History YMMV / MadeasBigHappyFamily

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Byron. Although he goes through lots of hardship in the film (a past jail sentence for drugs, said sentence preventing him from getting a legitimate job, being caught between a pair of terrible women and finding out two heartbreaking secrets; [[spoiler: that both his mother is dying and that his real mother was his older sister, who had conceived him through rape)]], this still does nothing to quell his lack of any drive to do better for himself, to properly provide for his young son or the ''admission'' that he likes being in the middle of a love triangle with both women, in spite of the fact one is a GoldDigger and the other is the baby's mother from Hell.

* FridgeBrilliance: While Kimberly comes off as total bitch (and she is), her animosity towards her family (including her hubby, Calvin) and her standing in life make even more sense when we find out [[spoiler: she was raped as a child]]. Retroactively, we come to realize she has a case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_trauma_syndrome RTS]]: She never talks about the incident ("suppression"), she's implied to live in a more expensive neighborhood ("Flight"), avoiding her relatives whenever possible ("avoidance), her hair trigger temper (mood swings), and her strained relationship with Calvin.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Kimberly. She is indeed an [[{{Jerkass}} angry and pretentious snob]] who cares more about her real estate employment than her family (particularly her [[spoiler: dying]] mother and her loving husband), but she has good reason to care little for her family as she came from a ''very'' messed up past which she had never resolved. Later in the film, we learn that she was [[spoiler: raped by her uncle at thirteen, which resulted in her getting pregnant with her "brother" Byron, who the family had passed off as her mother's son, which was withheld from him throughout his life]], her sister Tammy -- who's no saint herself, being a bully to her own husband while simultaneously being a pushover with their disrespectful sons -- [[MoralEventHorizon threw this back in her face during a fight just to win the argument,]] when she (rightfully) [[StrawmanHasAPoint called out the family for consistently "playing nice" with each other instead of facing their many problems]] and [[spoiler: [[KarmaHoudini nothing ever happened to the uncle]]]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation (and that her mother/other relatives did nothing to pursue any kind of punishment for him and instead just prayed about it.)]]

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Kimberly. She is indeed an [[{{Jerkass}} angry and pretentious snob]] who cares more about her real estate employment than her family (particularly her [[spoiler: dying]] mother and her loving husband), but she has good reason to care little for her family as she came from a ''very'' messed up past which she had never resolved. Later in the film, we learn that she was [[spoiler: raped by her uncle at thirteen, which resulted in her getting pregnant with her "brother" Byron, who the family had passed off as her mother's son, which was withheld from him throughout his life]], her sister Tammy -- who's no saint herself, being a bully to her own husband while simultaneously being a pushover with their disrespectful sons -- [[KickTheDog threw this back in her face during a fight just to win the argument,]] when she (rightfully) [[StrawmanHasAPoint called out the family for consistently "playing nice" with each other instead of facing their many problems]] and [[spoiler: [[KarmaHoudini nothing ever happened to the uncle]]]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation (and that her mother/other relatives did nothing to pursue any kind of punishment for him and instead just prayed about it.)]]

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Byron's boss from the warehouse was made out to be an asshole for firing Byron and giving him BrutalHonesty. He made a good about how Byron never owns up to his faults. He also tells Byron to start taking responsibility for his actions, since they have consequences.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Byron's boss from the warehouse was made out to be an asshole for firing Byron and giving him BrutalHonesty. He made a good about how Byron never owns up to his faults and tells the latter to start taking responsibility for his actions. It also helps that Byron's mother always enabled his actions (bailing him out of jail instead of letting him suffer the consequences).

* JerkassWoobie: Kimberly. She comes off as a snob who is unnecessarily rude, [[spoiler:but then you discover she's justified in resenting her mother for not seeking legal action against her rapist uncle. You also can't blame her for not enjoying her family's company when some of her family members would pretend to be a happy family when they are actually anything but with serious problems of their]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Kimberly. She is indeed an [[{{Jerkass}} angry and pretentious snob]] who cares more about her real estate employment than her family (particularly her [[spoiler: dying]] mother and her loving husband), but she has good reason to care little for her family as she came from a ''very'' messed up past which she had never resolved. Later in the film, we learn that she was [[spoiler: raped by her uncle at thirteen, which resulted in her getting pregnant with her "brother" Byron, who the family had passed off as her mother's son, which was withheld from him throughout his life]], her sister Tammy--who's no saint herself, being a bully to her own husband while simultaneously being a pushover with their disrespectful sons--[[MoralEventHorizon threw this back in her face during a fight just to win the argument,]] when she (rightfully) [[StrawmanHasAPoint called out the family for consistently "playing nice" with each other instead of facing their many problems]] and [[spoiler: [[KarmaHoudini nothing ever happened to the uncle]]]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation (and that her mother/other relatives did nothing to pursue any kind of punishment for him and instead just prayed about it.)]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Shirley. A well meaning woman who wants the best for her family, or an idiot who ignores the bad in her family and allows her family members to get away with too much?

