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* WellDoneSonGuy: Downplayed, but John does want his father to acknowledge his help, he just know him too well to think he'll get that. [[spoiler:In the end, he does get a "you are worthy of helping me, son" when Willis not only takes the blame for the bath overflowing, but accepting help with a word in a crossword puzzle from him.]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Downplayed, but John does want his father to acknowledge his help, he just know him too well to think he'll get that. [[spoiler:In the end, he does get a "you are worthy of helping me, son" when Willis not only takes the blame for the bath overflowing, but accepting help with a word in a crossword puzzle CrosswordPuzzle from him.]]
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* ShoutOut:
** Willis is reading "The Last Viking" by Roald Amundssen on the plane.
** Paula wears an Music/{{X|USBand}} t-shirt. Doubles as a StealthPun that Willis talks about his ex-wives during the same dinner.
** Willis is reading "The Last Viking" by Roald Amundssen on the plane.
** Paula wears an Music/{{X|USBand}} t-shirt. Doubles as a StealthPun that Willis talks about his ex-wives during the same dinner.
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John and Sarah's father Willis Peterson (Creator/LanceHenriksen) is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen (Creator/HannahGross). After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois with him to help him live on his own again.
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John and Sarah's father Willis Peterson (Creator/LanceHenriksen) is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen (Creator/HannahGross). After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois his farm in northern New York with him to help him live on his own again.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Downplayed, but John does want his father to acknowledge his help, he just know him too well to think he'll get that. [[spoiler:In the end, he does get a "you are worthy of helping me, son" when Willis not only takes the blame for the bath overflowing, but accepting help with a word in a crossword puzzle from him.]]
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* FakeAmerican: Most of the actors are Canadian. Mortensen said in an interview that this was a condition of them filming in Canada. All the characters are American.
** Exceptions are Louise Linney, Lance Henderson, and Henry Mortensen, who are Americans.
** Viggo Mortensen is of course American, but also Danish, and registered with his Danish passport to make room for another American.
** Sverrir Gudnason, who plays a young Willis, is Icelandic.
** Exceptions are Louise Linney, Lance Henderson, and Henry Mortensen, who are Americans.
** Viggo Mortensen is of course American, but also Danish, and registered with his Danish passport to make room for another American.
** Sverrir Gudnason, who plays a young Willis, is Icelandic.
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* ActorAllusion: Two scenes are reminiscent of Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings.
** When [[spoiler:Willis lies in the snow]], Jill's horse Bree comes over to check on him, similar to when Aragorn's horse woke him up on the river bank of Andúin.
** At the end, John kisses Eric like Aragorn kisses Arwen.
** When [[spoiler:Willis lies in the snow]], Jill's horse Bree comes over to check on him, similar to when Aragorn's horse woke him up on the river bank of Andúin.
** At the end, John kisses Eric like Aragorn kisses Arwen.
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* FakeAmerican: Most of the actors are Canadian. Mortensen said in an interview that this was a condition of them filming in Canada. All the characters are American.
** Exceptions are Louise Linney, Lance Henderson, and Henry Mortensen, who are Americans.
** Viggo Mortensen is of course American, but also Danish, and registered with his Danish passport to make room for another American.
** Sverrir Gudnason, who plays a young Willis, is Icelandic.
** Exceptions are Louise Linney, Lance Henderson, and Henry Mortensen, who are Americans.
** Viggo Mortensen is of course American, but also Danish, and registered with his Danish passport to make room for another American.
** Sverrir Gudnason, who plays a young Willis, is Icelandic.
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* MeaningfulName: In a LeaningOnTheFourthWall sense. All the characters whose surname is given bear the surname Peterson. Peter is Viggo Mortensen's middle name.
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* MeaningfulName: In a LeaningOnTheFourthWall sense. All the main characters whose surname -- that is, the family the film is given about -- bear the surname Peterson. Peter is Viggo Mortensen's middle name.
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John and Sarah's father Willis (Creator/LanceHenriksen) is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen (Creator/HannahGross). After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois with him to help him live on his own again.
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John and Sarah's father Willis Peterson (Creator/LanceHenriksen) is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen (Creator/HannahGross). After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois with him to help him live on his own again.
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* MeaningfulName: In a LeaningOnTheFourthWall sense. All the characters whose surname is given bear the surname Peterson. Peter is Viggo Mortensen's middle name.
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** David Cronenberg shows up as Willis's doctor in California.
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** David Cronenberg Creator/DavidCronenberg shows up as Willis's doctor in California.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: The day after John loses his temper with Willis, he leaves the bathtub running and it overflows.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: RuleOfSymbolism:
** The day after John loses his temper with Willis, he leaves the bathtub running and itoverflows.overflows.
** When John is about to leave for California, Willis watches ducks flying south for the winter.
** The day after John loses his temper with Willis, he leaves the bathtub running and it
** When John is about to leave for California, Willis watches ducks flying south for the winter.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: John gives Willis one after taking his verbal abuse for a long time.
-->'''John:''' You've never said "I'm sorry" or "I love you"--\\
'''Willis:''' It goes without saying!\\
'''John:''' No, it doesn't!
-->'''John:''' You've never said "I'm sorry" or "I love you"--\\
'''Willis:''' It goes without saying!\\
'''John:''' No, it doesn't!
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* DirectLineToTheAuthor: Mortensen claims that the sequence of a three-year-old John shooting a duck, then treating the dead duck as a pet or teddy bear, is based on an event from when Mortensen himself was three. [[DarkHumor Even so, he doesn't know why he was so obsessed with death as a child.]]
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* DirectLineToTheAuthor: Mortensen claims that the sequence of a three-year-old John shooting a duck, then treating the dead duck as a pet or teddy bear, is based on an event from when Mortensen himself was three. [[DarkHumor Even so, he doesn't know why he was so obsessed with death as a child.]]
