The father was verbally and physically abusive, the older brother is an a-hole and mom is too weak to stand up for the youngest son. The best friend is an obnoxious bully, that is passed off as progressive and quirky. She yells at a guy for asking for privacy when going to the bathroom? I didn't know that had anything to do with gender norms. But she doesn't mind touching Ernest without permission not once but twice just because she wanted to. The only characters that were remotely likable were Ernest and Kevin. Why would the cops be shooting at the kidnap victim? Come on. Jennifer Coolidge was in the movie for like 2 sec and really added nothing to the story and I'm a fan of hers. Good idea, poor execution.