Wife Isn't In on It


A lot of you are amazingly willing to take Joe Mantegna's character at his word. Sure, he said that Terry's wife was in on it - but he's the same sleazeball that caused so much havoc in the first place!

I just finished watching the film, and I got a completely different impression from that scene.

Take a closer look at dynamics of the scene where Terry is told that his wife betrayed him. Notice anything? Still not getting it? Try and remember who Terry asked to clean up the mess after the window was shot out...

Subtly and misdirection, people. Very Mamet.



(that having been said, I don't think Mamet is a genius, and I would only give this film a 5/10)

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I had a hunch it was Snowflake but the majoirty of teh evidence stills points towards his wife. The film didnt give us any closure as to the wife's debt. Why?. Because she was "in" with the Franks now and her fashion deal materialised which would give her the money to pay back the loan shark.

Also, it was the lawyer who gave Terry a hug after defeating Silva... not his wife. Another clue? If you'd just watched your husband beat up your brother... dont you think shed be there a) trying to break it up or b) wanting explanations if she wanted ANYTHING to do with Terry from now on? I think as she was sitting in the audience... all she wanted was for Silva to beat Terry and for her to never see him again.

Also... look at her character? Shes FOREVER whining about money. She probabaly gave up on Mike during the events of this film. She calls him "too pure" to make money and she knows he will never change. Once Mike alerts her to the fact that the Franks stole his idea and Mike planned to sue... she knew she could use that situation to her advantage.

These clues make me think it WAS her. Snowflake could have chucked everything in the bin and the weife picked out the shell casing. All evidence points top her but i still accept its still RATHER ambiguous and it COULD have been Snowflake. But it probabaly wasnt.



some motherf^ckers are always trying to play Scrabble in the dark

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Wife is in it. Thor is correct AND she was on the stage with the Chet character beaming away, in cohoot again with CHet's family...to confirm the entire sell..of the bullet, the window. No one was there except the wife, Terry, the cop and the dojo student.

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Then there is Bruno's (His wife's brother) line:-

"Soldier marries the princess. 5 years on and the soldier is pumping gas. smart girl is going to move on"

NO DOUBT it was the wife.

some motherf^ckers are always trying to play Scrabble in the dark

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