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The best, most heartbreaking moment of the movie...


is when Billy is in his parent's house, and his dad has gone to 'sing' Layla a song. When everybody has left the table, Billy is on his own; he swipes his childhood photo off of the table and takes a glance of it. It then cuts back to the father. When we come back to Billy, we see he's still looking at the photo and seeing himself as a child with his pet, no worries and no stress. All he see's is a little kid, carefree and innocent, and for the first time in the movie up to that point, we can see him sobbing.

It's pretty clear to me that seeing this photograph of himself after spending years in jail breaks him down and reduces him to tears because he is unable to contain all of the disappointment and heartbreak his adulthood brought him.

Very small moment in the movie, but most certainly one of the best. Love this movie.

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Yeah he sure had it though, the in-bed overview scene holding hands getting closer towards the embrace was nice, the ending phone call to Goon and buying heart coockie was a gem, precious; maybe the one with the photo machine, i do not why impressed me and comes to me now, there they are, she being so close so beautifull so wanting to reach to him, and he, poor guy, completely closed, unable, shut, so handycapped and damaged and alone right next to her, so close yet so far from her, from love, from happyness, hurts and schocks both to see him like that.

Outstanding movie.

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This movie is one of the most powerful movies for me. I don;t think i'll ever forget it. its in the same class as catcher in the rye for me


IT is a great book

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