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When Does Rabbit Realize... Spoilers

posted 12 years ago by jlt1971
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When does Rabbit realize that Bob is his uncle?

And where does the letter come from? How did Rabbit find it? And why wasn't the money order never cashed?

There are many parts of the movie that left me scratching my head but we're supposed to believe that Bob was, in one instance at least, a contract killer?!?!? It makes no sense. That's the equivalent of Jeffrey Dahmer having a brother who says "Hey Jeff, I know you're very good at making women disappear. Can you take care of one in particular for me? Serial killers don't do what they do for money and even if they did it's generally not family members paying them to do it.

I have to be missing something here. I loved the movie and I didn't even care about the ambiguity related to "Did Angie die?", "Will Rabbit become another Bob", etc. But the whole thing about the brothers and killer for hire has me baffled.

[–] eanewman-392-181161 12 years ago

The letter was in the trunk of the cab...you catch a glimpse of it when Rabbit gets the crowbar out of the trunk. They never say why it wasn't cashed (I have reads there was a lot of the ending that got left on the floor, that explains alot of it), but I have my theories. My main one is that Bob isn't a kid killer. Forgive me for sounding like a cop for a second, but it doesn't fit his pathology. He hates women because they sexually excite him, and the abuse he suffered makes him hate his own sexuality. He isn't a pedophile. This is only a guess, however. I suspect that his "hobby" was known to his brother, and seeing as how nobody knew they were related, it was a perfect way to get rid of a wife and child he didn't want, and one that wouldn't bring suspicion on him.

[–] Otkon 12 years ago

"In one ear, and out the window."

That was what tipped Rabbit off. Then once Bob was dead, he went through all of Bob's stuff and found the letters.

Also remember that the Bob never cashed the money order so he didn't do it for the money.

[–] itchyredness 11 years ago

Yes, "In one ear and out the window." It seems most people here missed that.

His father says it at the beginning as he's dropping them off, later Bob says it while watching the news, which Rabbit notices. Then at the end Rabbit says it to his father, which is when the father starts really yelling.

[–] cinecephale 11 years ago

That last twist feels false and cheap to mee. The film was interesting and creepy without it.