Grandmother takes son?
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Howlin Wolf — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 02:48 PM)
No, she doesn't have the 'right' - but some people prefer to deal with things civilly rather than have a huge argument over something that is just temporary It wasn't as though she was applying for full custody; she was removing him from his father's presence for a night In the grand scheme of things, no big deal.
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!" -
sean-van-der-smythe — 9 years ago(July 16, 2016 03:06 AM)
I'm pretty sure she said she was going to stay with some friend or relative. Since she was the first person to state the importance of leaving the motel, I very much doubt that was where they went after leaving the fancy house.
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slidell333 — 9 years ago(July 26, 2016 10:14 PM)
To the OPI agree 100%. That made zero sense and I'd called the cops on her. That's kidnapping. Plus, the main guy and mom were not paying on their loan..um, losing your house is usually what happens when you do that. But the movie portrayed them as heroes for wanting to live in poverty. They didn't pay their loan. So they blame the guy (who yes is a crook) that came and told them the news that was coming and if it wasn't him it would have been someone else. They just lost in courtid been waiting for the eviction and had my stuff packed.
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LilyDaleLady — 9 years ago(July 30, 2016 03:18 PM)
The film makes no sense and this is one of the PRIME flaws.
There is nothing in the film that suggests that the grandmother has custody of the grandson. Therefore, the father (there is no mother and no explanation for what happened to her!) has full custodial rights.
If she took the child, Nash could call the police and have the son brought back to him.
This would be made exponentially worse by the fact that the grandmother is HOMELESS and Nash now has a gorgeous $300K house with a pool. It is also unclear why the boy would agree to go he's not a toddler, he is about 11 years old.
Even if Nash ends up convicted of delivering a forged document that's like a misdemeanor at best. He would not lost custody over this or face jail time. And it would likely take a year or more before ANY punishment (which would likely be community service or a fine). -
slidell333 — 9 years ago(July 31, 2016 07:00 AM)
Agreed 100%!! I said the same thing, he had FULL custody so mom or not, he could have called the cops and had her arrested. He acted like "oh nowhat do I do..I can't do anything!" Errr, yes u can. That's your son, nit hers. Grandmother or not.
And the fact that they basically complained at moving out from a motel to a 300k houselaughable! How many people do you know would have complained based on some silly moral argument that you got the house from the guy that was there when you got evicted for NOT PAYING YOUR MORTGAGE!!!! That's usually what happens. What a whacked out message this film has. I'm a liberal and this is liberal garbage propaganda! -
Howlin Wolf — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 02:37 PM)
She's HIS grandmother; he's not going to come to any harm
Maybe Nash sees the bigger picture and doesn't want to fight with a relative, because - although he disagrees - some things can't be unsaid.
and perhaps the kid doesn't want to go back - but he's a kid; if an adult says go, he goes. He doesn't have a choice.
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!" -
blondiebear_17 — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 01:19 AM)
I thought that was pretty ridiculous when I was watching it as well. I mean Laura Dern's character basically kidnaps her grandson away to Tampa and the father just does nothing about it? Uhh where is this kid's loyalty to his father and why in the world would he want to go to Tampa if he cares so much about staying near his friends? It was just all around illogical. I get that maybe the grandmother may have been concerned about what he was getting into but she knew nothing of the sort of dealings they were doing and yet she is still on some moral high ground when she herself has absolutely nothing to offer given their situation? I totally agree with those that say that this movie just didn't make sense. I mean Nash made it through evicting families with small children and confused elderly people but the one that breaks him is the family with the crazy dad that was an beep to him?
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bdickus — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 05:18 AM)
I felt the Grandmother, Laura Dern, was cast a wee bit youngbut also bothered me she was so selfish.."I need my plants"..of all things! And why didn't she get another job to help out with Mortgage payments? Didn't seem the hair styling business was bringing home the bacon.