Random First Dates Isn't Romantic - It's About A Guy Who Takes Advantage Of A Disabled Woman (15 items)

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  (#4) Lucy Would Wake Up Every Day For 9 Months To Discover She's Pregnant After Henry Knocks Her Up

  Imagine you wake up, safe in the knowledge you're in shape, in your 20s, and with no responsibilities or dependents. Then you look down and realize you're pregnant. You've got a big old pregnant belly and no knowledge as to how you got this way, who did it to you, or how far along you are. Now imagine that happening every day for nine months. That's some body horror right there, and it happens to poor Lucy when she gets knocked up by Henry: she is trapped in a prison of the mind and body.  
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  (#8) Henry Is Taking Advantage Of A Woman With A Disability

  Henry's manipulative, stalker-like behavior can definitely, definitely, definitely be seen as him taking advantage of Lucy. He uses her amnesia to his advantage. He knows everything about her and she knows nothing about him, so he can use all his Lucy knowledge to paint himself as her perfect man. He creates situations that force her to interact with him, which is his starting point for tricking her into falling in love. He can spring anything on her, and if she's suspicious, there's always the old gem, "Ah, but you have amnesia and I don't, so who are you going to believe?"
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  (#6) Can Lucy Even Love Henry?

  Henry can love Lucy (in a deceptive, creepy way), but can Lucy love Henry? She meets him for the first time every day. Unless you're a love at first sight kind of person (and who's falling in love with Adam Sandler at first sight?), you're not gonna drop the L bomb the moment you meet someone. Even if they told you how great your life together is via VHS, the most you could really muster is a strong sense of like.  
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  (#5) If Lucy's Dad Dies She'll Have To Learn That Every Morning

  Lucy's dad, with whom she's especially close, isn't going to be around forever. The worst part about that, and Lucy's amnesia, is that she'll always wake up thinking her dad is alive. What if, one day, she slides Henry's memory tape into the VCR (by the way, the video thing? This movie came out in 2004. Was anyone still using VHS then?) and gets told by Henry that not only is she in love with him, but her dad is dead?

  Two horrible pieces of news delivered in one fell swoop: your dad's dead and you're shackled to Adam Sandler for the rest of your life.  
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  (#11) Henry Practically Kidnaps Lucy

  The conclusion of 50 First Dates is one of the more terrifying aspects of the film. Henry whisks Lucy off to the high seas, sailing with her on a boat offering no means of escape. Imagine you're an amnesiac who wakes up every morning thinking your life has been uprooted, that you've been kidnapped and stowed away on a ship. Sure, Henry does her the courtesy of giving her a video tape detailing their life together that she can watch every morning to catch up, but Lucy's waking up traumatized every damn day. 

  And, also, eventually that video will be like 10 hours long, right? At which point, will Lucy even be able to get through the whole thing without falling asleep or killing herself to escape the crippling existential anxiety? 
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  (#2) Lucy's Family Robs Her Of Agency

  Lucy's family endlessly recreates the day of her accident, going so far as to fill her shampoo bottles a little each day so she doesn't get suspicious about the slight discrepancy in weight. They've keep all their calendars set to October 13th, 2002, and the house is littered with old-ass newspapers. Surely they'd have disintegrated into nothing by now. 

  The truly scary part is that Lucy's family doesn't give her any choice in the matter. They're Groundhog Day-ing her and she doesn’t know it. She's a prisoner to repetition but unaware of her prison, like Neo in The Matrix, a slave to a system he doesn't even realize exists. Lucy's family don't even give her the option of living another life. They've made the decision for her and now she's doomed to live a life repeated. 

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