wierdest film ever!
after I watched this movie I seriously tought this was the wierdest s**t I've ever seen. sure it was original, but damn. soooooo weird!
shareIt's not weird. It just showed one familys reactions to an emotionally difficult divorce. We can see that it was tough on all of them but the parents don't act as very good role models for their children. We see a very selfish egomaniac father who uses his children to feel better about himself instead of being affectionate with them. So the eldest craves his attention and steals the pink floyd song to win the talent contest. The father's obsession with intellectualism is mirrored in his son who puts down his girlfriends choice of books. The mother's serial affairs and ease at which she talks about them to her children are are processed and expressed by the youngest through public masturbation. He sees his father as an unhappy loser and wants to be the exact oppossite of him. It's not weird - it's just probably not how you (or I) would react.
paschal-jd and squarepanths are right. The movie is not weird at all. It beautifully catches the ugliness and squalor or people whose lives look enviable on the surface (published authors, university professors, lovely house). These people really exist. The saddest part was Frank; his accelerating separation from "normal" life rings true. If they don't get help, both these kids are going to grow into truly disturbed adults.
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