Word: wifely
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...idol may be far-fetched, but the surreal conflict presents the familiar challenge of balancing one’s personal loyalties. The rest of the characters serve primarily as sources of advice and criticism for Paul. His brother is an ambulance-chasing lawyer with a vapid trophy wife, his friend Sal only encourages his rabid fandom, and his mother has long since given up attempting to make him to do anything with his life. While these characters are realistic archetypes, each one performs a single function and never deviates from that purpose. (As Philadelphia Phil, Rapaport spends almost...
...social life. While Griffin has been able to raise a healthy family, his relationship with his two daughters continues the theme of parents as a potentially destructive influence. His growing preoccupation with revenge pulls him away from his family, even causing him to physically lash out at his wife. This point is further emphasized when Little’s first piece of advice upon their meeting is to give himself wholly to his children. Nesbitt’s performance is extremely effective; his tics, shakes, and darting eyes build on one another until he seems to be held together...
...With “Blame It on the Girls,” Mika delivers repeatable rhymes such as “he’s got looks that books take pages to tell” and “you could have children and a wife, a perfect little life,” which make the song’s even cheesier aspects, such as the sound of a cork popping open at the mention of a bottle of wine, more bearable. The persistently fast-paced songs, littered with disco beats and captivating choruses, continue until...
...hyper-awareness of many of the interviews - it's as if the subjects had been given truth serum and knew it - only enhances the sense of disengagement. Hutton's character describes meeting his beautiful wife, who is already a mother, and says he knew he ought to marry her because he'd never do better. "I remember thinking, this is amazing, it's like she's already, pre-tested? I actually thought about that. Is it shallow? Does it sound shallow? Or do you think the truth behind this kind of thing will always sound kind of shallow? Everybody...
...Traveled to Pakistan in 2007 and 2008, a fact that has come under scrutiny during the FBI's investigation. Zazi told authorities the purpose of his visit was to see his wife...