Right! I think we all agree
Yeah, that was just far too contrived and perfect; so perfect, it made it pretty obvious they really could've worked out a compromise earlier. I can pick apart a few other things, too.
Like, how did she make it to her age with a parent figure as smart as him, with a flexible work schedule, and not have made friends along the way? Not one kid from story time at the library? No outside activities at all? If he wanted her to be "a kid," why wasn't she in t-ball, dance, gymnastics, art class, etc at 4, 5, 6? You can even do Girl Scouts at 5 in K, even as a homeschooler, yet she's 7, now in 1st, and a Brownie, not a Daisy?
Not to mention, the ending, with the manuscript, why didn't he just pull that thing out right away? He didn't have trouble 'buying her off' after she deceived him.
Honestly, I thought the movie would be more about the girl, when it was more about the uncle and the mom and the bitter pill of ambition being above all else. But it still made me tear up a bit while watching.
