I guess the first thing that bug me to the point of wanting to quit watching the movie was when the stepmother ( I realize that she's not quite the stepmother yet but I'm going to call her thus) is in the backseat of the dad's coworker/family friend. I don't understand why the lady didn't get out of the car when she found out someone had broken into her car and was in the back seat. She continued to sit there while the stepmother continued to get more and more agitated in tone, Yet the woman still sits there in the front seat, presumably thinking, "this person who broke into my car can't possibly harm men right?" The kicker for me was when the stepmother go see cord/strap around the woman's has throat and she grabs and it with both hands, yes, initially I could see most people reacting this way but there was at least an attempt at a solution if she had reached down with her left hand she could have released the seat to the recline position, either hit the woman in the face or just tried to sit up real quick and get out of the car but no, it appears that she does nothing but try we staying to grab the rope and dies. I just kind of feel like this whole scene was insulting an unbelievable.
Another part that irks me is that after the stepmother lies in front of the father about rewriting his daughter's college essay and then ends up admitting that, in fact, she did rewrite it the dad's underwhelming reaction is not believable. I even considered that, perhaps, he's blinded by love and will not fault her, the seriousness of changing the essay which can impact his daughter's future of getting into college should have elicited a stronger reaction from the father, especially the fact that the stepmother lied about it as well. Dumb predictable ending, poor acting, bad plot.
Another part that irks me is that after the stepmother lies in front of the father about rewriting his daughter's college essay and then ends up admitting that, in fact, she did rewrite it the dad's underwhelming reaction is not believable. I even considered that, perhaps, he's blinded by love and will not fault her, the seriousness of changing the essay which can impact his daughter's future of getting into college should have elicited a stronger reaction from the father, especially the fact that the stepmother lied about it as well. Dumb predictable ending, poor acting, bad plot.