* JerkassWoobie: Kimberly. She comes off as a snob who is unnecessarily rude, [[spoiler:but then you discover she's justified in resenting her mother for not seeking legal action against her rapist uncle. You also can't blame her for not enjoying their company when some of her family members would pretend to be a happy family when they are actually anything but with serious problems of their]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Byron. Although he goes through lots of hardship in the film (a past jail sentence for drugs, said sentence preventing him from getting a legitimate job, being caught between a pair of terrible women and finding out two heartbreaking secrets; [[spoiler: that both his mother is dying and that his real mother was his older sister, who had conceived him through rape)]], this still does nothing to quell his lack of any drive to do better for himself, to properly provide for his young son or the ''admission'' that he likes being in the middle of a love triangle with both women, in spite of the fact one is a GoldDigger and the other is the baby's mother from Hell.

** Harold is kind of a doormat to his domineering wife Tammy, along with having two disrespectful sons.

* JerkassWoobie: Kimberly. She comes off as a snob who is unnecessarily rude, [[spoiler:but you can't blame her for resenting her mother for not seeking legal action against her rapist uncle. You also can't blame her for not enjoying their company when some of her family members would pretend to be a happy family when they are actually anything but]].
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Kimberly. She is indeed an [[{{Jerkass}} angry and pretentious snob]] who cares more about her real estate employment than her family (particularly her [[spoiler: dying]] mother and her loving husband), but she came from a ''very'' messed up past which she had never resolved. Later in the film, we learn that she was [[spoiler: raped by her Uncle at thirteen, which resulted in her getting pregnant with her "brother" Byron, who the family had passed off as her mother's son, which was withheld from him throughout his life]], her sister Tammy--who's no saint herself, being a bully to her own husband while simultaneously being a pushover with their disrespectful sons--[[MoralEventHorizon threw this back in her face during an fight just to win the argument,]] that she (rightfully) [[StrawmanHasAPoint called out the family for consistently "playing nice" with each other instead of facing their many problems]] and that it's heavily implied that [[spoiler: [[KarmaHoudini nothing ever happened to the Uncle]]]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation (and that her mother/other relatives did nothing to pursue any kind of punishment for him and instead just prayed about it.)]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Tammy was already an angry jerk who treated her submissive yet loving husband like crap, let her two disrespectful sons (who learned their bad behavior from her) act however and was constantly at her sister Kimberly's throat, but she really crossed the line when during an argument with said sister she [[spoiler: threw back in her face her teenage pregnancy, which was conceived through incestuous ''rape'', and in front of their younger "brother", Byron, who was the result of that event and who knew nothing about the circumstances all of his life.]] Just so she can win the argument. Even the apology she gave to him was more of a sheepish afterthought than anything truly genuine.

* JerkassWoobie: Kimberly. She comes off as a snob who is unnecessarily rude, [[spoiler:but you can't blame her for resenting her family for not seeking legal action against her rapist uncle]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: One would have to wonder if this was intentional, as Byron was something of a delinquent and got landed in prison (for two years) and Harold is kind of a doormat to his domineering wife Tammy, along with having two disrespectful sons.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: One would have to wonder if this was intentional, as Byron was something of a delinquent and got landed in prison (for two years), Kimberly is something of a rage-filled stuck up bitch, and Harold is kind of a doormat to his domineering wife Tammy, along with having two disrespectful sons.
* TheWoobie: Shirley. She's such a nice woman, who loves her family and just wants to keep peace, but, unfortunately, her cancer has returned and she hadn't much long to live, so she just wanted to see her relatives one last time and what would have been her last dinner with her children, an argument erupts with [[spoiler: Byron learning the truth that Kimberly is really his mother]]. The last time she does get to see her family together, it's [[spoiler: when she's on her deathbed and, to add insult to injury, Kimberly isn't there]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: One would have to wonder if this was intentional, as Byron was something of a delinquent and got landed in prison (for two years), Kimberly is something of a rage-filled stuck up bitch, and Harold is kind of a doormat to his domineering wife Tammy, along with having two disrespectful sons.