Laura Dern is sure robbing the cradle
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dini0519 — 10 years ago(October 14, 2015 09:13 PM)
I think this could work in a temporary situation only. Think about it. The son and mom would both very likely get into a marriage or romantic relationship eventually and that would not work with them all living together, but while the grandson is small it could be a really good arrangement.
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transmentalist — 9 years ago(May 23, 2016 10:11 PM)
Or they could have decided to live together incestuously like in some Freudian fantasy.
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wldsthrnboy — 10 years ago(November 28, 2015 09:44 PM)
Actually, she is a mother who lost her husband and her son tries to keep her and his own son in the family home. No losers in the film at all.
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I_have_a_brain_cloud — 10 years ago(October 15, 2015 08:24 PM)
Weird thread. If Laura Dern is supposed to be playing her actual age, that would have made her character a mother at 16not all that unusual in our society. I never thought that she was supposed to be his wifedid anybody who actually watched the movie think this?
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walkingf00l — 10 years ago(November 28, 2015 09:14 PM)
I just thought it was bad casting. They threw in one or two lines at the beginning of the film to address the closeness in age, but after that ignored the issue. I think it would have been much better if they had someone play the mother at a more appropriate age not to mention Laura Dern still has a fairly youthful quality.
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hermanotorres — 10 years ago(November 10, 2015 04:18 PM)
Apparently you didn't watch the movie because she does play his mother. But I'm guessing you never make a comment the many times men play the love interests of women with similar & greater age differences.
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vhavnal — 10 years ago(February 04, 2016 09:04 PM)
I think the odd part was when the sheriffs entered their house, the short fat sheriff automatically 'assumed' that she was his mother..If i was a sheriff in that situation, I would have thought differently..