Fun movie!
The cabin trip in the end went way over my head. I understand of course that Dunne wanted Grant to be there with her, but
- whose cabin was it / whose Dad was living there?
- why would Aunt Patsy be there / or, what was the excuse for Dunne going there with the aunt?
"I am like Cryptonite for men. Cryptonite dipped in cellulite."
I don't recall, but I thought it may have been her Uncle's cabin, and being in the family, they share residences. So it's possible Aunt Patsy may or may not be there (but she probably knew she would not be there, thus the opportunity for them to be alone).
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I believe the cabin belonged to Aunt Patsy. At the beginning of the movie, Jerry mentions Lucy is probably visiting her Aunt Patsy at her country or lake house, when he returns to his empty home with his friends.
That old man who greeted them at the door was a caretaker, not anyone's dad.
I think Lucy planned on going to the lake house w Aunt Patsy because she was sad her divorce was about to become final....I was busy doing other things during this movie so I might have missed this conversation.
That old man who greeted them at the door was a caretaker, not anyone's dad.
They did? Hmm, I'll have to listen harder next time I watch this scene.
The way he ID Jerry and Lucy to the cops instead of saying this is my daughter (or son). Instead he said this is Mr. and Mrs. I Forget Their Last Name. Very strange...I would have thought they would both have kissed him and greeted him more warmly....
I also thought it was odd how he referred to them as Mr. and Mrs.. Especially since she kept calling him dad. And if you watch with CC on, when he talks from off screen, the captions refer to him as "dad" with a colon and his lines. It was just weird and not explained, but I believe that's where they were going with it.
shareI think that "Dad" was definitely the live-in caretaker of the cabin and not Lucy's actual father - "Dad" simply being a term of endearment for a beloved elderly employee who'd apparently been with the family for a long time. It doesn't make sense that a character like Lucy's father, who hadn't been mentioned previously, would be introduced so late in the movie in a minor role with no further exposition.
As for Aunt Patsy being at the cabin, I agree with Merrida's comment above - I think Lucy counted on Aunt Patsy not being there so she could be alone with Jerry before their divorce became final.
In the credits, the dad is in parentheses "dad" giving credence to the assumption that the old gentleman at the cabin was a longtime caretaker/employee of Aunt Patsy and that "dad" was just a name of endearment for him. I wondered the same thing him is why would he refer to them as Mr. & Mrs. Warriner, why is he living in aunt Patsy's cabin, why the ruse about them not sharing the same room - not knowing about the divorce. So I came here hoping to find an explanation. Still, why would the family refer to an employee as "dad". I guess it's a little more respectful than calling him "Pops".
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