yeah it was a good screenplay with a lot of emotional depth in some areas, but alot of shallowness in others. most of the characters were mere props, you’re right.

Nice and insightful, on all points. I think you’ve got the butt shot just right, although admittedly many male viewers are responding to it more as cheesecake than Sofia probably intended. And as for the daddyism, I can’t be the only one that was surprised at Scarlett’s line after she catches Murray with the lounge singer, “At least she’s closer to your own age.” I really hadn’t seen what was happening between her and Murray as “romantic” in the traditional sense at all.

I also agree about your earlier comment regarding humanizing the lounge singer, or any of the other characters, a bit more. Pretty much everyone in the movie other than Murray and Johanssen is really more of a prop than a character, designed to push the main pair one way or another. I think the two spouses are treated *least* generously in this way.

Still loved the movie, though.