Loose Ends & Lousy Ending

Rating: 5/10 (8 October 2014)

I hate loose ends in a movie. The lawyer tells Affleck's character that he is putting two ex-Secret Service agents on the case to track down his wife. We never hear what they did or didn't find. It's amazing that they apparently found nothing considering that the lawyer was aware of ex-boyfriend #2 who had a possible motive. If they had set a stakeout on him they would have found her.
And the two low-lifes that stole her money? The Secret Service guys couldn't find them either? And what happened to them?
The first ex-boyfriend, who had much the same experience with the wife as Affleck's character tells his story and is written off. We must assume that his life remains forever in the toilet
And that is part of what makes for a lousy ending. Not one, but at least three people are condemned to lead lives of living hell because the writer could not find away to end the story with any kind of justice. Some may say, "Yeah, but that's reality." No it's not, it's a movie, it's entertainment, and I paid good money to see it.
It's a scary sign of the times when a movie like this gets good ratings. The acting, filming, directing, and editing were all great, it's just the message that was bad.