I thought this film was excellent by the way.
The countless quips in the dialogue and the heartbreaking situations within make this truly great.
I saw the situations that Larry was faced with as tests of his moral and religious standing. Larry had many questions that could not be answered by the Rabbis or by his friends/family.
The main test was whether or not Larry would succumb to the test of changing Clives grades under the bribe; 'accepting the mystery'.
Everything was looking up for Clive, his son's Bar Mitzvah, his wife holding him and acknowledging that they 'did a good job', and his acceptance in his job.
Then however, right at the end, Larry re-grades Clive's paper so he passes, and at that point exactly, the phone rings with his doctor telling him to come to the surgery regarding his xray (presumably not good). After that, the tornado hits his town with his son in the path (they cant open the door to the basement). God punishing Larry for succumbing to the bribe.
Like i said, i may be waaaaay of the mark here, but thats how I See it.
:-)
The countless quips in the dialogue and the heartbreaking situations within make this truly great.
I saw the situations that Larry was faced with as tests of his moral and religious standing. Larry had many questions that could not be answered by the Rabbis or by his friends/family.
The main test was whether or not Larry would succumb to the test of changing Clives grades under the bribe; 'accepting the mystery'.
Everything was looking up for Clive, his son's Bar Mitzvah, his wife holding him and acknowledging that they 'did a good job', and his acceptance in his job.
Then however, right at the end, Larry re-grades Clive's paper so he passes, and at that point exactly, the phone rings with his doctor telling him to come to the surgery regarding his xray (presumably not good). After that, the tornado hits his town with his son in the path (they cant open the door to the basement). God punishing Larry for succumbing to the bribe.
Like i said, i may be waaaaay of the mark here, but thats how I See it.
:-)