A psychopath is a person, who has a personality disorder characterized as being uncaring, irresponsible, overconfident, selfish, violent, superficial and impulsive (Psychology Today). Even though the “little girl” doesn’t seem to be impulsive, those violent moments from the bathroom are used to express that cumulative impulsiveness at a desired time). Basically, she managed to take control over what her only “weakness”.
Why am I writing about this movie? Well, I found it fascinating how she managed to fool all those people. It reminded me about this post I wrote a while back about how or if we can truly know someone. Imagine how helpful she could have been for the society if she used her “powers” to do well. But that’s not how things work, do they? There is one thing I didn’t quite understand about this movie: why did they want to adopt a new child since they already had two of their own? I don’t think it was explained anywhere in the movie. Sure, I can assume it’s because their third child was born dead so they needed to compensate that loss. At some point, Kate (the mother) said that they should take the love they carry for that dead child and put it into someone that truly deserves it so they decided to adopt a new child. Once I’ve seen that I was like Helloooo!? You have to other children! Maybe you could use that “extra” love with them? After they adopted the girl, guess what happens? They began to ignore their son so they didn’t have that “extra” love.
Another interesting fact is how much appearance matters and how important is our reputation. Kate used to be an alcoholic and even though she remained sober, she did something that proved the contrary and no one believed her. The context was more important than the word of that person and that’s because we jump to conclusions without getting all the facts. If you were an alcoholic and you are seen with a bottle of wine, people will automatically assume you started drinking again. If you are an ex-con, people will be suspicious around you. That’s how bad reputation works.
Even though there are aspects that have no logic, overall it’s an interesting movie. What are your thoughts about this movie? Have you seen it?