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* {{Irony}}: For a racist, homophobic misogynist like Willis to end up having a gay son, an Asian-American son-in-law, and a daughter is ironic enough, but for his daughter to have two gay and/or gender-non-conforming kids? Priceless.
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John and Sarah's father Willis is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen (Creator/HannahGross). After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois with him to help him live on his own again.
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John and Sarah's father Willis (Creator/LanceHenriksen) is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen (Creator/HannahGross). After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois with him to help him live on his own again.
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* DirectLineToTheAuthor: Mortensen claims that the sequence of a three-year-old John shooting a duck, then treating the dead duck as a pet or teddy bear, is based on an event from when Mortensen himself was three. [[DarkHumor Even so, he doesn't know why he was so obsessed with death as a child.]]
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* SnowMeansDeath: [[spoiler:Willis dies while lying in the snow outside his barn.]]
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* CentralTheme: Can you forgive someone's toxic behavior? Should you?
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John and Sarah's father Willis is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen. After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois with him to help him live on his own again.
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John and Sarah's father Willis is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen.Gwen (Creator/HannahGross). After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois with him to help him live on his own again.
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John and Sarah's father Willis is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen.
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John and Sarah's father Willis is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen.
Gwen. After he gets diagnosed with colon cancer, John travels back to Illinois with him to help him live on his own again.
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A 2020 film about having a family member with dementia. Written and directed by Creator/ViggoMortensen, who also wrote the score.
John and Sarah's father Willis is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen.
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* AbusiveParents: Willis was not the nicest father, but judging by his reaction to his own flashbacks, he was much kinder than his own father.
* AgeGapRomance: It's not elaborated on, but Jill is apparently quite a bit younger than Willis.
* AnimalMotif:
** Birds for John, who shot a duck at three and became a pilot as an adult.
** Horses for Willis's ex-wives, especially Jill, whose horse is still alive and was kept by Willis after their divorce.
* BadassBoast: Willis insists he's a Viking.
* BigDamnKiss: Eric and John by the end.
* CallingTheOldManOut: John is patient with his father for a long time, but eventually he snaps and screams at him to get his head out of his ass, listing all the things that are wrong with his personality in the process.
* TheCameo:
** David Cronenberg shows up as Willis's doctor in California.
** Henry Mortensen as the State Trooper who informs Willis of his ex-wife's car accident.
* CreativeClosingCredits: Willis [[spoiler:having died]], the closing credits have the title run vertically up the screen, as in "falling upwards", with letters made of photos of nature.
* {{Flashback}}: Willis has many of these, not only of memorable incidents with his wives and children, but even brief glimpses of past experiences, such as when John pours a glass and he is reminded of a brook, or of sitting in a car while it rained.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Gwen died while her children were still in school.]]
* RacistGrandma: A frequent male example. Willis expresses a lot of racist and homophobic views, which hurts his children, but his grandchildren don't seem to take him very seriously.
* ARareSentence: Eric is impressed by the absurdity of Willis's expression "All jingle, no bells".
* RuleOfSymbolism: The day after John loses his temper with Willis, he leaves the bathtub running and it overflows.
* TogetherInDeath: It seems as though [[spoiler:Gwen gets this honor, as the last memory Willis sees before he dies is one of her having sex with him.]]
* ToiletHumor: Willis engages in a lot of this initially. He reassures Monica that everyone pees in their bed, and her father used to shit his for a whole winter of his childhood.
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John and Sarah's father Willis is a bitter old man who is gradually losing his memory. When he visits them in California, he keeps insulting John and John's husband Eric, tells his grandkids inappropriate things, and gets Sarah mixed up with her late mother Gwen.
!!Provides examples of
* AbusiveParents: Willis was not the nicest father, but judging by his reaction to his own flashbacks, he was much kinder than his own father.
* AgeGapRomance: It's not elaborated on, but Jill is apparently quite a bit younger than Willis.
* AnimalMotif:
** Birds for John, who shot a duck at three and became a pilot as an adult.
** Horses for Willis's ex-wives, especially Jill, whose horse is still alive and was kept by Willis after their divorce.
* BadassBoast: Willis insists he's a Viking.
* BigDamnKiss: Eric and John by the end.
* CallingTheOldManOut: John is patient with his father for a long time, but eventually he snaps and screams at him to get his head out of his ass, listing all the things that are wrong with his personality in the process.
* TheCameo:
** David Cronenberg shows up as Willis's doctor in California.
** Henry Mortensen as the State Trooper who informs Willis of his ex-wife's car accident.
* CreativeClosingCredits: Willis [[spoiler:having died]], the closing credits have the title run vertically up the screen, as in "falling upwards", with letters made of photos of nature.
* {{Flashback}}: Willis has many of these, not only of memorable incidents with his wives and children, but even brief glimpses of past experiences, such as when John pours a glass and he is reminded of a brook, or of sitting in a car while it rained.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Gwen died while her children were still in school.]]
* RacistGrandma: A frequent male example. Willis expresses a lot of racist and homophobic views, which hurts his children, but his grandchildren don't seem to take him very seriously.
* ARareSentence: Eric is impressed by the absurdity of Willis's expression "All jingle, no bells".
* RuleOfSymbolism: The day after John loses his temper with Willis, he leaves the bathtub running and it overflows.
* TogetherInDeath: It seems as though [[spoiler:Gwen gets this honor, as the last memory Willis sees before he dies is one of her having sex with him.]]
* ToiletHumor: Willis engages in a lot of this initially. He reassures Monica that everyone pees in their bed, and her father used to shit his for a whole winter of his childhood.
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