Great movie until the predictable end

Rating: 5/10 (9 March 2018)

Bad Blake, played by Jeff Bridges, is a down and out country singer who is an alcoholic. He gets involved with Maggie Gyllenhaal's character and her young son. So they're having a great time, hanging out, he's taking the son places, and come on, you know exactly what's going to happen. He loses sight of the boy and for some reason, can't find him until she arrives. Really? My parents lost me quite a bit growing up and my mom never left my dad, lol. It was my fault. Why would he have been far from the bar? Why would he have told him to explore the place? Why didn't the bartender offer to call security to help him instead of being a jerk? It's contrived writing like this to create conflict that kills movies for me. It's annoying. It was a good movie until that point, it's a shame.