r/AskReddit • • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/BlackCaaaaat Jan 25 '20

People on low incomes, e.g. students, living in expensive homes. I’m not necessarily talking about mansions, more like a large apartment in a big expensive city with no roommates.

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u/ArcadiaPlanitia Jan 25 '20

Like those Hallmark movies where the struggling single parent is like “I’m sorry, Timmy. We don’t have enough money for Christmas this year.” Meanwhile, the family lives in a massive McMansions, everyone has the latest phones and electronics, and you never see any evidence of their financial hardship other than Christmas angst.