Why are people on this forum acting like this is under debate? It's not at all ambiguous.
The judge spent decades hating Hank for ruining Glen's baseball career when really it was Glen's fault all along. Adds a tragic layer to their relationship, make Hank seem loyal and principled (he could have told anytime but he chose to protect his brother) and makes Glen seem like a total coward.
Where is your proof that it was Glen?
shareWrong. The story is utterly clear as to what happened. Please show the slightest bit of actual proof.
shareActually, this was a scene that was best left not being put in the original movie.
Think of it. Hank is presented as a cool, efficient, tough-as-nails attorney but also a conceited, unpleasant know-it-all who takes some sort of perverse delight in rubbing people the wrong way. The fact that he was responsible for the accident shows his flawed side for the world to see, and makes Hank, in the long run, seem more human.
To have altered the accident by showing Hank not as being the one responsible would have "gone against the grain", as far as character development was concerned, and presented Hank as a less than believable character.
I thought that it might have been Glen driving the car, and his Dad to the blame because he knew he wasn't going to live very long anyway.
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