Left Feeling A Little Uneasy

Rating: 8/10 (7 September 2019)

I thoroughly enjoyed the film, but it felt a little off. There's justice for the racism displayed on Mike, there's justice for Ben with the whole 'fat kid' thing and him finally getting the girl, but Richie's arch felt a little .. like queerbaiting.
It's HEAVILY implied that he's a part of the LGBT+ community, but he never gets justice, never resolving his arch of hiding and being ashamed of who he is by coming out and being him. And because of this, the last scene of him adding 'E' for Eddie on the bridge makes you question whether he liked him, or was just grieving. It felt lack luster and like Richie was never able to have a resolve.
I'm of the opinion that ambiguous endings is a little lazy in most cases, especially when it comes to a resolve of a character and I wasn't a fan of what they did with Richie, however, that was my only complaint of the film.