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* HarsherInHindsight : The film begins with Rynn walking alone on a deserted beach. At first, it seems to establish her as solitary and independent. [[spoiler: Later in the film, we learn that her terminally-ill father committed suicide by voluntarily drowning in the sea]].
* HilariousInHindsight:
** This isn't the first time Creator/JodieFoster and Creator/MartinSheen appeared on film together. They would appear in ''Siesta'' a decade later in 1987.
** Speaking of the Sheens, Jodie would appear with Martin's son Creator/CharlieSheen in the 1990 film ''Catchfire''.
** In the original novel the movie was based on, Rynn sees a Disney movie in a theater. This movie was released the same year as the first version of ''Film/{{Freaky Friday|1976}}'', which also starred Creator/JodieFoster.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** This isn't the first time Creator/JodieFoster and Creator/MartinSheen appeared on film together. They would appear in ''Siesta'' a decade later in 1987.
** Speaking of the Sheens, Jodie would appear with Martin's son Creator/CharlieSheen in the 1990 film ''Catchfire''.
** In the original novel the movie was based on, Rynn sees a Disney movie in a theater. This movie was released the same year as the first version of ''Film/{{Freaky Friday|1976}}'', which also starred Creator/JodieFoster.
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--> Mario: Polio shots
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--> Mario (matter-of-factly): I have so many brothers and sisters my mother forgot who did and who didn't get them.
--> Rynn (puzzled): Polio shots?
--> Mario (matter-of-factly): I have so many brothers and sisters my mother forgot who did and who didn't get them.
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'''Rynn:''' ''(puzzled)'' Polio
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'''Mario:''' ''(in a matter-of-fact tone)'' I have so many brothers and sisters my mother forgot who did and who didn't get them.
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* MagnificentBastard: Rynn Jacobs is a MinorLivingAlone following the death of her terminally ill father. Determined to maintain her independence, Rynn is adept at coming up with lies on the spot to explain away her father's absence when questioned about it, and at one point has her boyfriend Mario disguise himself as her father in order to placate a suspicious police officer. When pedophile Frank Hallet attempts to use his mother's death to blackmail Rynn into a tryst, Rynn poisons him with cyanide, having laced her own cup of tea in anticipation that Frank would suspect her of poisoning his cup and [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo demand she switch with him]].
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* MagnificentBastard: MagnificentBitch: Rynn Jacobs is a MinorLivingAlone following the death of her terminally ill father. Determined to maintain her independence, Rynn is adept at coming up with lies on the spot to explain away her father's absence when questioned about it, and at one point has her boyfriend Mario disguise himself as her father in order to placate a suspicious police officer. When pedophile Frank Hallet attempts to use his mother's death to blackmail Rynn into a tryst, Rynn poisons him with cyanide, having laced her own cup of tea in anticipation that Frank would suspect her of poisoning his cup and [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo demand she switch with him]].
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* MagnificentBastard: Rynn Jacobs is a MinorLivingAlone following the death of her terminally ill father. Determined to maintain her independence, Rynn is adept at coming up with lies on the spot to explain away her father's absence when questioned about it, and at one point has her boyfriend Mario disguise himself as her father in order to placate a suspicious police officer. When pedophile Frank Hallet attempts to use his mother's death to blackmail Rynn into a tryst, Rynn poisons him with cyanide, having laced her own cup of tea in anticipation that Frank would suspect her of poisoning his cup and [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo demand she switch with him]].
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* CompleteMonster: Frank Hallet, son of Cora Hallet, the wealthiest woman in town, is a remorseless pedophile who instantly centers on Rynn Jacobs when he sees her alone. Constantly harassing and attempting to assault Rynn, Frank murders her pet hamster and tries to abuse her friend and love interest Mario. Frank is well known in town for assaulting girls, having once been stopped by Officer Miglioritti from assauting a child he dragged into the bushes. When he learns his mother is dead, Frank's only concern is using it to blackmail Rynn into becoming his SexSlave.
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* CompleteMonster: [[WouldHurtAChild Frank Hallet, Hallet]], son of Cora Hallet, the wealthiest woman in town, is a remorseless pedophile who instantly centers [[StalkerWithACrush centers]] on Rynn Jacobs when he sees her alone. Constantly harassing and attempting to assault Rynn, Frank [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals murders her pet hamster hamster]] and tries to abuse her friend and love interest LoveInterest Mario. Frank is well known in town for assaulting girls, having once been stopped by Officer Miglioritti Ron Miglioriti from assauting assaulting a child he dragged into the bushes. When he learns his mother is dead, Frank's only concern is using it to blackmail Rynn into becoming his SexSlave.
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* CompleteMonster: Frank Hallet, son of Cora Hallet, the wealthiest woman in town, is a remorseless pedophile who instantly centers on Rynn Jacobs when he sees her alone. Constantly harassing and attempting to assault Rynn, Frank murders her pet hamster and tries to abuse her friend and love interest Mario. Frank is well known in town for assaulting girls, having once been stopped by Officer Miglioritti from assauting a child he dragged into the bushes. When he learns his mother is dead, Frank's only concern is using it to blackmail Rynn into becoming his SexSlave.
