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** Nick's sister, Kate, does not take much time after she is introduced to show that she's a xenophobic KnowNothingKnowItAll, as she thinks Muslim doctors are sneaking into the country and berates Annji for using a "made-up" word (before swapping to "Indian") when she plays "Tumult" in Scrabble.
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** Nick's sister, Kate, does not take much time after she is introduced to show that she's a xenophobic KnowNothingKnowItAll, as she thinks Muslim doctors are sneaking into the country and berates Annji for using a "made-up" word (before swapping to "Indian") "Indian" when she told it's a real word) when Annji plays "Tumult" in Scrabble.
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* HateSink: [i]Several[/i] examples:
** Tony, the family's patriarch, is incapable of ever admitting fault (at least until he becomes convinced that the [[spoiler: alien parasite living in the television/surrounding the house is actually a god, and he only admits that he did not realize everything that happened to the family was divine]]), is rude, obviously resents and openly distrusts his son, has no awareness that his blind obedience to the television/[[spoiler: alien parasite]] is endangering his family, treats his wife very poorly, is manipulative, and abandons his family in a time of great need so that he can go to his office and come up with "a different approach" to their predicament. He also dismisses the deaths of his own [i]daughter[/i] and [i]father[/i] (granted, the latter is an asshole) as part of the cost of safety, as he sees it. Whatever few redeeming qualities the movie attempts to attribute to him is overshadowed by his numerous character flaws, and it seems as if his character was made to hate.
** Tony, the family's patriarch, is incapable of ever admitting fault (at least until he becomes convinced that the [[spoiler: alien parasite living in the television/surrounding the house is actually a god, and he only admits that he did not realize everything that happened to the family was divine]]), is rude, obviously resents and openly distrusts his son, has no awareness that his blind obedience to the television/[[spoiler: alien parasite]] is endangering his family, treats his wife very poorly, is manipulative, and abandons his family in a time of great need so that he can go to his office and come up with "a different approach" to their predicament. He also dismisses the deaths of his own [i]daughter[/i] and [i]father[/i] (granted, the latter is an asshole) as part of the cost of safety, as he sees it. Whatever few redeeming qualities the movie attempts to attribute to him is overshadowed by his numerous character flaws, and it seems as if his character was made to hate.
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* HateSink: [i]Several[/i] Several examples:
** Tony, the family's patriarch, is incapable of ever admitting fault (at least until he becomes convinced that the [[spoiler: alien parasite living in the television/surrounding the house is actually a god, and he only admits that he did not realize everything that happened to the family was divine]]), is rude, obviously resents and openly distrusts his son, has no awareness that his blind obedience to the television/[[spoiler: alien parasite]] is endangering his family, treats his wife very poorly, is manipulative, and abandons his family in a time of great need so that he can go to his office and come up with "a different approach" to their predicament. He also dismisses the deaths of his own[i]daughter[/i] daughter and [i]father[/i] father (granted, the latter is an asshole) as part of the cost of safety, as he sees it. Whatever few redeeming qualities the movie attempts to attribute to him is overshadowed by his numerous character flaws, and it seems as if his character was made to hate.
** Tony, the family's patriarch, is incapable of ever admitting fault (at least until he becomes convinced that the [[spoiler: alien parasite living in the television/surrounding the house is actually a god, and he only admits that he did not realize everything that happened to the family was divine]]), is rude, obviously resents and openly distrusts his son, has no awareness that his blind obedience to the television/[[spoiler: alien parasite]] is endangering his family, treats his wife very poorly, is manipulative, and abandons his family in a time of great need so that he can go to his office and come up with "a different approach" to their predicament. He also dismisses the deaths of his own
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* HateSink: [i]Several[/i] examples:
** Tony, the family's patriarch, is incapable of ever admitting fault (at least until he becomes convinced that the [[spoiler: alien parasite living in the television/surrounding the house is actually a god, and he only admits that he did not realize everything that happened to the family was divine]]), is rude, obviously resents and openly distrusts his son, has no awareness that his blind obedience to the television/[[spoiler: alien parasite]] is endangering his family, treats his wife very poorly, is manipulative, and abandons his family in a time of great need so that he can go to his office and come up with "a different approach" to their predicament. He also dismisses the deaths of his own [i]daughter[/i] and [i]father[/i] (granted, the latter is an asshole) as part of the cost of safety, as he sees it. Whatever few redeeming qualities the movie attempts to attribute to him is overshadowed by his numerous character flaws, and it seems as if his character was made to hate.
