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Rose Byrne made me turn it off...

posted 12 years ago by PhoenixRising1980
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I know this isn't fair, but I just couldn't watch this because of how horribly skinny she was...it was distracting. Especially as a brand new mother? She'd just had a new baby, so why did she look like a skeleton? Women tend to gain weight during pregnancy, and while it's perfectly normal to exercise to get rid of some of the baby weight after, I've never seen a woman go from baby weight to bone thin like that...it just didn't seem right.

It was like the director just ignored it, when he should've pulled her aside before filming and said "look Rose, I don't want to insult you, but you're playing the part of a brand new mother with two other very small children, it would be natural and expected for you to have some meat on your bones...you're too skinny, go eat a few cheeseburgers." Actors change their weight to suit a movie role all the time, so why couldn't she at least pack on a few extra pounds to make her part believable? I know she doesn't have kids herself, so it's probably very easy for her to walk around all skinny in a movie role, but if you're going to play a mother of 3 small children, you should at least look like you've had kids. Jesus.

It's probably a good movie, but I just couldn't get through it...every time Rose Byrne came onscreen looking like Skeletor it made me want to vomit.

[–] 11 years ago

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[–] Soodinum 11 years ago

farrellrose, you are making too many assumptions.

My best friends wife is slim and petite, and has given birth to 7 children, the youngest is now 12.

Not every mother blimps out.

[–] Snyder2277 11 years ago

I think Rose is beautiful so what if she's skinny your entitled to how u feel but this is the dumbest reason why anyone didn't want to finish a movie I've ever heard WTF

[–] Snyder2277 11 years ago

I know plenty o mothers who have kids and newborns and are skinny it's called taking care of yourself and not letting yourself go and become a blob. If you take care of yourself during your pregnancy and don't eat everything In sight like some ppl do (some ppl feel being pregnant is an excuse to way anything and everything buts it's not). If you eat right and exercise (not anything going overboard) you won't Gain that much weight and it won't be as hard to take off after you have the baby. But if your stuffing your face with KFC and McDonalds everyday well then it's harder to take off.

[–] kurtbrian14 11 years ago

I guess that I didn't notice how skinny Rose was in the film. But since a parent worries a lot, health concerns become evident. Makes the film more believable since parents do go through ordeals with their children.

[–] debbystardust 11 years ago

I am a size 12 woman... Rose Byrne is a very pretty woman and I don't mind the fact that skinny people exist. The family seems to be an upper middle class family, judging by the home furnishings, and it makes sense that an upper class person would be trying to be very thin, as thin is in. she is also in the music industry, and would be pressured to be thin.

[–] cav0930 10 years ago

Ok, to the OP, this movie is not about, pregnancy, or weight. Also, I thought she looked great..and I am overweight and female. Like some have said, every woman is different when it comes to losing weight after pregnancy..but..this movie has nothing to do with that anyway. I enjoyed her acting, and the movie..and think she is very beautiful. I don't judge people no matter if they're fat or thin. I don't get jealous of thin girls either. We are all different, and what matters is our personalities..and in this case, her acting..which was great. Just my opinion.

[–] iancjackson54 10 years ago

farrellrose,
Let me guess,you have kids and you are not happy with your appearance.
Your post is more of troubled rant than a reasonable comment on the movie.

[–] hexrei 10 years ago

She made Get Him to the Greek the same year where she played a (sometimes) drug-addicted pop star, ergo her extreme skinniness. At least that's my guess.

What a lovely way to burn...