10 Infamous Lines That Completely Ruined Decent Movies
7. "Until Then, A Little Graduation Present To Get You Through High School" - Crazy, Stupid, Love
Lines of dialogue don't get any creepier than this, words with such vulgar connotations that you feel you need to have a shower afterwards. The film explores a series of interconnected relationships, with the breakdown in the relationship between protagonists Cal and Emily Weaver the central focus.
One of the plot points follows the Weaver's 17 year old babysitter Jessica falling in love with the older Cal. At the suggestion of her friend, she takes some nude photographs of herself to give to Cal in an effort to seduce him. Unknown to Jessica, the Weaver's 13 year old son Robbie has fallen in love with her, making for a very awkward love triangle.
While the film concludes the story arc of Cal and Emily adequately with some hope they can patch things up, it is the dreadful conclusion of Jessica's story arc that dooms the film. With her love for Cal not replicated and with her nude photos still in her possession, Jessica does the one thing the audience least expects, or wants.
Approaching young Robbie, Jessica lets him know that he will find love in the future, but "until then, a little graduation present to get you through high school," before handing him her nude photos. We even see the moment young Robbie first looks at the photos, his facial expression alone enough to have us cringing in our seat. One only has to picture how this scene would look with genders reversed to know what a woeful misfire it is.