** The grandfather is a racist, elitist, [likely] misogynistic, emotionally/physically abusive, abrasive, hateful, and overall despicable asshole who is very easy to hate. He seems to enjoy when the members of his family fight and become visibly offended, and makes no effort to conceal his open contempt for everyone- and everything- around him. No one [[spoiler: mourned when he died]].
** Tony, the family's patriarch, is incapable of ever admitting fault (at least until he becomes convinced that the [[spoiler: alien parasite living in the television/surrounding the house is actually a god, and he only admits that he did not realize everything that happened to the family was divine]]), is rude, obviously resents and openly distrusts his son, has no awareness that his blind obedience to the television/[[spoiler: alien parasite]] is endangering his family, treats his wife very poorly, is manipulative, and abandons his family in a time of great need so that he can go to his office and come up with "a different approach" to their predicament. He also dismisses the deaths of his own [i]daughter[/i] and [i]father[/i] (granted, the latter is an asshole) as part of the cost of safety, as he sees it. Whatever few redeeming qualities the movie attempts to attribute to him is overshadowed by his numerous character flaws, and it seems as if his character was made to hate.
** The grandfather is a racist, elitist, [likely] misogynistic, emotionally/physically abusive, abrasive, hateful, and overall despicable asshole who is very easy to hate. He seems to enjoy when the members of his family fight and become visibly offended, and makes no effort to conceal his open contempt for everyone- and everything- around him. No one [[spoiler: mourned when he died]].
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* ParanoiaFuel: Waking up from a sound sleep to find that your house has been utterly locked down by an outside source while every channel on TV reads "STAY INDOORS AND AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS" is rather bad already. Later events - such as [[spoiler: saying the food has been contaminated, that someone has been infected, and that one of them is actually a sleeper agent]] takes this up to eleven.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The movie is stated by many to have a really good premise, but was unfortunately wasted on [[Narm moments that killed dramatic tension at the later bits]], [[GenreShift the movie going from psychological thriller to slasher]], and a [[GainaxEnding confusing ending that leaves more questions than answers]].
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The movie is stated by many to have a really good premise, premise and a promising first half but was unfortunately wasted on [[Narm moments that killed dramatic tension at the later bits]], bits, [[GenreShift the movie going from psychological thriller to slasher]], and a [[GainaxEnding confusing ending that leaves more questions than answers]].
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* CriticalDissonance: Despite the impressive 80% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 28% audience score.
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* TheWoobie: Beth, the mother. She was ecstatic at Nick returning home, is clearly hurt when Nick and Annji make plans to leave, and her attempt to emulate Nick and Annji's flirtatious behavior with her husband is flatly rebuffed, as Tony is appalled at her making light of the situation.
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* TheWoobie: Beth, the mother. She was ecstatic at Nick returning home, is clearly hurt when Nick and Annji make plans to leave, and her attempt to emulate Nick and Annji's flirtatious behavior with her husband is flatly rebuffed, as Tony is appalled at her making light of the situation.situation.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The movie is stated by many to have a really good premise, but was unfortunately wasted on [[Narm moments that killed dramatic tension at the later bits]], [[GenreShift the movie going from psychological thriller to slasher]], and a [[GainaxEnding confusing ending that leaves more questions than answers]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The movie is stated by many to have a really good premise, but was unfortunately wasted on [[Narm moments that killed dramatic tension at the later bits]], [[GenreShift the movie going from psychological thriller to slasher]], and a [[GainaxEnding confusing ending that leaves more questions than answers]].
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: PlayedForDrama, as we learn that Tony's nickname of "Squelcher" was the result of [[spoiler: his having wet the bed ''once'' when he was a child, because he was afraid of what Granddad would do to him if he went to the toilet after curfew. He was still beaten black and blue for wetting the bed, with Granddad telling him that "Real men can hold it."]]
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* NeverLiveItDown: PlayedForDrama, as we learn that Tony's nickname of "Squelcher" was the result of [[spoiler: his having wet the bed ''once'' when he was a child, because he was afraid of what Granddad would do to him if he went to the toilet after curfew. He was still beaten black and blue for wetting the bed, with Granddad telling him that "Real men can hold it."]]
