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Mrs. Doubtfire

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Did she ever like Daniel?; Does she end up with Brosnan's character?; Was the pepper attack attempted murder?; Could you tamper with restaurant entrees?

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  • Did she ever like Daniel? Everything likable about him she hates; perhaps years of his job failures made her see him as a loser.
  • They are caught at the end of a relationship in which she could no longer count on him; her surprise at his clean apartment signals he was a disaster, yet the movie makes us root for him over her, like a Jedi mind trick.
  • He is meant to get his life together, learning homework, schedules, cleaning and parenting; they probably made sense as a couple in their 20s before kids.
  • Does she end up with Pierce Brosnan? It feels like four endings were filmed; why would they break up, unless he left after the shrimp-choking incident?
  • Was Mrs. Doubtfire's pepper attack attempted murder, and should she have gone to jail?
  • Could you waltz into a kitchen and tamper with the entrees? The kitchen seemed to have a different cook for each table.