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Dead grandma at the dinner table

posted 2 years ago by com (41)
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I must've missed something or am confused, but was that not the grandma that died earlier who was later sitting at the dinner table with Sam's girlfriend?

[–] liscarkat (18541) 2 years ago

That's what I thought at first, by my wife said the dead one was the father's mom, and the one at the dinner table later on was the mother's mom. Or something like that.

[–] com (41) a day ago

Ah ok, maybe all grandmas look alike.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

that was speilberg's mother.

[–] Where (1523) 2 years ago

The chubby grandma was Mitzi’s Mom, and she dies in the film in the hospital scene.

The slimmer Grandma is Burt’s Mom and she appears later in the film looking a little older than before. She is the one who makes the typical MIL remark about the plastic forks and “what’s she saving the silverware for, when the Eisenhauer’s visit?”

[–] jriley555 (8204) a year ago

She was also onto 'uncle' Benny right from the start - it came across as cruel at first, but in retrospect, we see what she saw - it was one merciful subtlety in that unmercifully unsubtle film.

[–] com (41) a day ago

I see, I guess I got my grandmas confused.