Why did the step brother confess? How did he know about Mitch committing the hit and run? I feel like I missed something
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Whoever edited this did a terrible job. All is explained in the deleted scenes on the dvd.
shareI was also confused about that.
shareYeah. That came out of nowhere. Bad story-telling for sure.
shareIt was horribly done.
It's that man again!!
I agree there must have been some deleted scenes explaining this, but that does not erase the fact that any quick follow-up would have revealed that Jimmy was IN JAIL at the time of the hit and run and could not have been at a payphone calling 911.
shareYou're supposed to be capable of piecing it together. Jesus, do filmmakers really have to hand-hold audiences to the point where you have to see everything happen to know that it did? They state outright that he did it for a favor to his brother. But because we didn't see a scene where he asks you're lost?
Wow.
The problem was they didn't explain it until later when they met up at the restaurant. Unless I missed something explicitly explained, as I admit, I was multi tasking while watching the movie.
So, when the scene about the new witness coming forward is developing and the fact the person was "in the courtroom the whole time", Dominic Cooper is yelling, wanting to explain why he had made the call, he was anticipating the finger being pointed at him and his house of cards collapsing. Instead the defense points at the door and in walks his brother.
If this was the story telling manner to build suspense, it wasn't done very well as the character (Mitch), is strongly expressing fear that he has been exposed. His reaction did not suit that of a man who knew what was coming, unless we are to believe he was overplaying the part to express dismay at the new witness not being made available to the Crown attorneys. That wouldn't have been necessary though, since noone in the courtroom needed to be convinced of him making any call since he was not suspected.
Overall the movie was better than people are giving it credit for, but that scene was not told well. I don't like linear storylines, I enjoy piecing things together and working through a plot, but that effort had an unintended effect of just confusing me