So all she wanted was threesomes ?
And more sex ? Couldn't she just discuss this with her husband or see a marriage counselor ?
shareHA! Good point. I just posted my review and thought that the movie should have ended where she is met by "someone" at the peer; it could have been Lou, it could have been Daniel, they should have left the audience to figure it our for themselves instead of tacking on that horribly cliched ending! I really did enjoy the movie up to that point, the culmination of the "torrid affair" should never have been shown or revealed, the movie would have had a much greater impact and would have become more of a revered film without that.
shareI totally agree! I just finished watching this on Netflix seconds ago and I truly thought they were going to end it with Margot looking over her shoulder and smiling at "someone" and the audience left to ponder if it was Daniel or Lou. Personally, I think that would have been a better and more poignant ending. Don't get me wrong, the sex scene between Margot and Daniel was hot but it kind of cheapened the emotional affair they had (if that makes any sense). And what was the point of having Sarah Silverman's character fall off the wagon again and terrify her family? That was just sad. No, I truly think the film maker missed a golden opportunity by not ending the film at that last scene on the beach.
shareThe "emotional" affair was what made this movie for me, I loved the unrequited love angle! It was brilliant and original, but then it just fell off into where it actually went and ruined the rest of the movie :(
And yeah that scene with Sarah Silverman was so painful to watch, not just because of how it affected her family but because it was so poorly done! Bad acting, bad writing, bad staging and blocking, it was like those last scenes were shot by an entirely different crew. "Heavy-handed and cliched" seem to really fit in the end, definitely a missed opportunity for everyone involved in the movie as well as the audience.
That Sarah Silverman scene was awful. The cliche of her driving into the trash cans, the ridiculous purchase of the chickens and she looked completely sober for a drunk who'd just been on a bender! Then the truth that she hits Margo with, which I guess was the point of the scene, was not some deep statement to make us all go 'wow, right on'. It was a pointless scene that totally jarred.
shareBut then it would have been a different movie with a different point.
shareI don't think there would have been any takeaway message in the movie if they hadn't shown how her relationship with Daniel played out. I liked that she got what she thought she wanted and then realized she was never going to find happiness going about things that way. You wouldn't get that without the end portion of the movie and I would've been pissed off not knowing who came to the pier.
shareThe point of Sarah Silverman's character falling off the wagon was so that she would speak the truth to Margot that *she* was the bigger screw-up. I loved that moment, and the way she said to the cop, "OK, I'm done, let's go".
shareWhat if it all ended when she goes to the beach and are rly sad, and just fantazie about Daniel coming up behind her and they get togheter...because think about it, what is the chance that he drives away with all the stuff for a big move and then suddenly she gets lucky and he has stayed by the beach at the same time she runs down there? I think she left her husband but never met Daniel again, then the whole threesome makes sense too...its was all in her fantazie since she was so physical attracted to Daniel and wanted to live out all of her sex fantazies with him. That is my take on the ending.
shareThis post captures my thoughts exactly!
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But the whole point of the film is new things get old. And Sarah Polley had beat that point so hard into viewers heads she could arguably be criticized for not being subtle. And yet people still don't get it! I really don't know what else Sarah Polley could do to get it into people's heads. I think Hollywood romantic comedies have just brainwashed people so much they can't even accept this universal message! This film destroys all fantasies that Hollywood uses as a standard of love. And not a lot of people seem to want to acknowledge this sad truth.
...even in a valley without mountains the wind could still blow.
I've never been a fan of subtlety so I'm glad that the movie continued on and that Margot got the comeuppance that she deserved. I would have been pissed if someone didn't let her have it with both barrels, even if they were drunken barrels.
sharei thought it would end there too..she turning around on the rock with a smile and fade to black:)
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