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A little while later, he chooses the body of an old, white, and selfish millionaire.
We have this jerk, so messed up, so wandering, so selfish, aimless and unlikable that it was extremely hard to get past the attraction a highly favored businessman's up-and-coming son, Jaemin, unless it was just that: physical attraction.
When she sees an old car parked on two spots, she leaves a message to the owner calling him "selfish jerk".
Timmy has become a selfish arrogant jerkwad that Bart Simpson would happily beat the snot out of (and given Timmy's snottiness, that would take a lot of beating).
I wished Paul was swept down the river without a boat at the very beginning to spare us the silly, smirkish, selfish story of Paul (Brad Pitt).
For the most part, these kids are irresponsible, selfish, greedy and stupid, yet co-writer and director Joel Schumacher appears to hold them up as touchstones for a generation.
All the funny things happening in this sitcom is based on the main character Jim being either a bad father, a bad husband or generally just enormously selfish.
I can only see the Julian character --as rendered--as selfish, petty, and totally condescending.
I suppose it could be considered cliche, as he starts out a selfish loner and learns how that kind of existence plays out in the end.
Cliff decides that she should die, his selfish lawyer Ira (Corbin Bersen) thinks they should let Abby die, sue the car manufacturer & get rich while Abby's mum Pam (Linda Sorenson) wants to blame Cliff, get rich & save Abby.
It's impossible not to love the smart and sweet orphan girl who changes the heart of a selfish lawyer only interested in pursuing success in her career.
Both Kate Beckinsale and Gyneth Paltrow are convincing in their remorse but Paltrow's is more childlike and stagnant while Beckinsale's awakening is rather real and serious and you see the transition from child-like, selfish behavior to kind and thoughtful adult.
However it is Ranma's selfish father Genma who winds up being the culprit for the mess most of the time.
Those are good memories for every fan to hang onto, and to ask what actually happened between them would be selfish.
The movie is a real show of how unemotional and selfish the upper society has become.
Tom Cruise plays David Aames, a selfish egomaniac who takes other people's emotions for granted, and thinks only of himself.
the only complaint that i had was on Mr. woodhouse..i can't believe that a man could whine so much or be so selfish with his daughter's life..she was a smart girl in the end though.
They are homeless but cheerful, in a societies too impoverished and selfish to care for or acknowledge them, footmats for the Italian carpetbaggers.
But the glamorous and sultry Ms. Hessling, who at first appears as if she might give Louise Brooks a run for her money in vampishness, never goes beyond a one note, selfish harlot portrayal.
It is interesting to see how people who consider themselves as kind and intelligent people (the emotional jury ladies in the movie for example) are in reality nothing more than selfish dupes who would, for their dogmatic beliefs and prejudices, shut their brains to any deliberation and contemplation even in the light of all facts pointing very clearly against their opinions.
But it still captures the spirit of the story, the choice to carry a burden for the good of others, the consequences of selfish, rash decisions, etc.
As the film fleshes out this unlikely duo down to their ids they become embroiled in a chilling merging of the minds, each using the other for their own selfish reasons with an extraordinary outcome.
Typically black men in the ghetto don't show much respect toward women, abuse them on a regular basis for their selfish, immoral and degraded sexual perversions, as hinted, behind closed doors.
The selfish Danny, full of jealousy and greed, begins a game of intriguing, ending in a very tragic way.
If the show really does end, it can't end with Simon marrying that insecure, needy, clingy, spoiled, selfish, manipulative brat.
Eddie Murphy's Foley comes off as a rude, selfish jerk this time round, and it's the fatal flaw of the movie than none of his shtick is remotely inventive.
Gonzalo- is a stud, is very selfish, was molested by his brother (and is still haunted by it), likes to paint phallic symbols, doesn't want to work in the rumored factory, doesn't want to get married but does want lots of sex.
His selfishness, and it is selfish to be a sex addict while being married with kids, is consuming him and further tearing down the ties of family bond.
The over-acted performance by James Woods as the cop-dad who can't make up his mind if he feels selfish, compassionate, caring or heartless towards his good-girl gone bad, socially inept and unparented daughter was the kick that booted me out of the theater about 1h20m into the film.
What do you say about a female character who is utterly selfish and has absolutely no redeeming features?
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