As much as I want to like this film, it gets progressively worse as it goes on. What bothered me most was how idealistic this film turned out to be. It started out as a realistic tale of infidelity and 'suburban ennui', then slowly progressed to be a satire of societal prejudice against sex offenders. Then both storylines merged somehow and by the end of the movie, it became some sort of an uplifting story about moral values and how everything turned out fine because somehow everyone gets a dose or reality or a jolt of sense into them finally, when they've been acting morally ambiguous all throughout the film.
The use of narrative voice over, probably as a reference to the title, did more to hurt the film than it actually helped. The dramatic impact of the 'shock ending' is lost when the audience knows everything is gonna be alright in the end. We all know that's not how it is in real life anyway. Still, I can appreciate what commentary this film had, especially on all the discrimination towards the registered sex offender Ronnie, played brilliantly by Jackie Earle Haley. Also I appreciate how they tried to downplay the preachiness of such a film on moral values and societal prejudice, compared to the over-the-top crap like Crash and the like.
3/5 stars
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