I always find it annoying how it shows the dad biting into a doughnut with stuff on his mouth. It really wasn't a scene they should have added in the movie.
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It was in the book, kind of an important moment to show that she and her father used to be able to talk and sorta like going for donuts was one of the things they did together but after the rape she couldn't talk to anyone about anything. That's what I got from it in the book and the movie, I think it was also important to show that the dad wasn't as removed and distant as he seemed in the film, he was trying, he did care, he just didn't know what the heck to do.
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I did figure it was to show that even her relationship with her father was rocky but I wasn't completely sure. I really need to read the book, especially since I really enjoyed the movie.
shareYeah, that was probably why the scene and conversation was so short.
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I agree with shibbyKStewfan. I think it was one of those scenes to show how really unidenified Melinda's parents were with her and her needs, kind of like the scene where Melinda wakes up from the nightmare and her mother is comforting her in a condescending fashion. I believe it was trying to show that the Sordinos love their daughter, but they're so wrapped up in their own issues that they can't take the time to relate to and understand her the way she needs.
shareIt was significant because in the book (I don't remember if it Melinda says this when her and her dad are actually eating donuts at one point) but she mentions how she does not like her dad all scruffy, she likes him clean shaven. That's why she's staring at his donut powdered scruffiness and that Christmas she gives him an electric razor.
shareUmmmmm, doughnuts!
Maybe that brief scene was unnecessary, but the main reason I saw this film was for D.B. Sweeney, and that was one of his few scenes here.
it was to reflect Melindas loss of innocence...where she used to regard eating donuts as a childish tradition with her father...now she notices how he licks the sugar from his lips, a semi-sexual observation of how she tends to view all men after what happened to her
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LTonic, I think that is REALLY reaching...in the book she talks about how going for donuts was her and her dad's thing, how they used to connect and talk together. She also says she doesn't like when her dad is unemployed because he doesn't shave (which was mentioned above), and she watches him eating during the donut scene then later gives him a razor for Christmas and he gets a job prospect. I think it was just to show how hard it was for her to connect with anyone. AND how her dad was loving and did care, even if he was wrapped up in his own world.
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I thought it was a weird scene, I am sure it showed it a close up of him eating the doughnut.
I thought he was just the mum's bf at first or a stepdad
It was kinda in the book (though he and Melinda don't go out; her dad brings the donuts home). I think it helps show how Melinda's parents aren't emotionally available. Her dad asks how school is going, Melinda says, "Fine," and although the dad can probably tell that she's lying, he doesn't push her to talk.
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