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The daughter felt borderline brainwashed

posted 9 years ago by Seth_Rogue_One
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No offence to anyone but the way she always put God's feelings about things above her own because her school taught her that...

Also weird because Braff didn't seem to know alot of his Jewish heritage nor car much about it, and Hudson of course was not even Jewish that they'd put her in that school in the first place...

Guessing it was the grandfather who stood for the cost who got her put there but still her behaviour reminded me of someone in a cult for the first half of the movie...

You gave yourself a name. I gave mine up.

[–] mj7796-386-393455 9 years ago

She was a conservative Jewish girl. There was nothing brainwashed. She was testing her beliefs.

[–] ljgor 9 years ago

Not that this will make you feel better about all that, but Kate Hudson is actually 1/4 Jewish.

[–] IMDB_Vits 9 years ago

1) There's nothing unusual (or wrong) about a pre-teen being very religious.
2) There's nothing weird about someone not knowing and/or caring about their heritage. In this case, AIDEN did know he was Jewish, but was never interested in the religion. I assumed it was because his father tried too hard to push him into it as a kid that it caused him rejection.
3) It was explicitely said that GABE agreed to help and pay for the kids' school as long as he chose the school.
4) "The first half of the movie"? I don't think her views on religion changed during the movie.

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[–] yesanything 8 years ago

Braff didn't seem to know a lot about his Jewish Heritage

Braff's line in Garden State about temple's with movable walls is all telling

someone in a cult

A religion is an old cult. A cult is a new religious movement.
http://www.biographyonline.net/spiritual/articles/difference-religion-cult.html

>the coins in the jar are for charity,
<the coins in the tray are for sharing

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