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Anyone else slightly creeped out by the relationship?

posted 15 years ago by elixiress
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I mean, don't get me wrong, I felt the chemistry, but I couldn't help but remind myself every few minutes that this is a relationship between a 40-over man and a 20-ish girl. The only reason it didn't look creepy was because they didn't change Adrien Brody's look one bit, and obviously he looks a decade younger than he was supposed to be.

The scene where Jack fixes their car at the start was ok and I knew they were going to fall in love in the future anyway, but geez, the girl was barely 7 for god's sake. No girl at that age instantly feels a 'connection' with a complete stranger and decides to hug him just after a couple of seconds of toiling with the car. Added to that was when Jack visits Jackie's house to see her mom and give her the letter, and when he leaves, she has this look on her face which clearly shows she's smitten, if not in love with him.

Sorry, I can take the grown-up affection in the future scenes, but the girl/man love, I'm just creeped out. But only a little, because all in all I thought this movie was great.

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[–] jannispetersen 15 years ago

Me here felt the exactly same way.

[–] sleazybar 15 years ago

When she is a kid in the movie I see it more as her seeing him as friend. A kid hugging a complete stranger does not seem odd to me. You have to remember there is a reason why we tell kids not to talk to strangers, or get in vehicles with people they do not know. The reason is that as a kid they do not know the world the we as adults know. They do not know the evils that are out there, to them they are in this perfect little world where until they experience otherwise the world is pure.

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[–] jco41566 12 years ago

First off, it's not uncommon for 40's men and 20's women to be together...and don't start with the "she only wants his money" crap! Most of the much younger women I've dated were at the poorest of my life, after losing everything and starting over.

As for the young girl being affectionate toward the older man, you have to realize that she is a young child that has no functioning adult in her life. Her mother certainly isn't and who knows where her father is. Kids in that situation may gravitate toward a figure they deem as a responsible caretaker. It's simply a self-preservation thing they do unwittingly.

[–] csider 15 years ago

I admit the scenes with him and the 7 year old were a bit weird but you're viewing the later scenes differently to me...

He was never a 40+ year old in a younger mans body because he never lived past 29. Essentially he jumped in time to 2007 but was still exactly the same age as he was in 1993. The girl however, grew up and turned into Keira Knightly (but with an american accent).

[–] drastrozoom 15 years ago

I just think 7-year-old Jackie intuitively knew Jack was an important person in her life, but I didn't get the ickies at all.

[–] smidget28 15 years ago

How is Brody over 40??? That's not what I felt but I can be wrong.

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[–] BobLennon123 14 years ago

He was 27 in the movie.

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[–] larenga-1 14 years ago

You also have to bear in mind that she didn't have a father.

[–] artworkbysue-910-267180 14 years ago

I have to totally disagree here, being a mother I know how quickly some kids can feel affection towards a kind stranger, and in this case her mother was an alcoholic and a complete mess, so I can imagine that she would be desperate for some kindness and security from another adult, which makes her reaction completely plausible imo.
Also Jack was never actually 40ish, he was travelling in time, so when he had a relationship with Jackie they were of a similar age. ;0)

[–] pullgees 14 years ago

What you are demonstrating is fashionable queeziness over any notion that may in the most remote and imagined way suggest pedophilia. A few years ago this would not have been given a second thought. It's not about being more aware but about being more neurotic.