The lady at the supermarket was too intrusive
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Geeky Randy — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 08:49 PM)
At what point did I say she should have restricted him from purchase?
You never did. At what point did I claim you did? My pointwhich I'll reiterate out of the kindness of my angry shriveled heart even though I thought it was clear enough for an eight-year-old to understandis that there is no point of reaching enough. If she asked no questions or every question in the book, she couldn't do anything. So OP says she was too intrusive, you say she didn't do enough; I'm saying that I agree she should've been suspicious due to the oddity alone, but asking no questions or several questions would've resulted in Kevin buying groceries. So now that you've become passionate about the conversation, what would you have asked and what would you have hoped to get out of the conversation?
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fiatlux-1 — 11 years ago(March 25, 2015 03:47 PM)
I agree, she was half-playing with him half-trying to get information.
As to why she believed him, remember this was 1990. Things were a little different then, the world was less of a nanny-state as it is now.
Second, Kevin was pretty convincing in his explanation. He didn't seem unsure of himself or scared in any way. He also gave crisp & clear answers to her questions.
3. This was likely an upscale neighborhood, another reason some people tend to 'assume the best'.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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mikeyg24 — 10 years ago(December 05, 2015 10:24 AM)
Yes safer crime wise but he's still a kid. What's to stop him getting hit by a car in the parking lot? Who do they call if he slips and falls in the store? Where is his mom parked? He doesn't have a drivers license so how do they know who he is?
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helkaermala — 10 years ago(December 22, 2015 04:11 PM)
An eight-year-old should know how to walk around the neighborhood without supervision. By that time his parents should have taught him how to watch out for cars ages ago. Seriously, he goes to school but he can't go grocery-shopping? I don't know how much of a nanny-state USA is but to me this seems excessive. Their neighborhood seemed calm and secure, the kid was cool as a cucumber and did not seem lost at all, so seriously, what's the big deal? Of course it's good to ask where his parents are, but I see no reason to doubt his explanation when it's given as fast and as confidently as Kevin did in the movie.
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Carlos_Nikos — 10 years ago(November 30, 2015 06:07 AM)
I reckon the most plausible explanation is that she moonlights as a 'groomer' for a massive child smuggling/ pedophile ring in Illinois. I think she saw an opportunity to get paid for passing on some vital information and Kevin was her target.
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EightiesKid — 9 years ago(April 04, 2016 01:31 PM)
Coming from a different angle, I wonder if Kevin buying a cartful of stuff could've been what set off her suspicion more than him being alone? Like if he was just getting 1 or 2 things, I'm sure she wouldn't have batted an eye at him saying "My mom's in the car."
It was a supermarket in an upscale neighborhood in 1989/1990, so it probably wasn't as unusual at the time. I'm Kevin's age, and I didn't regularly start grocery shopping on my own until like 1995 at 12-13, but if I had five years earlier just using real world logic, I'm sure somebody would've definitely said something. -
!!!deleted!!! (14209231) — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 01:48 AM)
Oh for goodness sake! It's only a movie. Why do people take these kinda things so seriously all the time?! Enough analyzing and more enjoying. This film is a great holiday film, and so is the second one. ?