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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: He Says She Says all over the damn place. Is ''he'' to blame for cheating... or ''her'', for stalking? Which is worse? Does one merit the other as a punishment? |
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: He Says She Says all over the damn place. Is ''he'' to blame for cheating... or ''her'', for stalking? Which is worse? Does one merit the other as a punishment? |
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* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Glenn Close played a pregnant woman on a murderous-rampage in the re-shot ending that we all know and love; she didn't find out she actually '''was''' pregnant with a little-girl during the filming of said-murderous-rampage until '''after''' she was rushed to the hospital with a concussion during a botched take. Needless to say, she does not like watching the finale to this day, having (unknowingly) risked her daughter's life filming it. |
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Glenn Close played a pregnant woman on a murderous-rampage in the re-shot ending that we all know and love; she didn't find out she actually '''was''' pregnant with a little-girl during the filming of said-murderous-rampage until '''after''' she was rushed to the hospital with a concussion during a botched take. Needless to say, she does not like watching the finale to this day, having (unknowingly) risked her daughter's life filming it. |
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: The "bunny boiler" incident. Gets cranked [[Up to Eleven]] when Alex ''kidnaps'' Dan's daughter several days later, terrifying her parents -- and the viewer -- with the thought that she could have harmed her if she wanted to, and indirectly leading to Dan's wife being injured in a car accident. |
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: The "bunny boiler" incident. Gets cranked [[Up to Eleven]] when Alex ''kidnaps'' Dan's daughter several days later, terrifying her parents -- and the viewer -- with the thought that she could have harmed her if she wanted to, and indirectly leading to Dan's wife being injured in a car accident. |
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* [[Sein Language]]: After this movie, "bunny boiler" became a popular term for a crazy woman. |
* [[Sein Language]]: After this movie, "bunny boiler" became a popular term for a crazy woman. |
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* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: For all of Alex's crazed behavior, she's absolutely right that Dan has a moral and legal obligation to the child she's carrying. |
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: For all of Alex's crazed behavior, she's absolutely right that Dan has a moral and legal obligation to the child she's carrying. If it exists, that is. |
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** If it exists. |
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** And when Dan rebuffs her advances, saying "I have a whole relationship with someone else", she asks "Then what were you doing with me", pointing out his hypocrisy. |
** And when Dan rebuffs her advances, saying "I have a whole relationship with someone else", she asks "Then what were you doing with me", pointing out his hypocrisy. |
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* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Alex is an unmarried thirty-something career woman. Despite initially being presented as intelligent, independent, and successful, she quickly goes completely off the deep end in her efforts to hang onto a man and have his baby. |
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Alex is an unmarried thirty-something career woman. Despite initially being presented as intelligent, independent, and successful, she quickly goes completely off the deep end in her efforts to hang onto a man and have his baby. |
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Latest revision as of 22:40, 27 January 2020
- Alternate Character Interpretation: He Says She Says all over the damn place. Is he to blame for cheating... or her, for stalking? Which is worse? Does one merit the other as a punishment?
- Funny Aneurysm Moment: Glenn Close played a pregnant woman on a murderous-rampage in the re-shot ending that we all know and love; she didn't find out she actually was pregnant with a little-girl during the filming of said-murderous-rampage until after she was rushed to the hospital with a concussion during a botched take. Needless to say, she does not like watching the finale to this day, having (unknowingly) risked her daughter's life filming it.
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Glenn Close is quite popular in Japan. Also, the Japanese version keeps the original ending. See Focus Group Ending.
- Memetic Mutation: These days, "bunny boiler" refers to deranged women.
- Moral Event Horizon: The "bunny boiler" incident. Gets cranked Up to Eleven when Alex kidnaps Dan's daughter several days later, terrifying her parents -- and the viewer -- with the thought that she could have harmed her if she wanted to, and indirectly leading to Dan's wife being injured in a car accident.
- Sein Language: After this movie, "bunny boiler" became a popular term for a crazy woman.
- Straw Man Has a Point: For all of Alex's crazed behavior, she's absolutely right that Dan has a moral and legal obligation to the child she's carrying. If it exists, that is.
- And when Dan rebuffs her advances, saying "I have a whole relationship with someone else", she asks "Then what were you doing with me", pointing out his hypocrisy.
- Unfortunate Implications: Alex is an unmarried thirty-something career woman. Despite initially being presented as intelligent, independent, and successful, she quickly goes completely off the deep end in her efforts to hang onto a man and have his baby.
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