Spoiler-this movie does not have a happy sunset stroll ending

Rating: Null/10 (23 November 2003)

I liked that in this movie, they did not end with some sappy "everybody wins the lottery and moves to LA" success story. All the characters do by the end of it is resolve to be a better whatever they are. Rabbit does NOT land some miraculous recording contract from some bigwig Hollywood agent who just happened to get stuck in the Detroit airport and decide to take in the local scenery. Alex does NOT get discovered by some big modelling agent waiting tables at Denny's. Rabbit's mom does NOT take the twelve step program. He gets extra shifts at the plant, Alex and he decide they deserve better than they have and resolve to work towards earning that "more" that they want, and his mom buys milk for the kid. They are all in a sense taking a small step towards growing up, taking a tiny bit more responsibility for their lives than they did before.