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1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some have theorized that Donald is actually just Charlie's alternate personality. Proponents of this theory point out that Donald's screenplay ''The Three'' is also about alternate-personalities.
2	* AwardSnub: It received four UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, with Creator/ChrisCooper winning Best Supporting Actor, but it wasn't nominated for Best Picture or Director.
3	* BrokenBase: The film's third act was incredibly polarizing among both audiences and film critics. While some people say that it thematically makes sense and was the perfect way to conclude it, others said it has so little to do with the rest of the film that it drags the excellent first two acts down.
4	* HilariousInHindsight:
5	** The "Technology.... versus horse" subtext Donald places in his script makes the climactic battle in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' so much funnier, as this is pretty much ''exactly'' the subtext Creator/JamesCameron was going for.
6	** Additionally, the Christian-themed horror novel and film adaptation entitled ''Literature/{{Thr3e}}'', which have the [[TheKillerInMe exact plot twist]] that Donald uses. ''Film/{{Identity}}'' was also close enough that you could be forgiven for wondering if they hired Donald to write it.
7	* TearJerker:
8	** [[spoiler:Donald's death, especially the tragic way Charlie sings to him to try to keep him awake.]]
9	** John [=LaRoche=]'s entire life [[spoiler: and death]].
10	* TheWoobie: John [=LaRoche=] loses his mother, uncle, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and front teeth]] in a car accident that also puts his wife in a coma, which she wakes from only to immediately divorce him. His remaining possessions are then lost in a hurricane. [[spoiler: Then he's killed by alligators.]] Even worse, obviously barring that last part, these are not only true details from the book, but just scratching the surface of the kind of life he's led in RealLife.

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