Gender Stereotypes: Movie Analysis
A 43-year-old woman pretends to be 30 years old and marries a younger man who doesn’t know her true age.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS:
SUZY (43) has been unlucky in love. She’s never truly gotten over her boyfriend from college. Now she works in a candy lab and volunteers at an animal shelter.
VALENTINO (23) works in marketing, but isn’t able to commit to NANCY (23), a former girlfriend. He prefers a more mature woman.
Suzy decides to put her profile on a dating website, but lies about her age. She claims to be 30. Valentino’s mother, JOSEPHINE, pressures Valentino to find a girlfriend. He lies and says he has one. She invites him to her birthday party and insists he brings his new girlfriend. Now he has to find one. He puts his profile on the same website and lies about his age, saying he’s 30.
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They get drunk and have sex. Suzy grows closer to Stan. They go to the movies together, get caught in a storm, hide behind a dumpster next to the Love Hotel, and Suzy leaves behind her coat.
Nancy stalks Valentino and blackmails him into having an affair. She has pictures of them together.
Suzy receives a letter from social security and hides the letter. Valentino throws her a surprise party and at the party Nancy finds the letter from social security. Nancy exposes the truth. Valentino feels betrayed and walks out on Suzy.
Suzy’s friends try to get Suzy and Valentino back together. Just as they begin to reconnect, a pregnant Nancy shows up surprising Suzy. Suzy storms out.
Valentino’s mother dies and he’s not able to inherit the family business or money, unless he has a child. He divorces Suzy and marries Nancy. She gives birth to a baby boy, but wants nothing to do with him. Valentino takes the baby, but then collapses. He goes into a diabetic coma. The baby is placed in foster care. Suzy decides to care for the baby. She stays by Valentino’s side until he wakes up. They both realize that love is timeless and they
BRIEF SYNOPSIS:
SUZY (43) has been unlucky in love. She’s never truly gotten over her boyfriend from college. Now she works in a candy lab and volunteers at an animal shelter.
VALENTINO (23) works in marketing, but isn’t able to commit to NANCY (23), a former girlfriend. He prefers a more mature woman.
Suzy decides to put her profile on a dating website, but lies about her age. She claims to be 30. Valentino’s mother, JOSEPHINE, pressures Valentino to find a girlfriend. He lies and says he has one. She invites him to her birthday party and insists he brings his new girlfriend. Now he has to find one. He puts his profile on the same website and lies about his age, saying he’s 30.
Suzy and …show more content…
They get drunk and have sex. Suzy grows closer to Stan. They go to the movies together, get caught in a storm, hide behind a dumpster next to the Love Hotel, and Suzy leaves behind her coat.
Nancy stalks Valentino and blackmails him into having an affair. She has pictures of them together.
Suzy receives a letter from social security and hides the letter. Valentino throws her a surprise party and at the party Nancy finds the letter from social security. Nancy exposes the truth. Valentino feels betrayed and walks out on Suzy.
Suzy’s friends try to get Suzy and Valentino back together. Just as they begin to reconnect, a pregnant Nancy shows up surprising Suzy. Suzy storms out.
Valentino’s mother dies and he’s not able to inherit the family business or money, unless he has a child. He divorces Suzy and marries Nancy. She gives birth to a baby boy, but wants nothing to do with him. Valentino takes the baby, but then collapses. He goes into a diabetic coma. The baby is placed in foster care. Suzy decides to care for the baby. She stays by Valentino’s side until he wakes up. They both realize that love is timeless and they