The part after he puts Fiona's head in the fridge and he takes the medicine and we see that he's seeing things as he wants to see them rather than in reality. I wish we hadn't seen what things really look like in his house until Lisa sees it.
shareI think the audience might not have understood what was going on if we hadn't had that glimpse until then. That scene showed it wasn't just things like the severed heads and animals talking that Jerry was hallucinating but rather that his whole perception of reality was "off" making him the ultimate unreliable narrator.
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Several legit reviewers either wilfully avoided mentioning this point in their reviews, or were genuinely unaware that Jerry was only seeing a warm, inviting reality inside his apartment BECAUSE of the pills. Even the shrink's office is a little off in various scenes. I thought it was a very clever conceit.
shareIsn't that backwards? He was off his meds the entire time, and when he did take them, that's when we saw the filth he was living in.
shareYup - the pills make him see the world as it really is and he hates it so allows himself to return to his cheerful, slightly cartoonish world :)
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That was when the movie got very dark
There was something about that whole concept that I found to be really disturbing and depressing. I think they showed it at the right time.
movies usually don't get me, but this movie was messed up. Ryan Reynolds did a great job, completely convincing.
I agree 100%
And I wonder if on meds and his home looked like that, what did the bathroom factory REALLY look like?
And also the people he worked with, and or killed?
And I keep seeing the pets really turning their backs on him during his reality, they look scared of Jerry.
But the scene where Lisa is in his apartment , Mr Whiskers says nothing, and Jerry scream "No she's the best thing in my life!"
Very powerful and totally underrated acting from Ryan right there.
And when Bosco runs away
All great and precious things are lonely.