She kept saying all through the movie how poor she was and she had no money. She even told this to Old Joe many times. She lived in a pretty decent house at least and she had a job. Yes, the husband was a jerk but she wasn't THAT poor.
Stop feeling sorry for yourself!
Did you not notice the part where her husband controlled those things and she didn't actually have anything?
Here's a list of clues:
1. He takes her tips as soon as he picks her up from work.
2. She has no car, not because they can't afford it,
"Why doesn't your husband buy you a car?"
"Cause he don't want me going nowhere."
3. Jenna is hiding money in her house so she can leave town to try and win a pie contest to have enough money to start her life over. Husband finds money and spends it all.
Jenna wasn't allowed to have anything of her own. Her husband at one point even says he may make her quit her job. And he's a jerk? Yeah that's putting it mildly.
So you either weren't paying attention, or you're a troll.
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These boards are for people to enjoy not get critized for asking questions or making observations!
What I meant was, she wasn't that poor because she wasn't homeless, she lived in a nice house and she had plenty of food and clothes. That's what I meant.
carefully this time.
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Yes but you also said she should stop feeling sorry for herself. She's in an abusive relationship and pregnant and stuck.
So shut up.
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I do agree with the OP. As soon as she's asked to leave the hospital, her friends offer to let her stay with them (well, one of them, but I'm sure the other would have offered before the baby was born). She's got a job, and her friend Dawn is able to live on the money she gets from it. I don't want to get into the feminist, blame-the-victim argument, but her situation just didn't come across as dire as she seems to feel it is. The worst thing she has to deal with is her husband, not any other circumstances. She's doing a job she loves, is recognised as a member of society, and has good friends, that's more than a lot of people can hope for.
The most unexpected part for me was, after all her "I can't possibly leave, he'll go mad", when she does finally tell him she wants a divorce, it's all wrapped up nice and easily - she even stays in the same town afterwards without any noticeable repercussions! Not to say that I didn't like the film, I bought it and think I'll watch it a fair amount, but it's definitely a simplistic sort of film.
You are strange and off-putting. Go now.
Thank you "Tangledup"
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The whole point of the oversimplified decision to finally leave her husband is that once she had and bonded with the baby, suddenly neither man mattered. In the end, the film was more about the power of motherhood than about the mindset of an impoverished/abused woman.
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Really? Did you watch the movie?
Her husband was a pig who took all her money. It was "his" house, he took care of her. She had to hide money. She thought she had no way out. She was stuck.
SHE was poor.
It was not until her daughter was born that nothing else mattered and she was free.
roses888 - what Jenna meant basically is that she didn't have any assets or money except for around the ~$1200 she hid all over the house from jerkoff. No can make a "fresh start" with their life being stuck in such a financial position and especially with a baby on the way there's no time for extra work or getting an education. Hence the frequent "I am poor" card. BUT, IMO, she wasn't necessarily bitching - it was more like she accepted the reality of her status quo.