It affected me, but...

Same. I didn't cry, but I did feel sick right after watching it.

And that is how I saved them and became KING Dumbass!!!

The film was more of a reality check in my eyes. Just a straight to the point true story. Not meant to tear jerk but to teach. My opinion neway.

"The climactic battle to kill the false being within". - A.S 92

It's interesting to me that for the same reason you didn't like the film, I loved it.
I feel cinema can and should do more than entertain.
Life can be quite deadening on the emotions, and a good movie helps me get back in touch with my feelings.
The films of John Cassavetes were a revelation to me, and since seeing A Woman Under the Influence, I've held movies to a higher standard.
I feel mass media has the duty to portray life and people honestly and realistically, NOT one-dimensionally and cheaply.
I don't think genre films should be made. Life is not always funny, always scary, always dramatic. The label of "comedy" was given to this film only to sell tickets, although I found the movie to be very funny in a too-close-to-home way. It's funny because most of us can relate to having screwed up families, and laughing at it is a good way to distance ourselves from it and get over it.

I'm not saying you SHOULD like the movie, but I think your comment brings up an interesting topic for discussion.

I'm also from a divorced family and this movie definitely brought up a lot of those emotions. I had to watch it four times before I could decide whether I liked it or not.
I think the reason I like it is because how brutally honest it is about this issue. Even if most people from divorced families DON'T act quite this insane I think the emotions evoked are spot-on. Also, I think it's appropriate how much dark-comedy is in this film. Looking back on my childhood it is rather funny (in a sad, absurd sort of way) the things we did and said and how we reacted to one another. After the pain has dulled it's much easier to see the humor in how we (humans) sabotage and inflict ourselves on one another.

FREE TIBET!

I thougt it was great in many ways. Many points were spot on regarding divorces and so forth.

Damn it, Hirschberg!

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I take your point. For me the strong language was used to excess. I know of course that this is a concomitant of many movies nowadays Furthermore could the couple really afford to keep two houses going in New York?

The most impressive part of the movie for me was it's attention to detail. It is a story about these people's lives as they intersect, and while the film spotlights the interactions that ensue, it is not at the expense of other stories that are occurring in the background