If you have not seen this film, do not read this. It has spoilers.
I like Gyllenhaal a lot. He is an excellent performer. But this film left me asking, but what about? Too many times.
The father finds that the mother has hstmed their little boy, and he takes her where? Why are they in a van on the freeway and the wife is calling 911? Why are they not at an emergency room with their child, trying to save his life?
Why does the little girl not know that her brother has been harmed? And, what is it about this whole experience that leads Joe, the cop working the 911 call, to change his mind about lying about how and why he killed someone while on duty. He and his partner, Rick, have their story ready for the trial the next day. But after the the ordeal of the mother and father and children that's the core of the story, after all that why does he decide to admit that he is guilty of killing a young man.
A lot here does not make sense. If the husband wife situation is not a hostage situation, then, what is it. It makes no sense.
And, at the end, did Emily, the wacko mother jump off the bridge. She says, before hanging up, that she is going to the little boy, who she thinks is dead. But a female cop, reporting back to the dispatchers, congratulates Gyllenhall on doing a good job: "Yeah. She came down off the bridge. Good work , Joe." Probably meaning that the mother did not jump. Whatever.
I like Gyllenhaal a lot. He is an excellent performer. But this film left me asking, but what about? Too many times.
The father finds that the mother has hstmed their little boy, and he takes her where? Why are they in a van on the freeway and the wife is calling 911? Why are they not at an emergency room with their child, trying to save his life?
Why does the little girl not know that her brother has been harmed? And, what is it about this whole experience that leads Joe, the cop working the 911 call, to change his mind about lying about how and why he killed someone while on duty. He and his partner, Rick, have their story ready for the trial the next day. But after the the ordeal of the mother and father and children that's the core of the story, after all that why does he decide to admit that he is guilty of killing a young man.
A lot here does not make sense. If the husband wife situation is not a hostage situation, then, what is it. It makes no sense.
And, at the end, did Emily, the wacko mother jump off the bridge. She says, before hanging up, that she is going to the little boy, who she thinks is dead. But a female cop, reporting back to the dispatchers, congratulates Gyllenhall on doing a good job: "Yeah. She came down off the bridge. Good work , Joe." Probably meaning that the mother did not jump. Whatever.