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The ending (sandra)

posted 20 years ago by JazzySassy
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When Sandra is going into the house at the end her little boy opens the door for her, and then they slap hands. WHY????

Was it the fact that she made it home?

This is probably a stupid question but I don't understand.

[–] bridgetjonesroxs 20 years ago

I think (I could be wrong) that it was more...her getting a feel for the fact that, even though she was gone for awhile...he would still love her for being his mom...know what I mean? Like a "hey, I know it's been awhile, but if you slap my hand behind my back, it's not forgiving me for being gone, but it's letting me know that we can work things out." I know that sounds like a weird explanation, but that's what it seemed like.

"The joy is not the same without the pain." ~Badly Drawn Boy

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[–] ChelleMarie 19 years ago

...I just thought it was a 'hey what's up' type of deal. *shrug*

-krimz
"I just love the way Keanu looks at me while he's kissing me." -Sandra Bullock

[–] Methodless_Man 19 years ago

I think it's the fact that we learn to sympathize with her the whole movie, while antagonizing Bridget. This shows that she's being accepted by her son who chose his father, meaning that things will work out for her, so we should be happy that he got married instead of leaving his wife like millions of other movies would have had him do.

[–] noahphealy 19 years ago

Its because Sandra bullock is the goddess of love and her son is therefore cupid. Notice the little cherrub is holding a bow and arrow. This also makes more sense out of the reactions of the other characters in the film to sandra, she is a force of nature and is actually orchestrating all of this to bring togethere ben and bridget. This really isn't telegraphed very well by the script, but it does raise this from a fair to bad ordinary romantic comedy to a failed try at an intriguing concept.

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[–] twistedtwisla 19 years ago

yea i think it was the fact that she was back and that he knew that she wasnt gonna leave him or be like his dad had made her out to be, that she had made it back again. i just saw that movie and damnit i wanna cry. lol

[–] Kent_Kainer 10 years ago

Since she played with the boy on the train in a similar manner it appears just to be a habit, a game, she does with kids and so surely with her own child, when he still lived with her, as well. So he knows this very well and this was his kind of greeting her.
I don't see anything deeper than that. Well he didn't ignore her or was sullen.