The Tamesis
There’s a lot of hate for the sexy assistant girl who stole Alan Rickman from Emma Thompson, but you know what? A) He was the one taking the wedding vows, not her, and B) At least she was chic!
For me, the real villain of this Christmas classic will always be Mark, the cuckolded brother of a newlywed man who is really mean to Keira Knightley to hide his sad crush on Keira Knightley (are you four?) and then stages a truly cringe-worthy and emotionally charged card show to prove his love She was home with her husband on Christmas Eve. How could we possibly see that scene as romantic? “That’s enough now,” indeed!
Meredith Morton at family stone (2005)
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Writer Rose Dom recently made a compelling argument that Rachel McAdams is the true villain of the film, but for me it will always be Sarah Jessica Parker’s Meredith — partly because McAdams’ Homecoming for the Vacation bit was so good, and partly because Meredith is so The entire movie is basically boring, weird, and toxic… at least until she gets drunk, drunk, falls over, and starts having some good, old-fashioned, off-kilter family Christmas fun. Like… why are your only topics of conversation being your work trip to Hong Kong and your casual homophobia, Queen?
