Most Rewatchable Scene
Hospital-letter/divorce sequence; client-dinner destruction
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- The Nantucket courtship is amusingly ridiculous despite false geography and visibly middle-aged college characters; comparisons with de-aging and The Natural emphasize the problem.
- The first sexual encounter and multi-orgasmic exchange are praised.
- The first dinner and bedroom debrief expose condescension, embarrassing storytelling and personal attacks; DeVito’s self-directed foot-fetish material is questioned.
- Barbara discovering the dream house during a funeral and leaving notes on houses are favorites.
- The nanny hiring interview and insincere liberation speech showcase Turner’s comic sophistication.
- The snoring/nose attack is a turning point; the earlier gymnastics-related sexual injury is recalled as a medically implausible callback.
- Oliver’s dramatic hospital-letter reading meets Barbara’s devastating indifference, divorce demand and desire to smash his face; her unambiguous hatred distinguishes the film.
- Divorce mediation weaponizes the letter and escalates through Oliver’s elaborate insults.
- Sexual reassurance is refused while the children overhear the argument.
- The accidental cat death is one personal favorite but provokes horror over the cleanup and grieving dog; intent and indifference are debated.
- Barbara’s attempted seduction of Gavin and the footstuff reply are praised.
- The sabotaged client dinner is a favorite, escalating from fake illness and tissue in soup to urinated-on fish and vehicular destruction.
- The supposed dog pâté, violent escalation and chandelier collapse culminate in Barbara rejecting Oliver’s hand with her last breath.
- Calculating a housekeeper-equivalent salary is recalled; Oliver reading fire-extinguisher instructions while the tree burns is another favorite.
- Final choices split between the hospital-letter/divorce sequence and the client dinner escalating into car and figurine destruction.