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* ParentsAsPeople: Seen in varying degrees of Luke, Jackie and Isabel, but specifically the latter, who is initially a career woman that is somewhat MaternallyChallenged towards her boyfriend's two children. This is also discussed in an argument with Jackie who tries to call her out on how much the children "hate" her and she defending herself, her relationship with Luke, and her career.
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* InconvenientDarkroomIllumination: Averted: Jackie opens the door wide open when entering Isabel's darkroom, but this does not appear to cause any trouble. A rare instance in cinema where ShownYourWork means this is a JustifiedTrope. Jackie asks to come in as Isabel is finishing up developing her negatives. The four trays on the table are solutions to develop the print, and both prints in this shot have been "fixed," meaning exposure has been artificially stopped and light won't hurt the photo. Isabel even flips on the overhead lights while taking the final print out of the "wash" tray, which rinses the print of chemicals.
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* InconvenientDarkroomIllumination: Averted: Jackie opens the door wide open when entering Isabel's darkroom, but this does not appear to cause any trouble. A rare instance in cinema where ShownYourWork ShownTheirWork means this is a JustifiedTrope. Jackie asks to come in as Isabel is finishing up developing her negatives. The four trays on the table are solutions to develop the print, and both prints in this shot have been "fixed," meaning exposure has been artificially stopped and light won't hurt the photo. Isabel even flips on the overhead lights while taking the final print out of the "wash" tray, which rinses the print of chemicals.
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* InconvenientDarkroomIllumination: Averted: Jackie opens the door wide open when entering Isabel's darkroom, but this does not appear to cause any trouble.
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* InconvenientDarkroomIllumination: Averted: Jackie opens the door wide open when entering Isabel's darkroom, but this does not appear to cause any trouble. A rare instance in cinema where ShownYourWork means this is a JustifiedTrope. Jackie asks to come in as Isabel is finishing up developing her negatives. The four trays on the table are solutions to develop the print, and both prints in this shot have been "fixed," meaning exposure has been artificially stopped and light won't hurt the photo. Isabel even flips on the overhead lights while taking the final print out of the "wash" tray, which rinses the print of chemicals.
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* NotSoDifferent: After the relationship between them softens, Jackie admits to Isabel that she had lost Ben while shopping a few years earlier.
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* NotSoDifferent: After the relationship between them softens, Jackie admits to Isabel that she had lost Ben while shopping a few years earlier.
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Jackie (Sarandon) and Luke (Harris) are a divorced couple, struggling to help their kids Anna (Malone) and Ben (Liam Aiken) adapt to the new lifestyle as a result. Luke gets a new girlfriend in Isabel (Roberts), a very successful advertising director who treats her career as the most important part of her life. Anna hates her at first, but after Jackie is diagnosed with cancer and starts treating Isabel better, Anna warms up to her. Isabel, as a result, starts becoming less career-driven and more family focused.
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Jackie (Sarandon) and Luke (Harris) are a divorced couple, struggling to help their kids Anna (Malone) and Ben (Liam Aiken) adapt to the new lifestyle as a result. Luke gets a new girlfriend in Isabel (Roberts), a very successful advertising director who treats her career as the most important part of her life. Anna hates her at first, but after Jackie is diagnosed with cancer and starts treating Isabel better, Anna warms up to her. Isabel, as a result, starts becoming less career-driven and more family focused.
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* JerkassToOne: Jackie is determined to hate Isabel, especially after she gets engaged to Luke. She tries to undermine Isabel's growing relationship with her daughter by sabotaging any attempt to get closer. An example is earlier in the movie when Isabel suggests to Jackie that she takes Anna to a Music/PearlJam concert. Jackie vetoes the idea, saying Anna is too young and it's a school night. Later, after Anna and Isabel get closer, Jackie steals the very idea and gives a delighted Anna the concert tickets right in front of Isabel. Granted, Isabel is the only person Jackie is so relentlessly spiteful towards, she's a very loving mother to her children.
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* JerkassToOne: Jackie is determined to hate Isabel, especially after she gets engaged to Luke. She tries to undermine Isabel's growing relationship with her daughter by sabotaging any attempt to get closer. An example is earlier in the movie when Isabel suggests to Jackie that she takes Anna to a Music/PearlJam concert. Jackie vetoes the idea, saying Anna is too young and it's a school night. Later, after Anna and Isabel get closer, Jackie steals the very idea and gives a delighted Anna the concert tickets right in front of Isabel. Granted, Isabel is the only person Jackie is so relentlessly spiteful towards, toward, she's a very loving mother to her children.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Not by choice and only because the terminally ill Jackie needs to groom Isabel to take over for her, but bit by bit, things begin to thaw between the two and by the time the film ends, with Jackie presumably not having much longer to live, the two have become friends.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Not by choice and only because the terminally ill Jackie needs to groom Isabel to take over for her, but bit by bit, things begin to thaw between the two two, and by the time the film ends, with Jackie presumably not having much longer to live, the two have become friends.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: If considering Jackie, Anna and Ben a "team" against Isabel, then it's Ben. Aside from being a little annoying towards her and making things hard for her at times, he's mostly following his older sister and mother's examples of disliking her and doesn't really have a problem with her. A particularly noticeable moment is when the three of them are horseback riding and he remarks to Jackie (which in turn makes her begin to realize the error of her ways) [[WhamLine "If you want me to hate her, Mommy, I will."]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: If considering Jackie, Anna Anna, and Ben a "team" against Isabel, then it's Ben. Aside from being a little annoying towards her and making things hard for her at times, he's mostly following his older sister and mother's examples of disliking her and doesn't really have a problem with her. A particularly noticeable moment is when the three of them are horseback riding and he remarks to Jackie (which in turn makes her begin to realize the error of her ways) [[WhamLine "If you want me to hate her, Mommy, I will."]]
