I just love this move!!! It's so funny!!!
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katiewon — 20 years ago(February 26, 2006 10:31 AM)
I love Mary's mother too! "She was a teenage tramp, she would do it anywhere, with anyone at anytime!" OMG! My mother would have been buried in the backyard along with 'Ma Cherie'.
But the best part is when Mary lays down the law, "I'm taking my life back, Bob!!" Meryl Streep, priceless! -
katiewon — 20 years ago(February 26, 2006 10:35 AM)
I agree, I don't think Bob and Ruth get back together. She is a successful, independent woman now, why would she want a backstabbing, two timing, philanderer?
Everyone seems to think this movie is about revenge. I think it may have started out as Ruth trying to hurt Bob as much as she hurt, but in the end, it was about women realizing that no matter how they start, they have value and can turn their lives around. I LOVE that.
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hochi801 — 12 years ago(August 04, 2013 07:43 AM)
Indeed. That is a message that I got from this movie. It proves that the women in these film are way better than someone like Bob. I was happy that Mary Fisher's character got a happy ending, despite her ruining another woman's family. Yes, she was apathetic on what she had done but Bob played a part on that too and if only he chose Ruth and the children over Mary, their family would still be together. This movie is lot more relevant to our times now that divorce are happening everywhere and anywhere. It teaches women that they can be independent from men and women had the right to do so. Who knows, it will turn out that you are better than your man. :))
I'm glad Ruth is now a successful woman and didn't chose to go back to that jerk-ass, promiscuous Bob. Ruth made the lives of the women better and made them realized that there is more to life thann what the society shoves down our throats.
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Coryraisa — 19 years ago(May 04, 2006 04:51 PM)
Personally, my favorite scene is probably the dinner scene where they're eating soup and Mary tells them what it is in French. When the kids ask what it is, her mother says, "It's French for dog puke." Then Bob spits out his water, and you can tell Mary wants to strangle her, and instead, says in a very tight voice, "Actually, it's cream of watercress."
Me too!!! I crack up every time I see it. I suspect Mary just made up that French-sounding word to show off and give this false image of being "high-class". I liked how it made the kids giggle also; I think the kids liked Mary's mom. Her mother just made me laugh so hard and I loved how she blasted Mary's phony image to pieces.
Another favorite scene is a bit later in the film when Ruth is staying late at the Vesta Rose agency leafing thru the ppl. magazine and sees the picture of her kids posing with Mary and Bob and tears fill Ruth's eyes and you can see that she really misses her kids and can't wait to be re-united with them again. It's kind of a touching scene. When she reaches for her own picture with her kids in it, first-time viewers might get the initial thought that Ruth is reaching for tissues. Even when she views her own picture, you can tell Ruth still has to fight back her tears.
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frogca — 14 years ago(May 04, 2011 03:25 PM)
I suspect Mary just made up that French-sounding word to show off and give this false image of being "high-class".
I had to go back and listen, because at the time I didn't understand one of the words she used. SHe said, "potage creme de resson." This means cream of "resson" stew, which she translates as "cream of watercress." Watercress is apparently "cresson d'eau." Maybe she forgot the exact right word, or maybe it's another word for cress. I don't know. -
cathvin87 — 20 years ago(March 22, 2006 08:14 AM)
I saw it unedited on a free HBO weekend! I love it when Mary tries to do the laundry, breaks a nail, pitifully pleads for someone to get the door, then shrieks 'Will somebody please get the GD door!' -And of course when she loses it completely after seeing the photocopy of Bob's ring on his secretary's bum & yells at everyone! -Does anyone else think it's strange that Garcia was dancing so provocatively w/young Nicolette? Was he doing that just to make Mary jealous? She fired him anyway. -I don't think Ruth took Bob back either, I think they became friendly at least for the kid's sake. -I also like the fact that Ruth starts out as passive & plain then becomes independent & stylish. And I really think Bob got what he deserved & seemed to learn from it also.
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Khirsch83 — 17 years ago(February 02, 2009 01:04 PM)
The scene with Garcia dancing with Nicolette showed us that Garcia was kind of a pervert, considering Nicolette was just a young girl and they were dancing so provacatively in that one scene. It seemed that Garcia's main function at the mansion was to be Mary's love slave/boytoy and then she basically thew him aside to be with Bob and you could tell that it upset him by the way he acted throughout the movie. He was probably lonely and kind of desperate so he thought he'd give Nicolette a try.
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KartofflMuter — 14 years ago(August 07, 2011 01:55 PM)
I remember I liked it when it first came out but now that I'm much older and all my children have passed through the teen stage and I KNOW they wouldn't hesitate to lock in a home if ( it cost them nothing) I sympathize with Roseanne's character even more. Yes,it's lovely to be rich and beautiful and even easier when no one disturbs the peace. The point is how quickly Streep turns into a She-devil despite her money with the addition of Roseanne's family. I laughed-a lot.
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dlinkster79 — 20 years ago(March 28, 2006 10:16 AM)
Yes this movie rocks! Ruth was vengeful, but still helpful as we say when they opened the employment agency. Mrs. Fisher was so funny. "Royal my ass! Her father was a kosher butcher from Hoboken. He was a lovely man." This movie is one of my favorite movies from the 80's. I miss quirky, funny movies like these.
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ctizon — 19 years ago(April 15, 2006 09:56 PM)
She was definitely pretty evil and vengeful in this moviehowever, that is NOTHING compared to the book and the minisiries.
MAJOR SPOILERS
The main plot/point in the miniseries/book was something they left out of the movie: Ruth gets an elaborate, deadly, painful, and highly expensive surgery in order to look
exactly
like Mary. In the book, Mary dies of cancer; in the miniseries, she is pushed out the window to her death. In any event, Bob comes back from jail in the end and he thinks Ruth is Mary (she has taken over Mary's life and has become her) and to get the ultimate revenge, she has sex with Garcia right in front of Bob while he's in the room with her. Now THAT is the worst revenge possibleLOL!
Whether it be a grain of sand or a rock, in water they both sink alike.