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Riveting story, but the characterizations . . .

posted 14 years ago by cdoer
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Vera knew she was breaking the law, but was apparently convinced of the rightness of what she was doing. She never showed any signs of having a guilty conscience. Why was she so completely deflated when she was arrested? She was never at a loss for words before. Why wasn't she able to articulate some sort of explanation for why she'd been doing what she'd been doing for so many years?

Her husband was too good to be true. The older policeman seemed oddly considerate. And, what could have been the cause of Ethel's strangely bland personality?

[–] andrew-988-771156 14 years ago

I suppose she was upset and ashamed for letting her husband and kids down and also for unintentionally hurting a girl she was trying to help.

As for your points about the characters, are you saying no husband is capable of being supportive? Or police aren't capable of showing compassion and being considerate to those deserving of it? Or that people don't exist who are quiet, shy and lack a personality?

All of those characters were very believable

[–] BillyFisher 14 years ago

Vera struck me as a woman who didn't really overthink what she was doing. She just knew it was the right thing to do, and it was in her nature to do it, so she did it.

I think it would have been much less believable (and I expected the film to go this way, actually) if she'd been all bold and brash and started making speeches about why she did what she did.

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