Kevin was a little mouthy brat
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BrickNash — 9 years ago(December 11, 2016 05:58 AM)
Well that's sort of the whole point of the film. The main character has to undergo a personal journey and Kevin's was that he was an irresponsible and helpless brat who learned to fend for himself and get a lesson in how to appreciate people or in this case his family.
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browntable759 — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 01:50 PM)
I would never have been anywhere near that rude to my parents eitherand I was no perfect little angel. But in his defense, you can tell that the parents hadn't taken the time to teach any of their children appropriate behavior, and they did unfairly single out Kevin for punishment. It doesn't justify Kevin's behavior, but it wouldn't have been fair to punish him severely for disrespect when nobody had taught himor his siblingsdecent manners.
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Blizzard_Beasts — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 08:35 PM)
It seemed like that was the norm for Kevin and his family, though. His mom didn't seem shocked that he said those things, which means it probably wasn't the first time Kevin acted like that. I guess some parents would get all bent out of shape and others would just let it roll off their back and treat him bad as well.
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jsn_hylnd — 9 years ago(January 12, 2017 12:42 PM)
His siblings, his parents, all to blame. If anyone deserves the harsh words, it's them and only THEM. Besides, Kevin nourishes nicely throughout the film and that was the point of the character, he went from being a bratty little kid to an adult. The second movie he proves it even more by standing up to his family in a more proper way, he didn't even care about the attic in that one.
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The_Ultimate_Hippo — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 05:26 PM)
Kevin was a brat but the entire family were complete dicks to him. I put more of the blame on the family seeing how Kevin is only an 8 year old.
"I really wish Gia and Claire had became Tanner" - Honeybeefine -
Bilwick1 — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 12:51 PM)
In a deleted scene, after Kevin's mom sends him into exile up in the attice, she returns downstairs and tells her husband, "I'm worried that our son is becoming a mouth brat."
Overhearing, Uncle Frank leers and says, "He wouldn't be that mouthy if his mouth were full."
The parents figured it was time to present Uncle Frank with a restraining order but they had to catch that plane, and never got around to it.