I'm confused about Stu.
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wristwatchraver-1 — 11 years ago(March 17, 2015 05:14 AM)
As to a bad guy, his presence as an anti-Daniel, I wouldn't class him as a bad guy. But in some of his actions I would. He seems to home in on Miranda very quickly. I admit that her colleague mentions that when Stu phoned him he specifically asked for her.
My guess was with the back story. My guess was that, one time before she was a Mom and before she met Daniel, she and Stu had been an item. She thought he was out of her system by still the old feeling lingered and his rather sudden arrival brought to old emotions flooding back. The reason for their break up was he had no intention of having kids or a family life. Now he's back and there is a ready made family for him to step into. At the pool he's great with the kids.
I think to class him as good or bad leaves you with a very ambiguous answer. As to myself he isn't a bad guy, but he isn't good either. His timing is rotten. Miranda did seem a little too pleased when her colleague mentioned him, maybe she was already on the lookout.
Originally, in the script the movie was to end with Daniel and Mirada getting back together but that was quickly vetoed by Robin Williams. I think the real ending they used was that ultimately, Miranda did keep seeing Stu and he became a feature in the kids life, but but he realizes that he can't deprive the kids of their real father and he mustn't try to replace that.
As to his 'loser' comment he was bang out of order. But I do agree that it was probably what he thought after hearing about Daniel from Miranda. Most fathers have certain things they feel it is there right to do (teach a son to shave. buy him is first pint, etc.) and they'd feel violated if somebody else did that. So as long as Stu took a back seat I think he and Daniel might get on they would never be friends but they could at least be in the same room as one another.
To sum up, he's not a bad guy, but not a good guy as far as his timing goes
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Franco_Zed — 10 years ago(December 27, 2015 12:17 AM)
perhaps
or maybe some other kind of food that could be described as a thick soup, and happens to sound a little like Stu.
"I would glue noodles and prunes to my shoe
For one oozey spoonful of jellyfish stew."- Prelutsky
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 10 years ago(November 11, 2015 09:09 PM)
Stu was a cool guy but he was in the way of our hero and his happiness. The movie perfectly made us feel good when Daniel got back at Stu. But it really was all an illusion.
I think the real enemy in the whole movie was Miranda herself, since had the dumbest, most selfish reasons to destroy that family. Since Miranda is shown as a tough, confident, strong woman, we ended up projecting all of our angry toward her on Stu. He is a man. No one wants to think badly of women. -
jnonnenkamp — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 07:08 PM)
When Stu called Daniel a loser, he had never even met Daniel. It was just something he picked up from Miranda.
The ONE time Stu and Daniel interacted (after the choking scene), they got along just fine, shaking hands and going their separate ways.