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* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when you're trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would-be rapist is downright depressing]]. Not to mention ''why'' he's crippled:
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* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]].Mario. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when you're trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would-be rapist is downright depressing]]. Not to mention ''why'' he's crippled:
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** Not to mention a 13 year old Foster having to fight the filmmakers ''not'' to do a nude scene, in a film where the villain is a pedophile.
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* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downright depressing]]. Not to mention ''why'' he's crippled:
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* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your you're trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be would-be rapist is downright depressing]]. Not to mention ''why'' he's crippled:
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* CatharsisFactor: Watching [[HandicappedBadass Mario]] giving Frank Hallet what-for via his SwordCane is ''very'' satisfying to watch indeed.
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her independent lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world [[note]]Two of which only came into her life after he was gone[[/note]] who actually care about her; it's no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish, as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, (or at least for the next three years or so) you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[TearJerker gut-wrenching]].
%%* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[HandicappedBadass Mario]] giving Frank Hallet what for via his SwordCane is ''very'' satisfying to watch indeed.
%%* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[HandicappedBadass Mario]] giving Frank Hallet what for via his SwordCane is ''very'' satisfying to watch indeed.
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her independent lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world [[note]]Two of which only came into her life after he was gone[[/note]] who actually care about her; it's her. It's no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish, as wish; given her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] mother]], one could see why she'd pick the former. [[spoiler: Even with her mother "missing", if Rynn's living alone is discovered she'd probably be thrown into the foster care system, which had an even worse reputation during TheSeventies than now.]] Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, (or at least for the next three years or so) you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[TearJerker gut-wrenching]].
%%* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[HandicappedBadass Mario]] giving Frank Hallet what for via his SwordCane is ''very'' satisfying to watch indeed.gut-wrenching]].
%%* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[HandicappedBadass Mario]] giving Frank Hallet what for via his SwordCane is ''very'' satisfying to watch indeed.
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her independent lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world [[note]]Two of which only came into her life after he was gone[[/note]] who actually care about her; it's no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish, as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[TearJerker gut-wrenching]].
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her independent lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world [[note]]Two of which only came into her life after he was gone[[/note]] who actually care about her; it's no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish, as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, (or at least for the next three years or so) you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[TearJerker gut-wrenching]].
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[TearJerker gut-wrenching]].
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie independent lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world [[note]]Two of which only came into her life after he was gone[[/note]] who actually care about her its her; it's no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish wish, as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[TearJerker gut-wrenching]].
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The film ''was'' made in TheSeventies, after all, and on occasion the soundtrack breaks out in a funky "wakka-chikka" soundtrack better suited for a cop drama. It becomes even ''more'' glaring since the rest of the soundtrack consists of classical pieces and melancholy cello solos.
* ValuesDissonance: Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
* ValuesDissonance: Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The film ''was'' made in TheSeventies, after all, and on occasion {{Narm}}: On occasion, the soundtrack breaks out in a funky "wakka-chikka" soundtrack better suited for to a cop drama.drama than a low-key thriller. It becomes even ''more'' glaring since the rest of the soundtrack consists of classical pieces and melancholy cello solos.
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** Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
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** Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
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* HarsherInHindsight : The film begins with Rynn walking alone on a deserted beach. At first, it seems to establish her as solitary and independent. [[spoiler: later in the film, we learn that her terminally-ill father committed suicide by voluntarily drowning in the sea]].
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* HarsherInHindsight : The film begins with Rynn walking alone on a deserted beach. At first, it seems to establish her as solitary and independent. [[spoiler: later Later in the film, we learn that her terminally-ill father committed suicide by voluntarily drowning in the sea]].
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** In a slightly-less-egregious example, Rynn and Mario offer Officer Miglioriti some wine, jovially noting that it's okay because he's off-duty while ''not'' remarking that they're sending him off to drive after drinking.[[note]]A single glass of wine probably isn't enough to impair a grown man, but you'd think a cop would still refuse the offer.[[/note]] Not to mention he just leaves a pair of very young, unsupervised teens with an open bottle of wine.
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* HarsherInHindsight : The film begins with Rynn walking alone on an almost desert beach. At first, it seems to establish her as solitary and independent. [[spoiler: later in the film, we learn that her terminally-ill father committed suicide by voluntarily drowning in the sea]].
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* HarsherInHindsight : The film begins with Rynn walking alone on an almost desert a deserted beach. At first, it seems to establish her as solitary and independent. [[spoiler: later in the film, we learn that her terminally-ill father committed suicide by voluntarily drowning in the sea]].
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[TearJerker gut wrenching]].
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[TearJerker gut wrenching]].gut-wrenching]].
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The film ''was'' made in TheSeventies, after all, and on occasion the soundtrack breaks out in a funky "wakka-chikka" soundtrack better suited for a cop drama. It becomes even ''more'' glaring since the rest of the soundtrack consists of classical pieces and melancholy cello solos.
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* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downright depressing]].
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* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downright depressing]]. Not to mention ''why'' he's crippled:
--> Mario: Polio shots
--> Rynn (puzzled): Polio shots?
