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The film is mostly remembered for its controversial ending which some found offensive but many people have spoken up in favor of it, saying it was handled in a very classy way. And to those who feel it was tacked on, the event itself actually inspired the film. |
The film is mostly remembered for its controversial ending which some found offensive but many people have spoken up in favor of it, saying it was handled in a very classy way. And to those who feel it was tacked on, the event itself actually inspired the film. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Allie's father Neil seems like a sensible enough man but don't you dare mention his wife. And in Tyler's case, don't ever harm Caroline. |
* [[Berserk Button]]: Allie's father Neil seems like a sensible enough man but don't you dare mention his wife. And in Tyler's case, don't ever harm Caroline. |
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* [[Book Ends]]: The film opens and ends with Allie in the subway. |
* [[Book Ends]]: The film opens and ends with Allie in the subway. |
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* [[Brick Joke]]: Aidan brags about having slept with a girl of every ethnicity. Allie asks about an eskimo and he responds that there is a certain girl who works at the library. The focus then switches to Tyler arriving home to find {{spoiler|Allie's father waiting for him}}. After that big scene is over, Allie arrives home saying she'd just been at the library speaking with the girl in question. |
* [[Brick Joke]]: Aidan brags about having slept with a girl of every ethnicity. Allie asks about an eskimo and he responds that there is a certain girl who works at the library. The focus then switches to Tyler arriving home to find {{spoiler|Allie's father waiting for him}}. After that big scene is over, Allie arrives home saying she'd just been at the library speaking with the girl in question. |
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* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Tyler and Allie decide that Aidan is actually addicted to being an asshole and dub him an "assaholic". |
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* [[Call Back]]: At the very end of the film {{spoiler|Allie rides on the subway for the first time since her mother's murder, to show she's moving on}}. |
* [[Call Back]]: At the very end of the film {{spoiler|Allie rides on the subway for the first time since her mother's murder, to show she's moving on}}. |
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* [[Cerebus Callback]]: Inverted. Early on in the movie Tyler is bailed out of jail by his father in a sombre scene. The second time it happens, much later in the story, it's a humorous scene with Charles and Tyler laughing about it. |
* [[Cerebus Callback]]: Inverted. Early on in the movie Tyler is bailed out of jail by his father in a sombre scene. The second time it happens, much later in the story, it's a humorous scene with Charles and Tyler laughing about it. |
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* [[Wham Line]]: The teacher casually writing the date on the blackboard: {{spoiler|September 11th, 2001}}. |
* [[Wham Line]]: The teacher casually writing the date on the blackboard: {{spoiler|September 11th, 2001}}. |
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* [[Who Wears Short Shorts]]: Allie. Justified though since summers get very hot in New York. |
* [[Who Wears Short Shorts]]: Allie. Justified though since summers get very hot in New York. |
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* [[Why Did You Make Me Hit You]]: Neil strikes Allie in a moment of rage when she taunts him about her mother. |
* [[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?]]: Neil strikes Allie in a moment of rage when she taunts him about her mother. |
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* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: Even though the little girls traumatized Caroline, Tyler doesn't physically hit them -- he just settles for scaring them shitless instead. |
* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: Even though the little girls traumatized Caroline, Tyler doesn't physically hit them -- he just settles for scaring them shitless instead. |
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