Toni Collette's screentime
Does she have enough screentime ? And is her caracter interesting ?
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She's probably in about 15 mins, and while she's important to the story, there's not really much to her character.
shareShe's probably in about 15 mins, and while she's important to the story, there's not really much to her character.
I think her character is summed up pretty well in the university scene where she accuses Hector of having made her a fantasy figure thereby not being able to move on from their university past. She comes across as insightful, wise, and happy with her present life--unlike Hector. She's a key catalyst in Hector's moving forward.
I think Agnes' character is more developed than Clara's even though Agnes only appears at the end of the movie. Clara comes across as rather shallow from the few scenes we see of her in the beginning. We don't really get to know Clara or why Hector decides she's the one.
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Since the movie is told from Hector's pov (and the viewer is manipulated to accept that view as reality), it also says a lot about how he sees these characters. There's a build up to Agnes, we're told she's a big deal. I mean, she doesn't do or say anything spectacular when we see her, but it's clear even when Hector is on a phone to Clare that she's this amazing woman.
Clare on the other hand is obviously not so amazing when he wasn't in love with her, left her, instantly cheated on her, and loved another woman while being with her. He sees her as shallow, boring etc and it shows. He seems to resent how she doesn't want kids and that gets caricatured, esp combined with her being successful - we get that cliche image of some soulless, shallow money focused chick. But in reality I thought she was a sweet person, she was making jokes, being so (unrealistically) supportive and selfless, and yet he is showing her to us as annoying and vapid. I hated the writing, hated her taking him back, hated that she suddenly "wanted to be a mother", because all she was as a character was a vessel to validate HIS character, and his supposed growth. She wasn't at all an individual.