Ended so abruptly

I agree. The ending was incredibly underwhelming and left several ends unclosed. Very disappointing film from a great director.

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My husband said the same thing. However, if you recall each storyline presented, there WAS closure to each. Some I believe were left for the audience to come to their own conclusion. For example, the skinny girl throwing a rock through the window could symbolise different things to the audience. The wife caught cheating, learns her husband did/does the same. ..are they still together? Changing behavior? Continuing down the same path and ignoring what goes on? I guess you can come to your own conclusion/interpretation.

All in all, a decent movie. I prefer more lighthearted fun movies, but this one kept my interest throughout.

The movie was just so good I didn't want it to end. I agree with you.

This is why movies that use multiple intersecting story lines almost never work.

The problem is there is not enough time to fully develop any of the plots or characters and you end up with a bunch of half baked ideas that don't go anywhere.

They should have either taken one of the plots and ran with that and fully developed it or used the idea for a TV show instead where they would have had time to make a full story for all the characters.

You weren't the only one to shed a tear. And personally, I thought the ending was great. To give a fleshed-out conclusion to each character wouldn't make sense and would've made the film well over 2 hours. It wouldn't be right because, as much as you as an audience member would like, there isn't always a clear-cut conclusion. The Truby's son still has sexual issues and will probably have them for a long time. Hannah Clint will always be a self-absorbed, slutty popular girl. Don and Helen's story was wrapped up in a truly genius way. Like Don says, they could have the generic married couple fight about love and life and the meaning of it all, or they could shut the f--k up and eat their eggs.

On the other hand, some characters did get the ending you wanted each one to get. For example, Allison (the malnourished girl) threw a rock through the jerk's window. While that may seem inconsequential, it's powerful precisely because of that: this is a girl who's let jerky guys walk all over her and only finds her self-worth in boys who don't respect her. By throwing the rock through the window, instead of going in and having sex with him again, she's finally standing up for herself.

Even more so, the Mooneys and Jennifer Garner/her daughter got even more thought-out conclusions. We see that Tim survived, his father understands that football isn't an option anymore, and the girl still loves him. While his future is uncertain, there is hope. As for Kent, he's stopped judging Judy Greer and is giving her - and love - another chance.

And Jennifer Garner finally realized what a monster she had been and the very last shot of the film nicely wraps up her story.

I think the film wrapped up nicely, it was a very good film