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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: At the beginning of the movie when finding out that it's a snow day, Teddy says "School's out forever". [[spoiler: For him, it would be.]]

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: At the beginning of the movie when finding out that it's a snow day, Teddy says "School's out forever". [[spoiler: For him, it would be.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Mia a SpoiledBrat who doesn't care about anyone or anything except getting into her dream school or just a normal teenager going through typical teen angst?

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Mia a SpoiledBrat who doesn't care about anyone or anything except getting into her dream school or just a normal teenager going through typical teen angst?angst? Or is it both?
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** It can be difficult to feel bad for Mia. You could just chalk a lot of it up to typical teen behavior, but the story hinges so much on our sympathy for her that she just comes off as selfish. She treats everyone with a [[IceQueen dismissive coldness]], especially her parents who bend over backwards to help her get into her dream school and are nothing but loving of her even if they don't "get" her. Even when she's in limbo and has an outpouring of friends and family coming to her side telling her they're going to help her if she wakes up, it's not until she gets [[ItsAllAboutMe an acceptance letter to Juliard]] that she decides that she has something to live for.

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** It can be difficult to feel bad for Mia. You could just chalk a lot of it up to typical teen behavior, but the story hinges so much on our sympathy for her that she just comes off as selfish. She treats everyone with a [[IceQueen dismissive coldness]], especially her parents who bend over backwards to help her get into her dream school and are nothing but loving of her even if they don't "get" her. Even when she's in limbo and has an outpouring of friends and family coming to her side telling her they're going to help her if she wakes up, it's not until she gets [[ItsAllAboutMe an acceptance letter to Juliard]] that she decides that she has something to live for.[[note]]The movie also doesn't make it clear whether or not she's going to be reunited with her family in an afterlife, so a lot of this also depends on one's own beliefs about mortality.[[/note]]
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene were a pop star shows up at the hospital to distract the nurses long enough to let Adam sneak in to see Mia. Huh?
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* SympathySue: Mia. The whole story is plotted around you feeling sorry for her despite her being kind of a brat.
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* JerkassWoobie: Sure, Mia is kind of a brat and doesn't appreciate how much everyone cares about her, but your loving parents ''and'' younger brother all suddenly dying within hours of one another isn't exactly no big deal.

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* JerkassWoobie: Sure, Mia is kind of a brat and doesn't appreciate how much everyone cares about her, but your loving parents ''and'' younger brother all suddenly dying within hours of one another isn't exactly no big deal. She got pretty banged up in the accident herself and will have to go through a lot of physical therapy when she wakes up.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: While they're by no means unlikable, the whole idea of Mia's parents being rock-obsessed hippies is either charming and makes them even cooler than they already were or is just a lame TotallyRadical gimmick.

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* BaseBreakingCharacter: While they're by no means unlikable, easily the most likable characters in the movie, the whole idea of Mia's parents being rock-obsessed hippies is either charming and makes them even cooler than they already were or is just a lame TotallyRadical gimmick.

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