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How you can watch this movie and not feel horrible for Ethan Hawke?


He's a total romantic, a completely authentic guy who wears his emotion on his sleeve and was courageous enough to pursue his dreams. And this mentally unstable, insufferable shrew with the simplistic naïveté of an american liberal arts student is his lifelong reward? Ugh. I truly hope young women don't watch this movie and come away thinking this is how they are supposed to speak to their significant others.

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I don't feel bad for him at all, he's a selfish jerk who abandoned his son.

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Celine is a total lunatic the dude only want to talk about the posibility to move to USA to be with his son only talk about it dont force her to nothing and when finally she calm the F down for a few seconds and explain her point of view like a rational human being he agreed with her and is clear considered the subject ended and respect and suport her desicion but she can't let go a good fight and start another dicsusion over a simple remark about her daughther fighthing he considered that as something negative and some how that offense her too and all that feminist victimism and arrogance like she have to take that job in the name of every women who have ever existed what a lunatic a happy ending would be if they get divorced and this guy run trough the sunset like the chief from One Flew Over the Cucko's Nest just run away bro just run away

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Jessie had the patience of a saint. I would have ditched Celine after hearing 10% of the shit she hurled at him.

Unpopular opinion: if Jesse and Celine got married and assumed traditional gender roles they’d both be a lot happier. They’d each be dedicating themselves to sustaining the marriage and child rearing instead of this endless tug of war, and Celine wouldn’t be chasing this ‘career’ which only makes her miserable.

I’ll get slimed for this but the more I observe reality the more I believe that if she behaved like a normal wife and mother, with some time to enjoy her favourite pursuits, she’d be much happier.

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