saddest part!!!!!!!
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Eden_Monroe — 15 years ago(February 01, 2011 11:16 PM)
I agree that the scene where Bernice cries for her father is heartbreaking. Unfortunately I know some kids that were basically abandoned by their mother in a similar way. She is a selfish person who would rather run around with her new boyfriend then be a mother. Luckily these girls have a good father that loves them, but every time I see them they seem like part of them is missing. The older one is only 8 and she has lost that spark most kids have at that age. She seems very depressed. When I see them they always crave attention from me, and act as if I am a mother figure to them. It's so sad for me to hear them talk about how they miss their mom. Selfish people that abandon their children really anger me.
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kamarya89 — 14 years ago(April 28, 2011 07:43 PM)
Bernice running after her father's car had feeling different emotions, i was sad for bernice because she was basically rejected by her father and yet i was mad at her because she was essentially rejecting her mother.
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eviljanet — 14 years ago(June 04, 2011 09:06 PM)
Yes I did. I was like "WTF is wrong with this kid?" She was so quick to leave her mother for her bastard father who ruined their family. The way she blamed Sandra Bullock's character for everything really got to me. I wanted to slap her. Mainly because that's how my own parents' divorce was like. Well, except for the whole revealing the affair on a talk show thing. My father was, and still is, a very manipulative person who tries to make himself look like the victim even though the blame fell squarely on his shoulders.
But like you said, I was torn because that part of the movie was sad because her father rejected her, but on the other hand, I felt like it was her comeuppance for being such a little sht to her mother. I just didn't understand how she blamed her mom for the collapsed marriage when her father was the one screwing around.
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LostOkie — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 03:26 PM)
You may know this, but I think what you're seeing there is the connection little girls have with their dads. I didn't understand that connection until I had my own little girl.
I must admit today was the first time I've seen this movie since my daughter came along. I had a much stronger emotional reaction to this part of the movie than I did before my daughter was born.
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eviljanet — 14 years ago(July 05, 2011 10:44 AM)
I know what you're saying, but trust menot all little girls have a bond/connection with their fathers. I was never really close to my father, even when my parents were married. I saw how manipulative he was with my mother and when he left my mom for some whore that was using him for his money, I was ecstatic. Of course my mom was crushed, but I supported her and told her that she was better off. I was nine when this happened. I always knew my father was a scumbag and NEVER wanted to go with him when they divorced. My mom had to force me to visit him during the summer and Christmas vacations.
I dunno. Bernice was just blind to all the crap her father didand I don't understand that because I saw everything my father did to my mom. I saw him destroy our family because of his selfishness. While I forgave him for that, I never forgot it.
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suzywallis — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 01:25 PM)
It's definitely a toss-up about which is the saddest. I remember seeing Oprah when the movie came out. She had the whole cast on, and Sandra Bullock was talking about Mae Whitman and her incredible acting in the scene where her selfish father leaves. The script called Bernice to do her thing, and then Sandra's character was supposed to just stand there, but when Mae gave her performance, Sandra said she felt compelled to go get her and comfort her and bring her in the house. Forrest Whitaker (sp?) said the scene was so raw and real that he just left it that way. It looked like Sandra and Mae developed a mother-daughter type relatonship while working on the movie from the interviews they gave.
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my_sweet_agony — 14 years ago(January 24, 2012 03:26 AM)
those are all sad parts but I also think a really sad part is when all you can do is feel pity for Sandra's character as she is getting dumped on tv and she looks out in the crowd and sees her daughter balling her eyes out. I'm sorry but don't you think that the crew would of had the daughter backstage or something? Seeing Mae (Bernice) crying always gutted me.
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krazyj2472002 — 12 years ago(February 16, 2014 03:50 PM)
To me, the saddest part, hands down, is after the funeral, when Harry Connick Jr's character asks the little boy what he is thinking about and he says "Whether Aunt Birdie wants me." How heartbreaking is that?! Of course it is sad when Birdie's mom dies,but that, after all, is life. But for this small boy to not know if anyone "wants" him - not if they LOVE him, but just hoping someone "wants" him?! Gets me EVERY time.