JLo character an awful mom!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — An Unfinished Life
ForeverLate — 9 years ago(June 30, 2016 10:20 PM)
She seemed to have a history of hopping from man to man and sleeping with them right away despite her daughter not liking them..put her,kid through years of abuse and witnessing abuse because she had to have a man
And then she leaves Einars home and let's her kid go back and live alone with 2 men she barely knows when she knows her ex is on the loose looking for her!! And it seemed like she hadn't even tried to contact or talk to her daughter in days.
She seemed so awful! -
RPost78 — 9 years ago(September 09, 2016 11:57 PM)
I don't think she was an awful mom.
Here's why
She felt overwhelmingly guilty for the death of Griff and felt as if she didn't deserve anything better than being torn down verbally, or beaten. She was in an extremely low place in her life. She was self destructing. Her daughter was definitely a victim of it, but not because her mom didn't love her.
We see as the film progresses she begins to forgive herself. Once she forgives herself she begins to live again.
As for her leaving Griff with 2 men she barely knows
She did know her father in law prior to her husband's death. She also knew Mitch because when she first got to the ranch she calls out to Mitch, by name. Einar was the girl's grandfather. Not saying there aren't creepy grandfathers, but I think she knew he wasn't one. He was just suffering from sever depression from the loss of his son.
As for letting her daughter walk back to the ranch That happened before she knew her ex was in town. It being such a small, small town she figured the girl would be fine.
She definitely didn't get the mother of the year award, but based on what she was going through, she could have been much, much worse.
Personally, I thought it was a beautiful film with outstanding characters! -
huwdj — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 06:58 AM)
I think that's wrong if for no other reason than the lines where Einer observes what a nice kid she has what a good job she's done despite everything. Her life has been full of poor choices and guilt since her husband died but this story is the point in her life when she starts to recover control.