tragedy...

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2003)

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Its really interesting to see how the 3 wives of the main characters all play poignant significant role right at the end of the movie...
Throughout this movie we are lead and seen to beleive that Kevin Bacon's character (Sean) is a decent, above board cop...
The scene where Laura Linney' character(Annabeth) becomes this grotesque character who when she finds out her husband had killed the Tim Robbins character (Dan) by accident, quite frankly turns into this grotesque lustful wife who thrives on her husbands (Sean Penns - Jimmy) power to protect her family and kids.. Its quite a change or character for her. It feeds into Jimmy's ego.
Are we really meant to beleive that Kevin Bacon's character (Sean) would really turn away from the Dans killer (Jimmy)? Surely not, that would be out of character. What we next see is that Sean's wife out of the blue calls him, and wants to be back with him and his daughter.

In the end we Sean Penn, and Kevin Bacon happilly with their wives...

Is that real? Is the real tragedy, that Kevin Bacon's wife and child don't really come back home... Its just a wishful dream.