The ending worked very well for me. When they're sitting on the steps and Largeman is feeding Sam the line about needing to work things out on his own I was groaning. She's not actually going to fall for this shit, I wondered. And she was such a brave little soul, trying to figure out how to give him what he needed--if I had a quibble with her performance it was that she seemed too young for the twenty-six she claimed. But when he came back to grab hold of this chance he had found, I believed it more than most happy endings. Yes, there was a sense of "Now what?" but I thought the important thing was that whatever would come next, they had decided how to face it. And that's what life's about--no certainties, no grand plan, just finding the things that make chewing through the restraints worth while.
Perhaps what I liked best about this movie is that a month after seeing it I can still bring to mind the feeling that it evoked and wonder what those characters are up to now. What do you think Sam's done with his apartment? I'm picturing lots of brightly colored throw-pillows, a couple of cats, a parakeet and the iguana abandoned by the guy who moved out downstairs."
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Date: 2004-09-24 08:04 am (UTC)Perhaps what I liked best about this movie is that a month after seeing it I can still bring to mind the feeling that it evoked and wonder what those characters are up to now. What do you think Sam's done with his apartment? I'm picturing lots of brightly colored throw-pillows, a couple of cats, a parakeet and the iguana abandoned by the guy who moved out downstairs."