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Has an otherwise terrific movie been destroyed by a terrible ending? — Matt
It might be an overstatement to say "destroyed," but I can think of two
telling examples of superior films that were deeply marred by their brainless conclusions. In the ebullient romantic comedy Kissing Jessica
Stein, the heroine embraces her lesbian side, and then — wouldn't you
know? — reconnects with heterosexuality at the end, an about-face that looks even more reactionary considering that she's hooking up with her
lout of an ex-boyfriend. (The film seems to say: Better to be with a
jerk than queer.) And what was director Robert Zemeckis thinking in the
last section of Cast Away? Tom Hanks is rescued — and, having spent the better part of two hours conversing with a volleyball, he's shown
readjusted to civilization in the space of one camera cut.
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