for shooting Buzzy? I know she was trying to frame him for killing Aaron but I don't get that either. Aaron dying was a mistake I don't know why we felt the need to frame her other boyfriend who she was trying to get money from that night so it didn't make much sense.
sharefor shooting Buzzy? I know she was trying to frame him for killing Aaron but I don't get that either. Aaron dying was a mistake I don't know why we felt the need to frame her other boyfriend who she was trying to get money from that night so it didn't make much sense.
I agree that Cheri didn't care about either Duffy or Aaron and only wanted to get money out of both of them. But I never thought that she called the cops on Duffy because she was surprised that he shot Buzzy or because it was the right thing to do.
Here's what I've always figured. When Cheri realized Aaron was dead, she thought she'd be held responsible for his death, so she decided to frame Duffy. Her story could then be that Duffy suspected she was cheating on him with Aaron, and in a jealous rage, he got in a fight with and killed Aaron (he just went crazy; nobody could've stopped him). At the time she came up with the story, she didn't know he was going to try to rob the store. But when she realized that he was and that he shot Buzzy, she suddenly had evidence (an event that actually happened) that she could use to make her story more plausible.
Now (thanks to him shooting Buzzy) her story for the cops could be: "I don't know what came over him. He was just acting crazy that night. First he robs the store and shoots Buzzy (a good friend of his), and then for some reason he thinks I'm cheating on him with Aaron, so he gets in a fight with him and ends up killing him. I just don't know what came over him that night." Of course, she leaves out her part in the whole thing, Duffy comes out looking even more guilty, and she gets away with it.
I figured that was her plan; it just didn't work out that way for her though.
But you forgot the bowling ball she desperately tried to get. My opinion is that she thought that the ball was a perfect match to replace the statue head. Even the name Duffy was engraved (shown in a short scene) which would lead the police directly to him. And to complete the story she called her friend and told her that Duffy saw her together with Aron which made him jealous.
I agree about why she called the cops. It was too surprising for her.
"she called because it was the right thing to do"
That was not her character, concern for other beings - plus I believe she was unaware of Duffys intent to hold up the store
She called the cops to get Duffy busted.... and should they find the bowling ball tie him to Aarons murder, unknowing that daddy tried cleaning up her mess
Actually the question should be why not call the cops on Duffy!! she was already trying to frame him for a murder, two would be a cherry on the top. Although any decent investigation would question why use a bowling ball when he had a gun, not to mention all the forensic evidence and her father as a witness (she didn't know then how he would react) that she was with the dead guy on the night he died while Duffy had an alibi. I think it would have been smarter to just tell the truth that it was an accident..
shareIf movie characters were smart, honest people who did the right things at exactly the right times and all that, we wouldn't have movies.
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