Marco4545 — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 09:57 AM)

I loved how Ethan Hawks character actually turned out to be the man Patricia Arquette was looking for all along. But as Hawk said it " these things are all about timing" and the timing was never right. It took Hawk's character several more years to actually grow up, hold down a stable job and be a good family man.
There are a few scenes that stick out to me that makes me think the mom (Patricia Arquette) at least thinks about what "could have been" relating to Ethan Hawks character.

1. The first scene is when Mason Sr. shows up to pick up Mason and the sister Sam with his new wife and their new baby together. They drive off in a mini van and the mom sort of looks at the van like " man that could have been me and we could have had a nuclear family"
2. The second scene is when Hawk gives the mom money at Mason's grad party. I feel like the director wanted to make us think that the mom was thinking about how much the dad has stepped up. I believe she was really thinking " maybe I wasn't patient enough with him or if only we waited to have kids my whole life could be different"
   Just some thoughts anyone agree?