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* TokenGoodCop: The police chief may be a professional SympatheticInspectorAntagonist, but his subordinates are all incredible idiots who accidentally destroy a surveillance tape while trying to rewind it.
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* BlackSheep: Lloyd and Caroline's son Jesse is the family's black sheep.
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--> '''Connie''': ''(whispering)'' What does she think, she's gonna take it all with her?
--> '''Gary''': ''(whispering back)'' I think that's the plan.
--> '''Gary''': ''(whispering back)'' I think that's the plan.
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* BrutalHonesty: Gus is completely unwilling to put up with the Chasseur's bullshit, and bluntly calls all of them out at various points throughout the film. Ironically, his willingness to cut to the heart of a problem means he does a better job of helping Lloyd and Caroline air their grievances with each other than their actual therapist.
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* GentleTouchVSFirmHand: Dr. Wong, the Chasseur's real marriage counselor and Gus act as this, with Gus' method being more effective: Dr. Wong is soft-spoken and ponderous, which is professional but allows the deeply dysfunctional and argumentative Lloyd and Caroline to walk all over him, while Gus' forceful domination of them and his absolute refusal to put up with their bullshit forces them to actually admit their faults and address the real problems in their marriage.
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* GentleTouchVSFirmHand: Dr. Wong, the Chasseur's real marriage counselor and Gus act as this, with Gus' method being more effective: Dr. Wong is soft-spoken and soft-spoken, ponderous, and refuses to take sides, which is the professional thing to do but allows the deeply dysfunctional and argumentative Lloyd and Caroline to walk all over him, him; while Gus' forceful domination of them and his absolute refusal to put up with their bullshit forces them to actually admit their faults and address the real problems in their marriage.
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* GentleTouchVSFirmHand: The Chasseur's real marriage counselor and Gus act as this: their marriage counselor is soft-spoken and ponderous, which is the professional way but allows the deeply dysfunctional Lloyd and Caroline to walk all over him, while Gus' forceful domination of them and his absolute refusal to put up with their bullshit forces them to actually admit their faults and address the real problems in their marriage.
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* GentleTouchVSFirmHand: The Dr. Wong, the Chasseur's real marriage counselor and Gus act as this: their marriage counselor this, with Gus' method being more effective: Dr. Wong is soft-spoken and ponderous, which is the professional way but allows the deeply dysfunctional and argumentative Lloyd and Caroline to walk all over him, while Gus' forceful domination of them and his absolute refusal to put up with their bullshit forces them to actually admit their faults and address the real problems in their marriage.
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* GentleTouchVSFirmHand: The Chasseur's real marriage counselor and Gus act as this: their marriage counselor is soft-spoken and ponderous, which is the professional way but allows the deeply dysfunctional Lloyd and Caroline to walk all over him, while Gus' forceful domination of them and his absolute refusal to put up with their bullshit forces them to actually admit their faults and address the real problems in their marriage.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Lloyd and Caroline both have very good reasons to be unhappy in their marriage, Lloyd seeing Caroline as flighty, irresponsible and blaming everyone else for her unhappiness and Caroline seeing Lloyd as condescending, miserable and too sheltered and frightened to make any meaningful changes that would make him happier.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Lloyd and Caroline both have very good reasons are demonstrated to be unhappy each play a part in their marriage, Lloyd seeing unhappy marriage: Caroline as flighty, irresponsible and blaming everyone else for her unhappiness and Caroline seeing points out that Lloyd as condescending, miserable is a spineless mama's boy who gives up too easily in the face of adversity and is too sheltered and frightened scared to actually make any meaningful changes that would make him happier.happier, but Lloyd fires back that Caroline is stubborn, flighty, and over-romanticizes the past to keep from accepting any responsibility for how their lives turned out.
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** Caroline hits Lloyd with a devastating one, regarding ''his mother:'' "[[OedipusComplex Why don't you just sleep with her and get it over with]]?" Even ''Gus'' is stunned and has nothing to say in response to ''that'' one.
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* NeverTrustATitle: The title implies something sports-related, and the holiday setting suggests something happy, but the movie is about as black a comedy as one will find from mainstream Hollywood. The eponymous character is a cat burglar who kidnaps a dysfunctional married couple in an attempt to evade a manhunt and winds up having to "referee" their bickering while he plots his escape. In retrospect, the title fits, but a first-time viewer would have no idea what to expect.
** Averted in some countries, where the film went by the more straightforward title "Hostile Hostages" instead.
** Averted in some countries, where the film went by the more straightforward title "Hostile Hostages" instead.
