History Film / Barefoot

* BlackSheep: Jay, compared to his more successful younger brother.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: One of Daisy's defining traits (she insists that shoes "hurt [her] feet"), and the source of the film's title.

* TheOphelia: Daisy is probably one of the straightest examples in '''any''' modern piece of media. She's a blonde {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who DoesNotLikeShoes and spent most of her life imprisoned by her AbusiveMom.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: One of Daisy's defining traits (she doesn't know what shoes are and avoids them whenever she can because "they hurt [her] feet"), and the source of the film's title.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: One of Daisy's defining traits (she avoids shoes whenever she can because "they hurt [her] feet"), and the source of the film's title.

When Jay learns that his younger brother is getting married back home, he realizes that this is a perfect chance to reconnect with his kin--and maybe trick his father (Creator/TreatWilliams) into paying off his debts. He tells his family that he's better off than he actually is, complete with a girlfriend, but can't talk any of the strippers he knows into going along with the scam. Eventually, Jay realizes that his only option is to sneak Daisy out of the hospital so she can pose as his significant other. While Daisy charms the Wheelers at first, she can't hold back her eccentricities for long, and Jay is finally forced to admit the truth. Desperate, Jay and Daisy flee back to LA; along the way, they have to deal with the police pursuing them--and their growing attraction to each other. With Jay teaching Daisy about the world (and beginning to realize that she doesn't belong in an institution), and Daisy continuing to smooth his rough edges, they fall in love--but will they be able to stay together?

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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Many of Daisy's outfits--because Jay borrowed them from his stripper friends.

When Jay learns that his younger brother is getting married back home, he realizes that this is a perfect chance to reconnect with his kin--and maybe trick his father (Treat Williams) into paying off his debts. He tells his family that he's better off than he actually is, complete with a girlfriend, but can't talk any of the strippers he knows into going along with the scam. Eventually, Jay realizes that his only option is to sneak Daisy out of the hospital so she can pose as his significant other. While Daisy charms the Wheelers at first, she can't hold back her eccentricities for long, and Jay is finally forced to admit the truth. Desperate, Jay and Daisy flee back to LA; along the way, they have to deal with the police pursuing them--and their growing attraction to each other. With Jay teaching Daisy about the world (and beginning to realize that she doesn't belong in an institution), and Daisy continuing to smooth his rough edges, they fall in love--but will they be able to stay together?

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Both {{Deconstructed}} (Daisy is even more damaged than Jay) and {{Reconstruction}} (she still makes his life better, and he returns the favor).

* SceneryPorn: Plenty of it as Jay and Daisy drive through rural Louisiana and Texas.

* YourCheatingHeart: One big source of friction between Jay and his father is that Jay slept with the wife of one of his father's clients because she was "lonely".

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Both {{Deconstructed}} (Daisy is even more damaged than Jay) and {{Reconstructed}} (she still makes his life better, and he returns the favor).

Jay Wheeler (Scott Speedman), the estranged, ne'er-do-well son of a wealthy UsefulNotes/NewOrleans family, has fallen on hard times due to his own {{jerkass}}ery. By day, he does probation by working as a janitor at a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles psychiatric hospital, where his idea of helping the patients (providing them with liquor and pornography) is frowned upon by his boss, Dr. Bertleman (Creator/JKSimmons). By night, he hangs out at a strip club and tries to avoid a LoanShark to whom he owes $40,000. However, Jay's life starts to improve when a mysterious, shoeless young woman named Daisy Kensington (Creator/EvanRachelWood) is checked in to the hospital. A childlike waif who's lived a life of isolation, Daisy's gentle nature begins to bring out Jay's better qualities.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Mr. Phelpmitter, one of the mental patients Jay works with. He believes that BigBrotherIsWatchingYou, and thinks he's been institutionalized only because he insists on living "off the grid".

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Dr. Bertleman emerges as one, despite his (understandable) exasperation with Jay for most of the film. [[spoiler:He even apologizes when he realizes that Jay was right about both Daisy and the patient who tried to rape her.]] The clerk at the bus station, who tries to help Daisy when Jay temporarily abandons her, is another example.

