comments about "what happened at the end"

Rating: Null/10 (5 February 2005)

Having seen the movie just today, I would comment that the final scene showing the greasy spoon diner in Missouri was a strong indication that Frankie went on with some type of life after giving up the gym and easing Hillary Swank out of her misery. What ever ghost haunted him, he'd found a small measure of redemption when he disappeared. His previous comments about "Wonder if a place like this could be for sale" and "Do you want to build a cabin in the mountains" would indicate a fresh start, perhaps away from the very ghosts that haunt him throughout the film. Morgan Freeman's character sums it up while writing a letter to Eastwood's daughter to tell her "just what kind of man your father really is." That's not a loser who gives up but one that sees the battle through to the very end.