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Right before the red dress...

posted 16 years ago by silverbluerain
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scene, is there some deeper meaning to the dialog between Abby and Tom when he asks her why she didn't have any more children and states maybe she's not the innocent little housewife she'd like everyone to believe, prompting her to rush him and slap him? I understand the point of the scene and the dialog that occurred while Tom made Abby put on the red dress and put his hands on her right in front of Neil, but something about the way Abby seemed caught off guard at Tom's comment made it appear as though this was not part of the "script" the two of them had written together in figuring out how to get even with their respective spouses, like he ad-libbed it out of anger for some reason. Any comments?

[–] wait_n_hope 16 years ago

I just finished watching the movie and I think the point of the dialog was to make Neil think that Abby was having an affair, to plant the seed of doubt, just to make him experience the feeling that she was feeling when she found out he was cheating. The point that I didn't get was Denver, did he cheat on her there or what?

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[–] graftarian 15 years ago

He cheated on her in Denver. This was mentioned a few times during the film.

[–] psdhart 12 years ago

I just finished watching the movie and I think the point of the dialog was to make Neil think that Abby was having an affair, to plant the seed of doubt, just to make him experience the feeling that she was feeling when she found out he was cheating. The point that I didn't get was Denver, did he cheat on her there or what?

I agree, watched this again and actually wondered if Abby had an afair with Tom (probably not)

[–] leoan 16 years ago

No. That scene was just in there as time filler and to make the viewers to feel like that there is more interesting twist that viewers will find out... which we don't.