--> Mario (matter-of-factly): I have so many brothers and sisters my mother forgot who did and who didn't get them.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[HandicappedBadass Mario]] giving Frank Hallet what for via his SwordCane is ''very'' satisfying to watch indeed.
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** This isn't the first time Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen appeared on film together. They would appear in ''Siesta'' a decade later in 1987.
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** In the original novel the movie was based on, Rynn sees a Disney movie in a theater. This movie was released the same year as the first version of ''Film/{{Freaky Friday|1976}}'', which also starred Jodie Foster.
* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[{{Tearjerker}} gut wrenching]].
* OldShame: Jodie Foster has hinted in interviews that this film is not one of her favorites.
* ValuesDissonance: Martin Sheen's character Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downright depressing]].
* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[{{Tearjerker}} gut wrenching]].
* OldShame: Jodie Foster has hinted in interviews that this film is not one of her favorites.
* ValuesDissonance: Martin Sheen's character Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downright depressing]].
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** In the original novel the movie was based on, Rynn sees a Disney movie in a theater. This movie was released the same year as the first version of ''Film/{{Freaky Friday|1976}}'', which also starred Jodie Foster.
Creator/JodieFoster.
* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively[[{{Tearjerker}} [[TearJerker gut wrenching]].
* OldShame: Jodie Foster has hinted in interviews that this film is not one of her favorites.
* ValuesDissonance: Martin Sheen's character Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downrightdepressing]].depressing]].
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively
* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downright
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** In the original novel the movie was based on, Rynn sees a Disney movie in a theater. This movie was released the same year as the first version of ''Film/FreakyFriday'', which also starred Jodie Foster.
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** In the original novel the movie was based on, Rynn sees a Disney movie in a theater. This movie was released the same year as the first version of ''Film/FreakyFriday'', ''Film/{{Freaky Friday|1976}}'', which also starred Jodie Foster.
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** Director Nicholas Gessner's next film was ''It Rained All Night The Day I Left'' in 1980. This film not only has a long title too but also had exactly eight words in the title!
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is doomed, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat!
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is doomed, always going to have to be secret, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat! The scene where she talks to [[spoiler: an unconscious Mario in hospital]] is positively [[{{Tearjerker}} gut wrenching]].
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* ValuesDissonance: Martin Sheen's character Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
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* ValuesDissonance: Martin Sheen's character Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.registry.
* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downright depressing]].
* TheWoobie: [[IllBoy Mario]]. Having your disability thrown into your face ''repeatedly'' is bad enough, but to have it happen [[spoiler: when your trying to protect your troubled girlfriend from her would be rapist is downright depressing]].
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[HandicappedBadass Mario]] giving Frank Hallet what for via his SwordCane is ''very'' satisfying to watch indeed.
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* JerkassWoobie: Rynn has no problem killing to keep her hippie lifestyle, but consider the fact that this whole scheme was kind of forced on her by her ''father'' and mind you he [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide was]]]] one of three people in the world who actually care about her its no wonder she was so determined to honor his wish as her alternative solution to living alone would have been to live with her [[AbusiveParents mother]] one could see why she'd pick the former. Adding also to the harassment she receives from the Hallets and that her relationship with the boy she loves is doomed, you just want to give the poor girl a hug and stat!
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* HarsherInHindsight : The film begins with Rynn walking alone on an almost desert beach. At first, it seems to establish her as solitary and independent. [[spoiler: later in the film, we learn that her terminally-ill father committed suicide by voluntarily drowning in the sea]].
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* HilariousInHindsight:
** This isn't the first time Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen appeared on film together. They would appear in ''Siesta'' a decade later in 1987.
** Speaking of the Sheens, Jodie would appear with Martin's son Creator/CharlieSheen in the 1990 film ''Catchfire''.
** In the original novel the movie was based on, Rynn sees a Disney movie in a theater. This movie was released the same year as the first version of ''Film/FreakyFriday'', which also starred Jodie Foster.
** Director Nicholas Gessner's next film was ''It Rained All Night The Day I Left'' in 1980. This film not only has a long title too but also had exactly eight words in the title!
* OldShame: Jodie Foster has hinted in interviews that this film is not one of her favorites.
* ValuesDissonance: Martin Sheen's character Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
** This isn't the first time Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen appeared on film together. They would appear in ''Siesta'' a decade later in 1987.
** Speaking of the Sheens, Jodie would appear with Martin's son Creator/CharlieSheen in the 1990 film ''Catchfire''.
** In the original novel the movie was based on, Rynn sees a Disney movie in a theater. This movie was released the same year as the first version of ''Film/FreakyFriday'', which also starred Jodie Foster.
** Director Nicholas Gessner's next film was ''It Rained All Night The Day I Left'' in 1980. This film not only has a long title too but also had exactly eight words in the title!
* OldShame: Jodie Foster has hinted in interviews that this film is not one of her favorites.
* ValuesDissonance: Martin Sheen's character Frank Hallet is depicted as a pedophile and this is known in most of the town. It would be hard to picture Frank living openly in the town in the 21st century with both society having a harsher attitude towards pedophiles and because of harsher laws against them too like the sex offender registry.
