Word: relationship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feel about L.A.? Why this love-hate-JE: I don't have a love-hate relationship with L.A. I am from L.A. I was born there in 1948, the year of the rat in Chinese astrology. And I am not being disingenuous here, but if I were born in Montana or Delaware, then I suspect if whatever happened to me happened to me, and I grew up where I grew up, then I would write crime novels about those places. Simply put, I am from L.A. It exerts a hold on me, but it's an influence that...
...sisters Caroline and Heather, Caroline's new fiance and an overbearing mother (Keaton). Ambitious Carla Soon enrolls at Bay Tech Junior College where she meets Daniel McMare (Ribisi), another mentally challenged 20-something student. Danny, unlike Carla, attended mainstream public school and now lives on is own through her relationship with Danny, which later becomes romantic, Carla realizes and seeks independence, something her guilt-ridden mother is not ready to grant. Quickly the tate family's influence and prodding convinces Keaton's character to help Carla find her own apartment, giving her "Independence and dignity." Throughout the film, Carla...
Though the central story-line encompassing the relationship of Carla and Danny is interesting, it is drawn out and poorly intermingled with underdeveloped sub-stories. Carla's sisters are presented as dysfunctional daughters, at least in the eyes of their mother who describes Caroline as a "dedicated underachiever" and Heather as a "Gay workaholic." Both characters have the potential to make substantial contributions to the main theme but do not. Each is simply thrown into the mixing bowl by director Gary Marshall, adding a hint of flavor but Zero texture...
...from the seemingly bizarre opening act, a seven-month relationship developed. That's even stranger. But this story exhibits some of the characteristics of dorm romance that make it so sketch...
...Everyone knows the intimate details of the relationship. Dormcest was made for Big Brother. Except that Big Brother is your 20 other entryway-mates, and they talk to each other and other people. Big Brother has the advantage of not having anyone around...