I still dont get it
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cmtennie — 12 years ago(July 23, 2013 02:59 PM)
you guys missed the point, he realized after the road trip with rod and winning the dallas game that although he felt happy for rod and his success he didn't feel complete because his wife wasn't there to celebrate with him so that's when he realizes that he loves her and needs her. The ending made sense to me.
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Frank_Yoshida — 12 years ago(August 11, 2013 11:31 PM)
I think you're missing a bit of it.
Notice how in the last scene, as the Maguires are walking around, it's not the two of them holding hands, it's each of them separately holding Ray's hands between the two of them.
It seems to me that he still loves the kid more than he loves her and their relationship is not like the one that Rod and Marcee have found ("not everyone can have what you have"). But he's working on it, and that's where the relationship is at.
It's not some fairy tale "Happily Ever After", but they're both trying. And at the end of the day, I suppose that's the modern relationship. -
mariemachelle — 10 years ago(May 30, 2015 10:48 AM)
Yes, he realizes after everything happens with Rod that it all means nothing if he doesn't have someone to share it with. (Happiness is not happiness unless it's shared.)
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geearf — 10 years ago(November 26, 2015 08:44 PM)
I don't know.
In that scene, he kept mentioning "his wife" and not "Dorothy", which made me wonder if he was not missing any close female with him, not that one in particular
At the beginning of the movie we are told how he can't be alone, and there he was alone -
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scissorhands__emily — 10 years ago(August 02, 2015 06:39 PM)
I actually enjoyed the relationship portrayed in the film because it is different than the typical perfect portrayal. Jerry and Dorothy are not a perfect couple. They are not a pairing like Rod and Marci. However, they can still be happy together. Part of the issues with the relationship were Jerry's trouble opening up. If Dorothy was willing to look past that and accept him how he is I believe they would work.
Also I agree with everyone saying that after the Dallas game was the pivotal moment for Jerry. He realized he didn't want to lose Dorothy. Again they may not be a couple like Rod and Marci but they can still love each other. Also I think when Jerry came back, Dorothy finally accepted he does love her. Before she told him to leave because she didn't believe he loved her, but then he came back on his own. There are different types of love and relationships, and I think this movie did a good job showing that. -
sunchick116-872-583383 — 10 years ago(March 13, 2016 09:49 PM)
i agree with this. even in the scene of the break up, they show the NFL guy (sorry i'm a girl. don't know who he is. LOL) and he points to his heart and says 'if this is empty' then points to head and says 'this doesn't matter'. by the end of the film, he realizes his heart is full.
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piggoli-imdb — 10 years ago(November 30, 2015 04:03 PM)
I really felt for the poor Jerry guy. Some bad guy knocked her up then dumped her, and this Jerry guy has to raise someone else's seed. 18+ years of child support. Yuck! I would never opt for that one. Guess that is why the bad guys are almost always the winners (no obligation, just beep and dump) and nice guys are the losers in the dating game. Dorothy sure used her charm to her advantage for this one