Would this insight support a theory I have had that Mickey Livingston is a sociopath? The scenes of Mickey with his family, and especially Consuela, shows a character that really has no sense of empathy toward others. It seemed everything he said was directed toward himself. Especially the scene, if I remember it correctly, when he finds Consuela crying about her son and he basically tells her to just not cry. I believe this scene later contributes to the aforementioned hypnosis where he tells his father to fire Consuela.
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16 years ago
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Fedorevsky
15 years ago
filmfanatix:"most kids that age are egocentric. mix in the fact that mickey is socially awkward and pretty bright for his age, well... let's just say i wouldn't label him a sociopath. if he was a teenager, sure. but he's still a kid. most kids think the world revolves around them. "
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This is true. In fact the brain hasn't yet matured to a point yet that empathy and similar feelings towards others are fully possible. When kids show empathy at this age it's more of a learned thing so they tend to do it more if they're rewarded for it. If they're not rewarded the kid will be more egotistical. If this goes on for too long unchecked the kid will grow up to be a sociopathic teenager.
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities.Virtues can be faked.Depravities are real.Kinski
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gigadragon12
16 years ago
If you noticed, every character in Nonfiction was absolutely and completely absorbed with themselves and their own ends in life. Only exception is the father near the very end of the movie.
Scooby - obviously he wants to be a famous talk show host.
Mickey - He wants to be loved by his parents, no matter what it takes.
Middle Kid - He is worried about his public standing at school so much that he asks his brother to cancel his homosexuality (which is really the only part that trait of him had to do with this movie).
The Director (giamatti) - Concerned only about the success of his movie.
Well that's all the conclusions I've drawn (I'd have to see the movie again to tell you the rest) but its all truth.
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