Does anybody else feel that the ending with Adam Sandler showing up to the deli felt completely forced?
As if a producer asked them to tack on a happy ending?
I didn't like the film, but would have liked it a ton more if it ended with Sandler saying "Ira...comedy...is for funny people." and ending the film as the same jerk from the beginning.
The message: people don't really change, no matter what dramatic circumstances come into their lives.
people do change, thats the beauty of it. They dont change instantanioulsy, but people do change. What kind of a movie would send another message?
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I take it adidas80 never saw Bruce Almighty
Actually, for me, that was how I interpreted the ending. George didn't necessarily change. He realized he was alone again, and turned to the one person who might give him friendship, once more. That doesn't mean he won't do the same thing again.
I think this movie really says a lot about human relationships, and portrays it very realistically.
The first hour and a half is very standard, funny and touching, but not very different from any drama comedy. What the last part really gets to the heart of, is how difficult dealing with feelings and human relationships can be, even for grown up people. Sure, you have people like Ira, who stays real.. but others get carried away. Instead of the perfect girl married to the wrong guy, it turns out Laura is a pretty confused woman, being fairly dishonest and making some rather bad choices. George on the other hand, refuses to see that, as he too is taken away by the Hollywood-style dream ending his survival sets the stage for. And as it turns out, that was obviously very naive. Real life never gets the storybook ending; real life relationships takes commitment and a lot of the time it can be very challenging, even with your dream partner.
In the end it resolves - though rather obviously, artificially so. And I feel that reflects real life surprisingly well. I'm not sure if George really changed at all, but life always moves on.. and most of the time, it works out somehow. He doesn't know how to handle all these difficult situations, but he knows he doesn't want to be alone.
It's complex, difficult, and it's very interesting to see this handled in a movie in a very fresh and daring way.