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** Jules firing her Hispanic gardener late in the film. Did she really fire him for being high on the job? Or did she fire him also as a means to keep quiet about [[spoiler: her affair with Paul]]?
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Misuse; that's the writers being stupid, not the characters
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* IdiotPlot: [[spoiler: the lesbian Jules inexplicably having an affair with Paul.]] All of this could've been avoided if the writers had just made [[spoiler: Jules]] a bisexual.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The affair between Paul and Jules was completely unnecessary. There was enough friction and tension due to his presence in the family's life and the writers could have easily stuck with that instead of ruining Paul's newfound relationship with everyone the moment the affair was discovered.
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* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Although Jules and Nic drive off happily together in the end, there's no indication that either of them has grown or learned from the experience, with even Laser noting that they should just stay together because they're old, which isn't exactly a foundation for a happy marriage. Additionally, Paul's life is in ruins and the family suffer no repercussions for it]].
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* IdiotPlot: [[spoiler: the lesbian Jules inexplicably having an affair with Paul.]] All of this could've been avoided if the writers had just made [[spoiler: Jules]] a bisexual.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Jules, who has her marriage troubles with Nic and her affair with Paul despite identifying as a lesbian.]]
** Sexuality being as complex as it is, it's possible that she loves women, but lusts after men. In other words, she couldn't have a fulfilling emotional connection with a man, but she can't have fulfilling sex without one. Alternatively, her wife is just crappy in bed.
** Or that the thrill of the affair led to the passionate sex in response to the fact that her long-term relationship was in a bit of a sexual rut.
** Then again, there's that thing with the gay male porn, which is (surprise!) a bit of Truth in Television.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Jules, who has her marriage troubles with Nic and her affair with Paul despite identifying as a lesbian.]]
** Sexuality being as complex as it is, it's possible that she loves women, but lusts after men. In other words, she couldn't have a fulfilling emotional connection with a man, but she can't have fulfilling sex without one. Alternatively, her wife is just crappy in bed.
** Or that the thrill of the affair led to the passionate sex in response to the fact that her long-term relationship was in a bit of a sexual rut.
** Then again, there's that thing with the gay male porn, which is (surprise!) a bit of Truth in Television.
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** Dont let your kids meet their biological dad. It will destroy your family.
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* AccidentalAesop: Don't be so mean and neglectful to your wife or else she'll eventually stray...with a man.
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--> '''Jules:''' I need to say something. Um, it's no big secret your mom and I are in hell right now, and, uh... Bottom line is, marriage is hard. It's really fuckin' hard. Just... just two people slogging through the shit, year after year, getting older, changing. It's a fucking marathon, okay? So, sometimes, you know, you're... you're together so long, that you just... You stop seeing the other person. You just see weird projections of your own junk. Um, instead of talking to each other, you go off the rails and act grubby and make stupid choices, which is what I did, and I feel sick about it because I love you guys, and I love your mom, and that's the truth. Sometimes you hurt the ones you love the most. I don't know why. I... You know, if I read more Russian novels, then... Anyway, I just wanted to say how sorry I am for what I did. I hope you'll forgive me eventually. Thank you.
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** [[spoiler: Nic and Jules fight after discovering her affair with Paul]].
** [[spoiler: Joni and Laser running away after being caught listening to their moms fight and finding out Paul ruined their moms marriage]].
** [[spoiler: Joni's drunken fight with her moms, telling them she doesn't want to see either of them when she goes off to college]].
** [[spoiler: Paul attempting to apologize to his kids and their moms only to get the door slammed in his face.]]
** [[spoiler: Jules apologizing to her wife and kids about destroying their family with her affair and telling them how she loves them and how marriage is hard work. Doubles as HeartWarming moment too.]]
** [[spoiler: Nic and Jules fight after discovering her affair with Paul]].
** [[spoiler: Joni and Laser running away after being caught listening to their moms fight and finding out Paul ruined their moms marriage]].
** [[spoiler: Joni's drunken fight with her moms, telling them she doesn't want to see either of them when she goes off to college]].
** [[spoiler: Paul attempting to apologize to his kids and their moms only to get the door slammed in his face.]]
** [[spoiler: Jules apologizing to her wife and kids about destroying their family with her affair and telling them how she loves them and how marriage is hard work. Doubles as HeartWarming moment too.]]
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/{{Girls}} Shoshanna]] is Joni's friend.
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* Paul. While he shouldn't have slept with Jules it's obviously that he genuinely liked her and was possibly even falling in love with her, and had also hit it off with his kids and rapidly built a good relationship with them, only to lose all that in an instant when their affair is discovered.
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* UnfortunateImplications: In the film [[spoiler: Jules, a lesbian, has a lackluster sex life with her wife but has amazing sex -- with the biological father of her two children. Despite this, she still identifies as "lesbian" not straight now or bisexual]]. Needless to say, this has caused a lot of controversy and is often seen as perpetuating a message along the lines of "all lesbians secretly want men". The film also came under scrutiny for bi-erasure and bi-phobia.
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* {{Squick}}: The kid Clay trying to urinate on a live dog.
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* UnfortunateImplications: In the film [[spoiler: Jules, a lesbian, has a lackluster sex life with her wife but has amazing sex -- with the biological father of her two children. Despite this, she still identifies as "lesbian" not straight now or bisexual]]. Needless to say, this has caused a lot of controversy and is often seen as perpetuating a message along the lines of "all lesbians secretly want men". The film also came under scrutiny for bi-erasure and bi-phobia.
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* AwardSnub: Neither Julianne Moore nor Mia Wasikowska receiving Supporting Actress nominations for their work.
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also the cheating before thing is wmg.
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* JerkassWoobie: her partner Jules is flighty and its implied Nic has been the bread winner and responsible one for a relationship that is old enough to have a daughter going to college and if the Chekhov's Gun is anything to go by her partner may have cheated before.college.
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