This is my second viewing of the film and the movie just gets better.
The script is amazing. Any other screenplay would've made the dorky son outrageously dorky. Almost to the point of being a turn-off. Yet, Dan Fogelman here creates a dorky character that we can totally understand and empathize with. It's subtle, powerful writing. He doesn't hit you over the head with his dorkiness. He creates a real person.
Same can be said for the babysitter. Any other movie would've had her be a vixen. Fogelman instead gives us a character that wants to be a vixen but doesn't know how to go about it. Thus, we fall in love with her and her confusion.
Such care is given in creating these characters...and they're just supporting roles. The majority of the films out there now don't give this much consideration to their leads.
Watch the scene where Carell is outside the family home and receives a call from his wife. He can clearly see her through the window as she lies, stating the reason for calling is because the pilot light went out on the water heater. The scene is about how the two of them are still in love with each other but just don't know how to say it. It's powerful. It's visually powerful with so much more meaning in their lines than the words they are speaking. Simply amazing.
Without a doubt, the screenplay should be nominated for an Academy Award.
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