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| 2 | * DiagnosedByTheAudience: In the movie, [[spoiler: August's violence]] is interpreted as him being a heavy MoodSwinger and he can't seem to control his HairTriggerTemper; someone even wonders to Jacob why [[spoiler: August bothers training animals if he can't stop himself from beating them.]] While the other workers call him [[InsaneEqualsViolent a "paranoid schizophrenic,"]] the setting's time period mostly likely means that ''something'' is wrong with him, but people just don't know what it is. |
| 3 | * HilariousInHindsight: |
| 4 | ** Creator/RobertPattinson plays a character named "Jacob". This also happens to be the name of the romantic rival to Pattinson's character in a [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga popular film series]], also based on books. |
| 5 | ** In 1998, Reese Witherspoon was in a film that happened to be called ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119594/ Twilight]]''. |
| 6 | ** Robert Pattinson plays a creepy, abusive, jealous stalker in Twilight. Here he plays the (non-abusive) protagonist in a story that deconstructs abusive relationships. |
| 7 | ** At one point in the movie, Marlena said, "I don't sing." [[IronyAsSheIsCast Reese Witherspoon]], on the [[Film/WalkTheLine other]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Sing}} hand]]... |
| 8 | * MoralEventHorizon: |
| 9 | ** [[spoiler:August throwing Walter and Camel off the train as it goes over a trestle bridge.]] |
| 10 | ** Or earlier, when he [[spoiler: beats the hell out of Rosie for running away, leaving her covered in gashes]]. |
| 11 | * RetroactiveRecognition: The dog in the film is played by Uggie, who would become famous the same year as the dog in ''Film/TheArtist''. |
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