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* HarsherInHindsight: Sky's sudden death in a car accident has become sadder as of Lynn Redgrave's passing. She died of cancer, so unlike her character, it was long and painful.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The story is rather on-the-nose about the ReadingIsCoolAesop, but it does stress that fiction acting as escapism from real life can be a good thing - and that simple love of fiction can bring people together. What's more is that this includes all genres - as sci-fi nerd Grigg ends up loving Jane Austen's books [[spoiler: (as do Dean and Daniel)]], and the movie subverts the SciFiGhetto [[spoiler: when Jocelyn loves Grigg's sci-fi books]].
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** Prudie is the favourite of the protagonists, mostly because she's quite TheWoobie throughout the story.
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** Prudie is the favourite of the protagonists, mostly because she's quite TheWoobie throughout the story.story and the fact she's played by a much beloved actress like Emily Blunt.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Prudie is the favourite of the protagonists, mostly because she's quite TheWoobie throughout the story.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: BrokenBase: The subplot between Prudie and Trey - essentially she nearly has an affair with her student. Some viewers refuse to forgive it, citing the DoubleStandard that the teacher would never have been played sympathetically if the genders were reversed. Others note that it's a SettingUpdate of ''Literature/MansfieldPark'' - and that Trey is an {{Expy}} of Henry Crawford. So he needs to be something that's very tempting (a hot teenage boy) but with enormous stakes if Prudie gives in.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Prudie is the favourite of the protagonists, mostly because she's quite TheWoobie throughout thestory.story.
** Grigg is also loved for being an {{Adorkable}} sci-fi geek.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Prudie is the favourite of the protagonists, mostly because she's quite TheWoobie throughout the
** Grigg is also loved for being an {{Adorkable}} sci-fi geek.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** [[spoiler: Prudie convincing Dean to read ''Persuasion'', and he ends up loving it. It's very sweet that the two had fallen out of love, but were able to reignite their marriage by understanding each other. The two are clearly much happier in the end]].
** Grigg gives Jocelyn a stack of sci-fi books that she keeps putting off reading. [[spoiler: When she finally does, she finishes them all in one night and even runs out to a news stand to try and find the next one. It is rather sweet that Jocelyn came to love something she wouldn't normally have gone for in the same way Grigg came to enjoy Jane Austen's works]].
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Grigg references the works of Philip K Dick. Emily Blunt would later star in ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'', an adaptation of a Philip K Dick short story.
** Also watch ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' for the GenderFlip of the sci-fi book subplot. There it's the girl who convinces her love interest to read {{Geek}}y sci-fi books.
** [[spoiler: Prudie convincing Dean to read ''Persuasion'', and he ends up loving it. It's very sweet that the two had fallen out of love, but were able to reignite their marriage by understanding each other. The two are clearly much happier in the end]].
** Grigg gives Jocelyn a stack of sci-fi books that she keeps putting off reading. [[spoiler: When she finally does, she finishes them all in one night and even runs out to a news stand to try and find the next one. It is rather sweet that Jocelyn came to love something she wouldn't normally have gone for in the same way Grigg came to enjoy Jane Austen's works]].
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Grigg references the works of Philip K Dick. Emily Blunt would later star in ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'', an adaptation of a Philip K Dick short story.
** Also watch ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' for the GenderFlip of the sci-fi book subplot. There it's the girl who convinces her love interest to read {{Geek}}y sci-fi books.
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* MemeticMutation: A minor example. But once ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies'' came about, there were a few discussions about what each character would think of it. General consensus seems to be that Grigg would probably love it.
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* JerkassWoobie: Prudie. At first, she's condescending, rude, and just unpleasant to be around altogether, but then her backstory is revealed (she had a neglectful mother, [[TearJerker who dies in the film, with the last words Prudie spoke to her was for her to leave while she was staying in with her]], a father who left her and thought the picture of a man her mother gave her was her dad, and a bully who humiliated her back in high school) makes her incredibly sympathetic. It also helps that Emily Blunt gave a heartbreaking performance as her.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Prudie could be seen as a drama queen who loves playing the victim at the beginning of the film. Notably she grumbles and complains about her husband to a crowd of complete strangers - but does not confront the man himself about his attitude. Dean could be seen as InnocentlyInsensitive cancelling a trip to France for a baseball game, since Prudie doesn't seem to give him any indication of her feelings at first.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Prudie is the favourite of the protagonists, mostly because she's quite TheWoobie throughout the story.
