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Most and least likeable characters in this movie... for you?

posted 9 years ago by Seth_Rogue_One
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Most, Thurston... No doubt about it

Least, alot of people to pick from here... You have Kat Dennings character who is completely egocentric and uses people to her own convinience...

And you have the (terrible) teacher played by Josh Lucas who makes fun of his students and talks about showing Kat Dennings character essays of Thurston so she can see how screwed up he is (the fact that he banged Kat I didn't have alot of issues with as it was consentual and driven on by her) and goes all pathetic at the end of the movie...

BUT while both of these are strong contenders I'm gonna give the award to the sleazy father of Kat Dennings father, who was completely obnoxious and rude towards Thurston when he came to see her (even when he brought cupcakes!)... Of course he gave him a chance after the possibility of him getting it on with his mother came to the map...

And while Josh Lucas and Kat Dennings character could be faulted on some mental issues, Kat's father didn't have any of those issues and was just a sleezebag

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[–] thecherrypop 9 years ago

Caroline was manipulative, but she made a comment about men always cheating to Thurston, which makes me believe either her family has a history with cheating or she's had it done to her. It could be why she see's sex as meaningless, since she just believes if she's happy with Thurston he'll break her heart. She's a very guarded character.

Barry also suffered from infidelity, which tore his world apart, and made him completely paranoid. At the start we believe he's just a quirky teacher but he descends into madness after meeting Caroline.

Infidelity is a string that ties a lot of the film together and it shapes the characters