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Not by choice and only because the terminally ill Jackie needs to groom Isabelle to take over for her, but bit by bit, things begin to thaw between the two and by the time the film ends, with Jackie presumably not having much longer to live, the two have become friends.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Not by choice and only because the terminally ill Jackie needs to groom Isabelle Isabel to take over for her, but bit by bit, things begin to thaw between the two and by the time the film ends, with Jackie presumably not having much longer to live, the two have become friends.
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* AgeGapRomance: Between Isabel and the visibly older Luke.
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* AgeGapRomance: Between Isabel and the visibly older Luke. Jackie bitterly lampshades this, remarking how Luke has gotten with a woman "half his age" since divorcing her.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Aside from some mild pallor, the cancer-stricken Jackie looks as pretty and healthy at the end of the film as she has throughout the entire film.
* BolivianArmyEnding: The film concludes with what is presumably Jackie's last Christmas. (Her funeral is shown in the original script).
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Anna. She has a hard time accepting Isabel, but gradually opens up to her.
* CallingTheOldManOut: When Anna freaks out over Jackie's diagnosis and gets angry with her for lying about it, she runs towards the stairs in tears, Luke yells at her to come back:
* BolivianArmyEnding: The film concludes with what is presumably Jackie's last Christmas. (Her funeral is shown in the original script).
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Anna. She has a hard time accepting Isabel, but gradually opens up to her.
* CallingTheOldManOut: When Anna freaks out over Jackie's diagnosis and gets angry with her for lying about it, she runs towards the stairs in tears, Luke yells at her to come back:
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Aside from some mild pallor, the cancer-stricken Jackie looks as pretty and healthy at the end of the film when she's now bedridden as she has she's looked throughout the entire film.
* BolivianArmyEnding: The film concludes with what is presumably Jackie's lastChristmas. (Her Christmas with her family and Isabel at her side, the latter whom she's now accepted and trusts to take care of her kids. (Jackie's funeral is shown in the original script).
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Anna. She has a hard time acceptingIsabel, but Isabel as she initially has hope her parents will get back together, even telling her teacher her parents have gotten remarried. But, she gradually opens up to her.
her as she's forced to accept her parents' divorce.
* CallingTheOldManOut: When Annafreaks out becomes distraught over Jackie's diagnosis and gets angry with her for lying about it, she runs towards up the stairs in tears, Luke yells at her to come back:
* BolivianArmyEnding: The film concludes with what is presumably Jackie's last
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Anna. She has a hard time accepting
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* DisappearedDad: Luke always has a work excuse to leave Anna and Ben in the care of his ex-wife or his equally busy, parentally challenged girlfriend, neither of whom call him out on this. Only once do we see him caring for the kids on his own.
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* DisappearedDad: Luke always has a work excuse to leave Anna and Ben in the care of his ex-wife or his equally busy, parentally challenged girlfriend, neither of whom call him out on this. It's even mentioned that his constantly working was a root cause for his divorce with Jackie, who says he was gone from her life long before their official divorce. Only once do we see him caring for the kids on his own.
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* InsufferableGenius: Isabel has a pretty bad attitude at work, which her boss points out. That said, she is a very talented photographer, and her vision for a particular shoot turns out to be far better than what she had been assigned.
* JerkassToOne: Jackie is determined to hate Isabel especially after she gets engaged to Luke. She tries to undermine Isabel's growing relationship with her daughter by sabotaging any attempt to get closer. An example is earlier in the movie Isabel suggest to Jackie that she takes Anna to a Music/PearlJam concert. Jackie vetoes the idea, saying Anna is too young. Later after Anna and Isabel get closer, Jackie steals Isabel's idea right in front of her. Granted, Isabel is the only person Jackie is so relentlessly spiteful towards, she's a very loving mother to her children.
