4 years ago

@yaseminb [spoiler] abortion propaganda kicked in [/spoiler] seems like the whole interesting narrative was a prelude to a simple thing, the very ending, with no message, and just a simple answer that killed the whole character development revealed to me...there's no purpose to this film than the final message

3 years ago

@yaseminb I agree, the movie is pretty good, but I disagree the ending is an anti-climax.<br /> The whole movies theme was about the purpose of birth, and if people are supposed to be born outside of solid family constructs. The movies opening scene is that of a lamb (kid) being butchered and eaten, the two central motifs of the film; the message was telegraphed from the start. <br /> Hunter feels like she's not worthy of birth due to her being the by-product of rape, and while not to the same extreme, she probably feels the same of her own offspring being born from the weirdly hostage-esque relationship she finds herself in. <br /> She lies to her therapist about the support system she was born into, which we get a glimpse of when she phones her Mom and is greeted with a cold shoulder and a closed door.<br /> Why would she want the same for her child? Hunter is now free of the burden of guilt of being born after the meeting with her father, but she clearly wouldn't want to subject her future child to the same weights she bore her whole life, hence the abortion. The ending isn't explosive, but it's the natural conclusion of the character and the movies themes.