* HarsherInHindsight: Sky's sudden death in a car accident has become sadder as of Lynn Redgrave's passing. She died of cancer, so unlike her character, it was long and painful.
* JerkassWoobie: Prudie. At first, she's condescending, rude, and just unpleasant to be around altogether, but then her backstory is revealed (she had a neglectful mother, [[TearJerker who dies in the film, with the last words Prudie spoke to her was for her to leave while she was staying in with her]], a father who left her and thought the picture of a man her mother gave her was her dad, and a bully who humiliated her back in high school) makes her incredibly sympathetic. It also helps that Emily Blunt gave a heartbreaking performance asher.her.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The story is rather on-the-nose about the ReadingIsCoolAesop, but it does stress that fiction acting as escapism from real life can be a good thing - and that simple love of fiction can bring people together. What's more is that this includes all genres - as sci-fi nerd Grigg ends up loving Jane Austen's books [[spoiler: (as do Dean and Daniel)]], and the movie subverts the SciFiGhetto [[spoiler: when Jocelyn loves Grigg's sci-fi books]].
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Allegra can come across as rather mean-spirited, considering she loves antagonising Prudie at the meetings. While Prudie is rather pompous, Allegra seems to go out of her way to {{Troll}} her. Corinne's MuseAbuse of her can come across as LaserGuidedKarma.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Prudie is the favourite of the protagonists, mostly because she's quite TheWoobie throughout the story.
* HarsherInHindsight: Sky's sudden death in a car accident has become sadder as of Lynn Redgrave's passing. She died of cancer, so unlike her character, it was long and painful.
* JerkassWoobie: Prudie. At first, she's condescending, rude, and just unpleasant to be around altogether, but then her backstory is revealed (she had a neglectful mother, [[TearJerker who dies in the film, with the last words Prudie spoke to her was for her to leave while she was staying in with her]], a father who left her and thought the picture of a man her mother gave her was her dad, and a bully who humiliated her back in high school) makes her incredibly sympathetic. It also helps that Emily Blunt gave a heartbreaking performance as
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The story is rather on-the-nose about the ReadingIsCoolAesop, but it does stress that fiction acting as escapism from real life can be a good thing - and that simple love of fiction can bring people together. What's more is that this includes all genres - as sci-fi nerd Grigg ends up loving Jane Austen's books [[spoiler: (as do Dean and Daniel)]], and the movie subverts the SciFiGhetto [[spoiler: when Jocelyn loves Grigg's sci-fi books]].
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Allegra can come across as rather mean-spirited, considering she loves antagonising Prudie at the meetings. While Prudie is rather pompous, Allegra seems to go out of her way to {{Troll}} her. Corinne's MuseAbuse of her can come across as LaserGuidedKarma.
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* JerkassWoobie: Prudie. At first, she's condescending, rude, and just unpleasant to be around altogether, but then her backstory is revealed (she had a neglectful mother, [[TearJerker who dies in the film, with the last words Prudie spoke to her was for her to leave while she was staying in with her]], a father who left her and thought the picture of a man her mother gave her was her dad, and a bully who humiliated her back in high school) makes her incredibly sympathetic.
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* JerkassWoobie: Prudie. At first, she's condescending, rude, and just unpleasant to be around altogether, but then her backstory is revealed (she had a neglectful mother, [[TearJerker who dies in the film, with the last words Prudie spoke to her was for her to leave while she was staying in with her]], a father who left her and thought the picture of a man her mother gave her was her dad, and a bully who humiliated her back in high school) makes her incredibly sympathetic. It also helps that Emily Blunt gave a heartbreaking performance as her.
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* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: Adulterous husband, natch.
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