He had a face that you just wanted to punch.
His portrayal of an annoying, no street smarts, boring husband, with taking charge skills of an idiot---was cringe worthy.
Imagine being married to that type guy and life? It would make any normal, sane woman, to want to jump out of a high rise window.
Exactly. In fact, his portrayal was perfect for what the character was written as, an all-around-prick that never stood beside Mia's decisions, and his attempts to reassure her of anything were horrible to watch. Not to mention that everytime she brought up a serious discussion, he spit some wisecrack or joke of some sort on her.
This movie ain't no masterpiece, but something that called my attention was how virtually isolated Mia was, when the detective didn't believe her, and her husband doesn't support her... She practically had no one to fall back on. By the time he even brought the idea of post-partum depression I thought she was gonna throw him off that window herself.
Much like Rosemary's Baby.
shareWell, yeah, he was a boring guy who kept getting himself guilt-tripped into apologizing for petty nothings, but out of all the terrible characters in this movie, he was still one of the more tolerable ones, I thought. Probably because he was mostly absent.
shareThis guy's face was scarier than the doll. He looks like a GI Joe action figure, or the Ken doll, extremly weird. But this film was just horrible, I can't believe such POS was allowed on theaters, this should be straight to DVD, not even a BluRay of this should be allowed. Bad bad bad.
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Thats funny, because I found him to be too sensitive and smothering, for a man in the late 50s/early 60s. I would of expected him to be less understanding, dealt with his wife through yelling, or even put her into a mental home. Particularly at the beginning when he was talking about how much the baby was going to affect him, and his mrs walks away all upset due to how insensitive he was being. He followed her and was very apologetic!
A man of that time, wouldn't be that sensitive and aware of his wifes feelings- who's duties were to just take care of baby and home, to make it all easier for him. It's a time when people popped pills, rather than see a counselor because that was seen as something only crazy people do. Maybe I'm stereotyping, but men have been conditioned to be more aware of womens rights and their needs through time and culture. But this movie felt like a 21st century man and woman with all their expectations of gender roles and rights, plonked into a 50s setting.
The movie didn't occur in the 50's, LOL.
The Manson fiasco took place in the 60's and so you'd know immediately, that this movie happened in the late 60's.
Furthermore, I didn't think he was being that insensitive towards his wife.
He's right having a baby DOES take a lot of work & coupled with the fact that he's NOT yet a fully licensed doctor would stress anyone out.
All she had to do was be a housewife. She didn't even have a career, so she should've been glad she was married to him since he was successful, smart, & on his way to becoming rih as a doctor!
Regarding mental health, while in some situations, some husbands sent their wives off to the looney bins, mental health has become more progressive.
People going to therapy have been doing it for quite some time. Over 100 years now.
It started with Freud. Upper-class Austrian women wanting to discuss their problems & paying a ton of money for someone to listen to them.
So mental health started out exclusively ONLY for the rich NOT for the average housewife, who may exhibit signs of depression, mania, etc.
That's NOT to say that men didn't have what they perceived to be their less than sane wives sent off to looney bins because in some cases, they did.
It's a good thing!-Martha Stewart
Late 50's/early 60's? You're a decade off. This took place during the Charles Manson case, which took place in 1969.
shareYeah it really was. The way he bucked his eyes at scary moments was unnecessary.
shareI like the way the husband character was written.He was extremely understanding.I like how he didn't treat his wife like she was crazy, unlike so many other husbands(or boyfriends) in movies like this.I would think there are some women who will love to marry a understanding and helpful man.However in my opinion they should've picked a better actor for the role.
sharePoorly written, bland character. Usually the wives get this role 😅
shareoverall he was lame AF but at least he was understanding and believed the wife about the supernatural stuff.
sharejust one of the most dull leading men I've seen. Actor and character both get the blame
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