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* NeverLiveItDown: OnceDoneNeverForgotten: PlayedForDrama, as we learn that Tony's nickname of "Squelcher" was the result of [[spoiler: his having wet the bed ''once'' when he was a child, because he was afraid of what Granddad would do to him if he went to the toilet after curfew. He was still beaten black and blue for wetting the bed, with Granddad telling him that "Real men can hold it."]]
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* NeverLiveItDown: PlayedForDrama, as we learn that Tony's nickname of "Squelcher" was the result of [[spoiler: his having wet the bed ''once'' when he was a child, because he was afraid of what Granddad would do to him if he went to the toilet after curfew. He was still beaten black and blue for wetting the bed, with Granddad telling him that "Real men can hold it."]]
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* TheScrappy: Everyone other than Nick, Annji, and Nick's mother are not only jerks, but racist towards Annji to boot. The father and grandfather both being abusive and everyone but Annji and Nick slavishly listening to the TV at first, including inoculating themselves with an unknown substance and scrubbing their bare skin with bleach.
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* TheScrappy: Everyone other than Nick, Annji, and Nick's mother mother, Beth, are not only jerks, but racist towards Annji to boot. The father and grandfather both being abusive and everyone but Annji and Nick slavishly listening to the TV at first, including inoculating themselves with an unknown substance and scrubbing their bare skin with bleach.
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* TheWoobie: Beth, the mother. She was ecstatic at Nick returning home, is clearly hurt when Nick and Annji make plans to leave, and her attempt to emulate Nick and Annji's flirtatious behavior with her husband is flatly rebuffed, as Tony is appalled at her making light of the situation.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Tony's willingness to follow the television's instructions are largely reasonable, given the outlandishness of the situation. But [[spoiler: giving his own son the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique was so hard a line that even the typically-meek Scott turns on him]].
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Don't blindly follow orders. It's bad to be unable to admit fault. Racism and othering are bad. Subtle this film is not.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Don't blindly follow orders. BlindObedience is bad. It's bad to be [[NeverMyFault unable to admit fault.fault]]. Racism and othering are bad. Subtle this film is not.
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* TheScrappy: Everyone other than Nick and Annji is not only a jerk, but racist towards Annji to boot. The father and grandfather both being abusive and everyone but Annji and Nick slavishly listening to the TV at first, including inoculating themselves with an unknown substance and scrubbing their bare skin with bleach.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Scott at least improves when it's time to save Annji, realizing things have gone too far.far, and has a crisis of conscience when [[spoiler: Tony is about to take Nick's ''eye'']].
* TheScrappy: Everyone other thanNick Nick, Annji, and Annji is Nick's mother are not only a jerk, jerks, but racist towards Annji to boot. The father and grandfather both being abusive and everyone but Annji and Nick slavishly listening to the TV at first, including inoculating themselves with an unknown substance and scrubbing their bare skin with bleach.
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* TheScrappy: Everyone other than Nick and Annji is not only a jerk, but racist towards Annji to boot. The father and grandfather both being abusive and everyone but Annji and Nick slavishly listening to the TV at first, including inoculating themselves with an unknown substance and scrubbing their bare skin with bleach.bleach.
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* TheScrappy: Everyone other than Nick and Katy Annji is not only a jerk, but racist towards Katy Annji to boot. The father and grandfather both being abusive and everyone but Katy Annji and Nick slavishly listening to the TV at first, including inoculating themselves with an unknown substance and scrubbing their bare skin with bleach.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Scott at least improves when it's time to save Katy, realizing things have gone too far.
* TheScrappy: Everyone other than Nick and Katy is not only a jerk, but racist towards Katy to boot. The father and grandfather both being abusive and everyone but Katy and Nick slavishly listening to the TV at first, including inoculating themselves with an unknown substance and scrubbing their bare skin with bleach.
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*{{Anvilicious}}: Don't blindly follow orders. It's bad to be unable to admit fault. Racism and othering are bad. Subtle this film is not.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Scott at least improves when it's time to save Katy, realizing things have gone too far.
* TheScrappy: Everyone other than Nick and Katy is not only a jerk, but racist towards Katy to boot. The father and grandfather both being abusive and everyone but Katy and Nick slavishly listening to the TV at first, including inoculating themselves with an unknown substance and scrubbing their bare skin with bleach.
