This part didn't make sense
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parvati_patil_mm24 — 11 years ago(March 28, 2015 03:43 PM)
Well, I got the impression that the mother actually wanted the husband to get attacked by the dog.
And even if that's not the case, it seemed she was packing to leave forever, so telling the husband about the dog might have made him keep them there. -
CGlMDB — 10 years ago(September 06, 2015 11:23 AM)
I think everyone saying she didn't want their trip held up is dead-on. I also think maybe she was afraid her husband would see the sick dog & immediately put him down, which would have devastated her son & also ruined their trip.
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ryoko_the_spacepirate1 — 10 years ago(October 03, 2015 01:36 AM)
She was leaving him and she didnt ant anything to ruin that opportunity so she dismissed the rabbies thing until they got to where they were going.
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lm362 — 10 years ago(November 22, 2015 01:41 AM)
Along with what others have said, I'll add that she just thought of Cujo as a dog and was the kind of person that viewed dogs as able to care mostly for themselves, that pets were not things you get attached to. She cared more about what she wanted to do instead of putting the dog's welfare first.
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Legendary_Badass — 9 years ago(April 20, 2016 03:56 AM)
It made perfect sense, it was just a little less obvious than the typical Hollywood crap they're serving these days.
Mrs. Camber is seen as being a little off in her introduction. There's no point in having her being introduced in the manner she was if everything was fine and dandy at home. This explains the concern in the face of the protagonist. Mrs. Camber even had to win the lottery to get time away from her husband. Packing photos for a trip to her sister more like fleeing.
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Centralline92 — 9 years ago(April 21, 2016 04:54 PM)
I agree with what some others have said here already. Charity wanted out of the marriage and was leaving Joe as he was seemingly a nasty, abusive, controlling bully. She seemed afraid of him most of the time and the trip to see the sister was a way of her getting out and making sure she took her son with her. Brett telling Joe about Cujo would make Joe stop him from going on the trip with Charity. She would then have to come back or risk never seeing her son again as Charity clearly had no intentions of ever returning. She was escaping a horrible life. I don't think Brett realised what she was up to though.
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SueDeeNim — 9 years ago(June 10, 2016 11:42 PM)
Yes; the movies should have made the situation a bit clearer. The clues were there, but easy to miss if you weren't watching closely. For example, packing the photo album, etc. was a "blink and you'll miss it" moment.
Camber was a much more horrible person in the book; anybody would leave him in a heartbeat if they could. They did the story a disservice by downplaying his personality in the movie. He didn't seem like that bad a guy in the movie. -
Milkdoesabodygood — 9 years ago(August 05, 2016 03:36 AM)
How much more dangerous would it have been IF Brett and charity had stayed, they both might have been killed too by rabid Cujo.
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Sweet_T0209 — 9 years ago(October 13, 2016 06:27 PM)
I think after hearing what was wrong with Cujo, she immediately knew he had rabies. Since she was in an abusive relationship, and knowing how dangerous rabies were, it all worked out right for her. Therefore, she decided that it was in her best interest that he didn't know Cujo had rabies.
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slipperyspirit — 9 years ago(October 25, 2016 10:45 PM)
Well I think it's been made pretty clear now
Charity was stuck in a dead-end, abusive marriage and she was planning on leaving for good, so she didn't want to give Joe any opportunity to delay, or worse, completely negate her trip, or more accurately, her escape
The book illustrates this point very clearly, but the film is much more subtle, like others have said, the clues are there but you have to look very closely