I'm just curious, because I don't think I could have dropped my own son over a cliff. Especially since one of your kids
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Lifeguardfan — 15 years ago(July 13, 2010 11:06 PM)
I don't think I could have dropped my own son. In the movie, the mom is only just realizing her son is disturbed towards the end. Of course she could have been in denial the entire time (I'm sure his disturbing behavior was apparent even before Mark arrived) but if she was sure he killed her other son she wouldn't have taken him into the woods to ask him. With that said I think it'd be hard for her to all of a sudden decide to drop him based on the fact that she wasn't even sure that he was messed up until he pushed her.
I would like to assume I'd have unconditional love for my child no matter what they did in their life, and that includes if he ever tried to harm me. If they were as disturbed as Henry, I'd want to get them the best help possible. And if there was a slim chance he could manage his psychological problem or even get better, I'd try to save him just so we could at least try.
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JudgeNotLestYeBeJudgeReinhold — 9 years ago(May 21, 2016 03:15 AM)
Finally, someone who has a child of their own who can actually answer such an asinine question. I don't see how any parent could kill their own child, no matter what they've done. I'd have no choice but to help him up, and do everything I could to get him the help he needs. It's your responsibility as a parent.
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cosmic_quest — 15 years ago(August 10, 2010 12:39 PM)
I don't know if I could have dropped my own son. I'd probably think I could cure him. And I like that in the film, Mark does say that he's not sure if Susan would have saved him if she had to do it again.
Like another poster said, I'd probably hang onto both kids and end up going over as well.
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Eris87 — 15 years ago(August 10, 2010 04:36 PM)
Even though it be be hard to drop my own kid I would have let go of Henry. He pushed his mom over the cliff and tried to kill her. He tried killing his sister and killed his brother. If he was saved he might have tried killing the mom again. The mo saved the right kid. Mark was trying to save the family.
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amaster88 — 15 years ago(November 07, 2010 11:02 PM)
"If I had to choose between dropping Mark and Henry, I would drop Matthew McConaughey. "
that's pretty cruel, but I don't like his movies either,terrible actor.
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kevjj0425 — 15 years ago(December 08, 2010 11:54 PM)
that was a difficult situation for sure. In a way it's too bad she couldn't save both of them despite all of Henry's actions. Who knows what would've happened if she saved Henry instead of Mark though. Another thing I've kind of wondered and that no one has seemed to mention, or at least I don't think so, is that what would've happened if she dropped both of them?? The ending would've then been very very different.
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fallen_anakin — 15 years ago(December 09, 2010 07:53 PM)
I get the feeling if she saved Henry that once he got back up he would try and push her over again. For real. Like he is going to let his mom lock him up in a mental institute.
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