Tear Jerker / The Experts

• There is a sense of unhappiness and confusion the townspeople experience when their government comes down on them for acting too American and starts confiscating their stuff.
• Wendell spends a lot of the movie as a Butt-Monkey whose relationship with Jill (which initially gets more cute and emotional moments than the romance between Travis and Bonnie) is one of the best parts of his life. However, when he needs to go on the run and confesses to being an American to Jill, the relationship comes to a sad end when she turns him in.