The one thing that really bothered me
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crooked_spoons — 12 years ago(May 20, 2013 12:25 AM)
You guys must be very young and nave.It would be difficult to hang up while hearing your daughter being brutally raped and murdered on the other end of the line.
Well if I was six in 1996 then I'm obviously in my twenties now so that that how you will, however it has nothing to do with naivety. It seems to me it would be more difficult to sit idly on the phone the very same device which might have saved her daughter's life listening to the attack rather than calling for help the moment it became apparent finding a secondary cell phone was impossible.
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SoAudreyHepburn — 11 years ago(April 13, 2014 06:11 PM)
Oh my god, really? Would you really hang up on your child, mother or friend when you hear thembeing viciously attacked over the telephone?
Honestly the Sally Field character isnt thinking about anything other then her daughter. You dont know how you would react if you were in that situation. Beside the fact that you're only viewing a MOVIE and its not real life so you are thinking "she should have HANGED UP and called the cops" but if she did that she would be thinking later on WHY DID I HANG UP she could still have been alive.
But she probably wanted Julie to know she was there and help was on the way.
But you know in reality no parent would ever hang up, and back in 1996 cell phones werent as high tech and advanced enough to patch a three way call so that the cops and 911 operators to listen in back then. -
SnoopGirl — 11 years ago(October 12, 2014 06:09 PM)
Agree. As horrific it was for her mother to hear what was going on, she couldn't hang up on her-she needed to stay connected with her daughter, even if it meant hearing the screams. It's a parent thing. There's no f'ing way I would disconnect from my child in that kind of situation when there were plenty of people around with the capability to call 911.
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CpOhUeRnToNiExY-1 — 11 years ago(November 30, 2014 09:21 AM)
Exactly. When I saw this movie years ago when I was young and childless, I had to roll my eyes at the absurdity of her not hanging up and dialing 911. Now that I have a child of my own, I totally get it. No way in Hell would I ever hang up on my child being attacked.
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liltinglyric — 9 years ago(September 03, 2016 07:25 PM)
I doubt I could hang up on anyone in that situation. A while since seeing the movie, but didn't Sally Field very quickly find a woman who called the police to give them her address? The only thing I might have done differently is ask to use the phone to make sure the police had as much accurate info as possible while remaining connected on the original call.