A Very Bad Ending to A Very Good Movie

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2004)

Spoilers Ahead...
Let me start off by saying that I loved everything about this movie. I loved the directing by Clintywood, the music, the acting, everything. I was on the edge of my seat. However, like all good suspence/mystery movies, it has to have a twist. That's where some trouble can come in. I didn't buy the whole twist at the end, its building up to something much bigger and it kinda lets you down, but from the revealing of the twist it gets worse. The last 10 minutes or so are really bad. The whole scene with Sean Penn and his wife in their dead daughters room didn't seem right, its a very uncomfortable wrap up to all the emotion they've felt so far, with them making out on her bed like that, its just odd. I wish it would've just ended after the scene on the sidewalk, I think that could've saved alot of the issues I have with this film. But other than that its definatly a watcher, just rent it and see for yourself what you think...