What was the point of Chris Noth as the uncle?

To me he had a pivotal point in the movie because we see him at the funeral seeming like a nice guy and wanting to help out. Ruby (Leelee) gets freak out and angry because she probably thinks he really doesn't care. The Glass', at first seemed nice to Ruby. As it turns out they weren't but the uncle was actually the caring one. Because at the end of the movie, when the kids got away and visited their parents at the funeral the uncle was there caring for them and then taking them in. That to me at least, was a big part of the movie because it shows they should have gone with him all along.

He is in two scenes.

"and you never see him again" makes it sound like he wasn't interested. He sent them one post card at least that we saw but I do agree that it seems strange that an actor as high profile as he would have such a bit part in a film especially one as bad as this. Hopefully when he signed on he didn't realise how bad it was going to be.

He might have had a bigger role originally and it ended up on the cutting room floor after editing. That happens more often than you might think.

They did contact him. She emailed him asking him to check out the BMW, and he sent a postcard that she found in the trash with his number on, so she called him up and he told her the car was registered to Terry's company. Then he's in the last scene with them at their parents grave and they go home with him.

What if a squirrel wants a sausage?

Also, we know that if the kids end up with Chris Noth, he's a good guy and won't try to kill them, because he's been a cop on Law and Order.

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