Heartwarming / She-Devil

• When Ruth trips and falls while serving a platter to Bob's parents, his mother shows concern and tries to help her back up. Bob prevents her from doing so, but it's the thought that counts.
• A small moment is seen when the seniors at the Golden Twilight play soccer; the other orderlies and caretakers are cheering them on, and one even helps a woman in a wheelchair kick the ball.
• Ruth offering Hooper to partake in the luscious pastries she brought for her own lunch, as it gets Hooper to open up and subsequently befriend her.
  • Hooper later quitting her job to join Ruth after she's been fired and donating her savings to start the Vesta Rose Agency can also be seen as this. And in the previous scene, the Golden Twilight seniors all bid Ruth a fond farewell after all she's done for them.
• While spilling all of Mary's dirty secrets to a magazine reporter, Mrs. Fisher sets the record straight about her late husband (Mary had been lying about his job and status) and remarks that he was a lovely man. It's a small comment, but it makes it clear she was Happily Married to her "kosher butcher from Hoboken" and isn't afraid to admit it.
• A scene where Ruth looks at the unflattering People magazine article on Mary Fisher Mood Whiplashes into this when she sees a photo where a beaming Mary is posing with the unhappy Nicolette and Andrew. Ruth looks quite wistful for her children, even moreso when she then looks at a photo of herself, Bob and the children when they were all still together. She's clearly on the verge of tears, and it's evident she really misses her children.
• The end.
  • Ruth is together with her children, who seem better behaved, again.
  • They visit Bob in prison, where he presents his burnt cooking, Ruth doesn't criticize his cooking like he used to. They discuss plans to get together for dinner after he gets out of prison, she leaves for a while, he gives the cookies to his kids and asks for an honest opinion. The kids lie through their teeth and say they're pretty good. It's so nice to see how the Dysfunctional Family has started acting like they love each other, especially after all the events in the film.
    Ruth: People can change.