* AttemptedRape: At the mental hospital, Jay rescues Daisy from an attack by another patient. It's the audience's first indication that he has some good in him after all.

When Jay learns that his younger brother is getting married back home, he realizes that this is a perfect chance to reconnect with his kin--and maybe trick his father (Treat Williams) into paying off his debts. He tells his family that he's better off than he actually is, complete with a girlfriend, but can't talk any of the strippers he knows into going along with the scam. Eventually, Jay realizes that his only option is to sneak Daisy out of the hospital so she can pose as his girlfriend. While Daisy charms the Wheelers at first, she can't hold back her eccentricities for long, and Jay is finally forced to admit the truth. Desperate, Jay and Daisy flee back to LA; along the way, they have to deal with the police pursuing them--and their growing attraction to each other. With Jay teaching Daisy about the world (and beginning to realize that she doesn't belong in an institution), and Daisy continuing to smooth his rough edges, they fall in love--but will they be able to stay together?

Jay Wheeler (Scott Speedman), the estranged, ne'er-do-well son of a wealthy UsefulNotes/NewOrleans family, has fallen on hard times due to his own {{jerkass}}ery. By day, he does probation by working as a janitor at a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles psychiatric hospital, where his idea of helping the patients (providing them with liquor and pornography) is frowned upon by his boss, Dr. Bertleman (Creator/JKSimmons). By night, he hangs out at a strip club and tries to avoid a LoanShark to whom he owes $40,000. However, Jay's life starts to improve when a mysterious, barefoot young woman named Daisy Kensington (Creator/EvanRachelWood) is checked in to the hospital. A childlike waif who's lived a life of isolation, Daisy's gentle nature begins to bring out Jay's better qualities.

Jay Wheeler (Scott Speedman), the estranged, ne'er-do-well son of a wealthy UsefulNotes/NewOrleans family, has fallen on hard times due to his own {{jerkass}}ery. By day, he does probation by working as a janitor at a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles psychiatric hospital, where his idea of helping the patients (providing them with liquor and pornography) is frowned upon by his boss, Dr. Bertleman (Creator/JKSimmons). By night, he hangs out at a BikiniBar and tries to avoid a LoanShark to whom he owes $40,000. However, Jay's life starts to improve when a mysterious, barefoot young woman named Daisy Kensington (Creator/EvanRachelWood) is checked in to the hospital. A childlike waif who's lived a life of isolation, Daisy's gentle nature begins to bring out Jay's better qualities.

* BikiniBar: One of Jay's favorite hangouts. Although he's been banned[[note]]for drunkenly giving a lap dance to a male Russian visitor who was ''not'' happy about it[[/note]], he brings Daisy there, then has to flee when Daisy gets on stage and starts dancing with the strippers.

When Jay learns that his younger brother is getting married back home, he realizes that this is a perfect chance to reconnect with his kin--and maybe trick his father into paying off his debts. He tells his family that he's better off than he actually is, complete with a girlfriend, but can't talk any of the strippers he knows into going along with the scam. Eventually, Jay realizes that his only option is to sneak Daisy out of the hospital so she can pose as his girlfriend. While Daisy charms the Wheelers at first, she can't hold back her eccentricities for long, and Jay is finally forced to admit the truth. Desperate, Jay and Daisy flee back to LA; along the way, they have to deal with the police pursuing them--and their growing attraction to each other. With Jay teaching Daisy about the world (and beginning to realize that she doesn't belong in an institution), and Daisy continuing to smooth his rough edges, they fall in love--but will they be able to stay together?

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Jay's mother persuades his father to [[spoiler:pay off the loan shark]] by reminding him that he was equally reckless in his youth.

* BarefootLoon: Daisy. She is a CloudCuckoolander (really understandable given her background), and one of her quirks is an aversion to shoes.

%% * BarefootLoon: Daisy.

* BarefootLoon: Daisy.

** CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Jay is forced to assume this role whenever Daisy draws attention to herself.

** DisappearedDad: By contrast, Daisy's father is never even mentioned.