Best movie ending EVER
if this ending doesnt get you then you should see a dr.
shareI am a retired cop, and I tear up every time that I see this ending. When the other officers join in on the caravan it is one of the most emotional scenes that I have ever seen. I love this movie and just recorded it so that my wife can watch it for the first time.
shareI think every cop who has ever dealt with a missing child wants that kind of ending. Its that one ending that drives them to being involved with cases like that. 99% of the time I am sure the end result is heartbreaking but just to see that one reunion must make it all worth it. I'd be balling like a baby. In fact any show that reunites a missing child with their parent or guardian (there was recent SVU episode where Stabler reunites a missing brother with his brother who raised him, played by guy who played Klitz in The Girl Next Door, after the brother went to an elaborate scheme to get the case reopened). The ending is moving as well, all endings like that move me. The ending of this movie is probably the most moving and powerful moment in any movie movie in the history of film. I am not one of those guys who declares this sport the greatest, that resteraunt the best, I know that speaking in absolutes is so subjective. But in this case I can. I get moved at the end of Shawshank. I get moved when William Wallace thrusts his sword in the air and screams after the Victory at Falkirk. I get moved with "the game of catch" at the end of Fileld od Dreams. I get moved at the end of Antwon Fisher when he gets what he was dreaming about at the beginning of the movie. But this movie is on another level all together and nothing comes close to the overwhelming emotion you feel at the reunuin. And the emotion never goes away. I can catch the last 15 minutes of the movie, like some also said on here, and knowing the story behind it I'll lose it again. It never goes away. If after watching this movie from start to finish and if you are not crying at the end, you are a heartless and you need to see a shrink because you are teetering on the line of sociopath.
shareI enjoyed your comment, but a little FYI:
Paul Dano, who played Klitz in The Girl Next Door, was not the actor you're thinking of in that Law & Order SVU episode. That brother was actually played by Spencer Treat Clark (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004829/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9).
Both are good actors and I can see how you confused them. Clark looks a bit like a younger Dano (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200452/?ref_=tt_cl_t6).