* JerkassToOne: Jackie is determined to hate Isabel especially after she gets engaged to Luke. She tries to undermine Isabel's growing relationship with her daughter by sabotaging any attempt to get closer. An example is earlier in the movie Isabel suggest to Jackie that she takes Anna to a Music/PearlJam concert. Jackie vetoes the idea, saying Anna is too young. Later after Anna and Isabel get closer, Jackie steals Isabel's idea right in front of her. Granted, Isabel is the only person Jackie is so relentlessly spiteful towards, she's a very loving mother to her children.
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* InsufferableGenius: Isabel has a pretty bad attitude at work, which her boss points out. That said, she is she's still a very talented photographer, and her vision for a particular shoot turns out to be far better than what she had originally been assigned.
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* JerkassToOne: Jackie is determined to hateIsabel Isabel, especially after she gets engaged to Luke. She tries to undermine Isabel's growing relationship with her daughter by sabotaging any attempt to get closer. An example is earlier in the movie when Isabel suggest suggests to Jackie that she takes Anna to a Music/PearlJam concert. Jackie vetoes the idea, saying Anna is too young. Later young and it's a school night. Later, after Anna and Isabel get closer, Jackie steals Isabel's the very idea and gives a delighted Anna the concert tickets right in front of her.Isabel. Granted, Isabel is the only person Jackie is so relentlessly spiteful towards, she's a very loving mother to her children.
* JerkassToOne: Jackie is determined to hate
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* MissingChild: Ben goes missing while Isabel is working and Anna has fallen asleep. [[spoiler: He is found safe and sound in the Central Park Zoo]].
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* MissingChild: Ben runs off and goes missing while Isabel is working and Anna has fallen asleep. [[spoiler: He is He's found safe and sound in the Central Park Zoo]].Zoo and entertains the officers watching him with his magic tricks.]]
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* MommasBoy: Ben. Oh, so much. Jackie says he was born premature, so she coddled him a bit. Unlike his sister though, he doesn't hate Isabel and genuinely likes her.
* NotADate: Luke and Jackie meet at a romantic-looking restaurant, both wanting to tell the other something important. [[spoiler: He tells her that he plans to propose to Isabel]].
* NotADate: Luke and Jackie meet at a romantic-looking restaurant, both wanting to tell the other something important. [[spoiler: He tells her that he plans to propose to Isabel]].
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* MommasBoy: Ben. Oh, so much. Jackie says he was born premature, so she coddled him a bit.him. Unlike his sister though, he doesn't hate Isabel and genuinely likes her.
* NotADate: Luke and Jackie meet at a romantic-looking restaurant, both wanting to tell the other something important. [[spoiler:He She with her cancer diagnosis and Luke tells her that he of his plans to propose to Isabel]].Isabel.]] Their waiter even assumes they're a married couple, asking Luke what his "wife" wants to order. Jackie quickly corrects him.
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* ParentWithNewParamourParentWithNewParamour: A major plot point are the kids trying to adjust to their dad having a new girlfriend [[spoiler: and wife]].
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Isabel writes one for Anna to deliver to her ex-"boyfriend."
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Isabel writes one for Anna to deliver to her ex-"boyfriend.""ex-boyfriend" after he humiliates her by publicly dumping her in front of their classmates and starts bullying her. Her speech is noted as being quite mature and graphic for a 12-year-old, but it knocks the boy down a peg in embarrassment and the other girls cheer Anna and applaud her come-back.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: If considering Jackie, Anna and Ben a "team" against Isabel, then it's Ben. Aside from being a little annoying towards her, he is mostly following his older sister and mother's examples of disliking her and warms up to her much quicker than they do. A particularly noticeable moment is when the three of them were horseback riding and he then remarks to Jackie (which in turn makes her begin to realize the error of her ways) [[WhamLine "If you want me to hate her, Mommy, I will."]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: If considering Jackie, Anna and Ben a "team" against Isabel, then it's Ben. Aside from being a little annoying towards her, he is her and making things hard for her at times, he's mostly following his older sister and mother's examples of disliking her and warms up to her much quicker than they do. doesn't really have a problem with her. A particularly noticeable moment is when the three of them were are horseback riding and he then remarks to Jackie (which in turn makes her begin to realize the error of her ways) [[WhamLine "If you want me to hate her, Mommy, I will."]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: If considering Jackie, Anna and Ben a "team" against Isabel, then it's Ben. Aside from being a little annoying towards her, he is mostly following his older sister and mother's examples of disliking her and warns up to her much quicker than they do. A particularly noticeable moment is when the three of them were horseback riding and he then remarks to Jackie (which in turn makes her begin to realize the error of her ways) [[WhamLine "If you want me to hate her, Mommy, I will."]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: If considering Jackie, Anna and Ben a "team" against Isabel, then it's Ben. Aside from being a little annoying towards her, he is mostly following his older sister and mother's examples of disliking her and warns warms up to her much quicker than they do. A particularly noticeable moment is when the three of them were horseback riding and he then remarks to Jackie (which in turn makes her begin to realize the error of her ways) [[WhamLine "If you want me to hate her, Mommy, I will."]]
