THAT TIME TO ESCAPE.

"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

[–] blastergas1919 15 years ago

You missed number 4

Your totally loving and devoted husband can suddenly turn into a cheating neaderthal that beats the crap out of you with no warning.

[–] prettyplease86 15 years ago

Rich people can't afford coffee makers with automatic shut-off.
Cut your hair short and don't dye it because your husband won't know it is you.
Credit cards leave a trail and always pay with cash!

[–] hunterraven99 15 years ago

99. Jennifer Lopez is a really bad actress.

100. Bitches aint nothin but hoes and tricks.

Seriously, this movie is about a woman who marries a guy without somehow noticing that he is in reality a slimey perv that cons women?
Is she just too busy enjoying his money and power, and pounding out a baby, to notice how much of a shady scum bag this guy is - or at least could be? Or is it just that she doesnt like when said power is turned back against her?
It takes you FIVE YEARS to realize your husband is a scumbag, and you only really get the picture cause he starts nailing other chicks and smacking you around?
Then when you do realize how bad he is, what do you do?
Go underground and learn krav magra.... Really? REALLY? Are you ex- israeli special forces or something?
Cause, ya know, seems like a rifle bullet from range would be alot easier and alot cleaner and ... well, infinitely more effective and easier to cover up than sneaking into dude's house to plant evidence and engage him in hand to hand combat/phone tag.

To quote a movie that didnt suck, stupid is as stupid does - and this ho is stupid!
So is this movie's entire plot, for that matter.

I LIKE TACOS AND BURRITOS!

[–] ChocolateButt 15 years ago

hunterraven...that whole post was so very stupid...I don't even know where to start.

"You will get precisely the news you deserve if you accept mediocrity."
Nick Clooney

[–] red_rackham_77 15 years ago

I learned that true and legitimate battered wives and their children are not truly protected by their batters, they need shelter homes with plenty of room, space, beds, good food, therapy help and most of all and I MEAN most of all; security, maybe cops taking turns to guard the houses from the abusive husbands who may come to take back their wives or worst try to harm them.

[–] harlowfan 15 years ago

3. When your father-figure boss finds you some family's house to stay at when you have no where else to go be sure to insult their ethnic cuisine. ("What IS this??" "It's food." As though they were eating out of a garbage.)

Why does all foreign food automatically get to be called "cuisine"?

How do you know? They could've just thrown some of their foreign junk into a pot. I don't toss together a meatloaf and call it "American cuisine."

[–] Sunrain456 15 years ago

Harlowfan, that post was absolutely hilarious and so true. When people talk about any food that's not american they put cuisine at the end of it.

[–] ERasmussen14 14 years ago

47. When you get your rich/powerful father to believe your his daughter and that your husband is trying to kill you, he will set you up with his krav instructor so that you can personally beat the sh!t out of him, and help find a body double.

Well, thats easier than just hiring a hit man to kill Mitch, and putting your daughter you recently decided to take care of in danger.

[–] mlena721 14 years ago

I'm not American born and I don't eat or cook "American" food. I also live in NYC where you can get food from any country at any time of day.
So sorry if me using "cuisine" offended you.
But that line in the movie offended me. My grandfather (who was born in Egypt, and lived in Brazil and Greece 10 years each before moving to the US) actually cooked alot of Greek and Middle Eastern CUISINE at home and I was offended when she said that.

If my child ever looked at food someone was serving her and asked "what IS that???" I wouldnt make her think like "it's food", you have no other option.

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[–] SEINFELDbeatFRIENDS 13 years ago

26. Slim gets beat up and runs scared all movie long but then the last 30 MInutes of the movie she decides to turn into Wonder Woman.

27. When you have escaped to the other side of the country from your abusive husband, make sure to call him from a payphone where you are living now so he can trace the call and locate you.

28. The best way to find your future wife is for you and a friend to pull a scame where it looks like he is a dander to the woman and you to jump in and rescue her from him, which will lead you to live happily ever after.....until he starts cheating on you.

29. Your husband would NEVER thin of you staying at your ex's when you are running away from him lol.

30. Slim just wants to be happy.

[–] fiatlux-1 13 years ago

26. Be sure to have a baby 10 minutes after you've married your husband. Don't wait and see if marriage actually works out, or he's the man you thought he was.
27. Its totally normal for a man to want a baby 10 minutes after he's married you.
28. And never question his wording when he says it as "Are you going to give me babies?" not "Are we going to have a baby?"
29. When wearing a coverup at the beach, be sure to wear one that's see-through.
30. Always put on full makeup before approaching your husband in the shower.
31. 5 year olds can paint walls very well, and a parent should always let them do that even when its a rented house.

"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

[–] davidfes88 13 years ago

32. Weddings mean absolutely nothing because marriage depends on your inner heart and who you are. Did you see how much that stupid wedding they had must have cost? Probably ~50k.
33. Sneak out at night when your husbands at home. Don't run away while he is at work.
34. Don't carry a gun for self defense. Just train for months.
35. Don't tell your kid that the daddy is abusive? Hide all truth from little kids because they are obviously stupid.

"What is a signature?"

[–] Sugarminx 12 years ago

"33. Sneak out at night when your husbands at home. Don't run away while he is at work."

This made me laugh and laugh and laugh.

Tap Tommy

[–] fiatlux-1 12 years ago

33. Sneak out at night when your husbands at home. Don't run away while he is at work.

I think she did this because she thought whomever Mitch had following her (he knew she had gone to the diner, for example) wouldn't be there IF he was home.
But she was still stupid about it. I would have sneaked a sleeping pill into his water glass at bedtime or something.
Or hit him over the head while he was asleep!

"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."