By Toby Klein Greenwald
Director, WholeFamily Room
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and discuss after the film, around the family dinner table or
while you're out for a ride. Reading them before the film will
help focus your viewing.
How does Julianne talk about Michael
when we first see her sharing dinner with a colleague at a restaurant?
Do you have any hint then that her feelings are anything other
than platonic?
How is Kimmy
different from Julianne? How is she the same? Does Michael appear
to have been attracted to the differences or the similarities?
Give examples
of some of the schemes Julianne pulls in order to separate Kimmy
from Michael. What do we learn about Julianne in the process?
Describe both the amusing and serious “spins”
on in-law relationships in the film (including brother and sister-in-law).
How do you think Julianne really
felt at the end of the film?
Do you think
it is possible that platonic friends, if they met as "dates",
would often develop into lovers? Did you ever have a relationship
with a platonic friend that turned into a romantic relationship?
Please
share your thoughts with us that were triggered by these questions
at our Film
Board.
Ms. Toby Klein Greenwald is Co-President
and Director of Creative Development of WholeFamily.com. In her former life she
taught film analysis and wrote scripts.
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