An analysis of
Mr Napkin Head
SPOILERS AHEAD
Reasons why this beloved character is actually a villian
With the festive season fast approaching some of you might be tempted
to watch the film The Holiday. This 2006 Rom-com directed by Nancy
Meyers features an all studded cast of Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate
Winslet and Jack Black.
If you haven't seen the film, here's a breif run down: Cameron Diaz
and Kate Winslet are both in a bit of a rut around Christmas time,
they have both lucked out They are both have had unfortunate
circumstances in their love lives and they have simply had enough! The
thought of being single on Christmas is absolutely inconceivable so
they decide to take a trip, not to see their family or other loved
ones during the holiday season, no they want a trip to somewhere
completely different.
So instead of jumping onto booking.com and heading to Bali they decide
to jump on a heinous looking website that offers house swapping. And
that is how these two women decide it is perfectly reasonable to swap
your house with all your stuff to a stranger you met on the internet.
So Cameron Diaz’s character ends up in a chilly part of England while
Kate Winslet’s character gets to enjoy the sun in LA.
Now we are going to focus on Cameron Diaz’s character’s love
interest who is none other than Jude Law. A seemingly charming British
man who is full of red flags:
- 🚩 They initially meet because he has stumbled home from the pub and bangs on Diaz’s character’s door in the middle of the night – which is frightening to a stranger
- 🚩 He makes himself comfortable in the cottage because happens to be Kate Winslet’s brother so this makes it seemingly ok to disrupt a stranger’s holiday.
- 🚩 He has no idea why his sister wouldn’t be in the house, which demonstrates his communication skills and how high he values his family.
- 🚩 Shares an intimate kiss with Diaz’s then proceeds to boast how he does it all the time.
- 🚩 The morning after they get intimate together he makes Diaz’s character promise not to fall in love with him? Because she’d be better off, because he hurts women? – bold of him to assume that people would immediately love him.
- 🚩 The proceeds to say that she shouldn’t worry about him calling her because he’s just a silly man that will forget. But still asks her to stay?? – very conflicting.
- 🚩 They go on a first date and he doesn’t like being question about his job on the first date? – This could be because his family are all in high power positions in the book editing world and he is a nepo baby.
- 🚩 Is surprised on the first date that Diaz’s character could own a company? – because women in power are unheard of??
- 🚩 Claims the reason he never mentions his children is because it’s easier to be a “single” guy and it makes it to complicated and he wants to “fully” know a person before he mentions his children – but doesn’t allow the person to fully know him, the double standards.
- 🚩 Somehow thinks being a full time dad is seen as less desirable?
- 🚩 Proceeds to say he is in love with Diaz’s character despite knowing her for like a week? Maybe? – despite her saying long distance relationships won’t work. Another example of poor communication skills.
Despite all these flags he is seen as the perfect romantic partner
who’s just a sweet caring man that is so desirable. His relationship
skills are hardly to be marvelled at and he is also imposing on what
would be a quiet holiday to reflect. Do you agree?
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