Taken - Lenore

So I've been browsing the TV Tropes entries for the film Taken, and discovered that someone on TV tropes thinks that Lenore is the "most unsympathetic character in the whole film" and that it is "entirely her fault that her daughter was kidnapped". Yes, in a film that has large number of actual human traffickers.

I don't think I need to spell out to anyone reading this why dubbing a difficult women less sympathetic than actual kidnappers is extremely misogynist, but this did inspire me to write my own thoughts on Lenore.

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(BTW I have not seen either of the sequels yet and would prefer not to be spoiled)