>Amy Ryan was fantastic, and the rest of the cast was pretty
>top-notch as well imo....they really didn't develop Casey's
>girl's character enough though, there really was no point to
>her character imo other than making that last dilemma even
>harder for him.
>
>I was quite surprised by how gritty the movie was and how
>accurately they were able to portray some of those trashed out
>Boston areas.....those scenes with Casey and his girl in the
>bar were built up beautifully, and just very well done imo.
>
>The shoot-out scene leading to Casey finding the dead kid was
>pretty wild too....excellent scene, and then that talk with Ed
>Harris was one of my fav parts of the film.
>
>I think i saw a few others mention it....but the only thing
>that kinda bugged me was how outlandish the twists got at the
>end. I jokingly said to my brother, after I heard that Morgan
>Freeman's character had lost his kid, that 'watch, he's gonna
>take the kid and raise her in the place of the one he lost.'
>Little did I know it would actually happen, and once we found
>out that the transcript was fake.....we just started straight
>cracking up, which I don't think was the intention of the
>movie at that point lmao. It kinda cheapened that whole last
>aspect.....but I still did really feel the weight of the
>decision that Casey had to make. What really is right or
>wrong in that situation? Does the kid deserve to be with her
>mother or does she deserve to be in the best situation
>possible?


The ending scene with the Mom drinking and not even
>having a reliable sitter....it kinda gives the vibe that shit
>aint gon change.
The author of the novel GBG, Lehane, said society was nowhere near solving the problem of how best to raise and protect children. He damn sure right. Although I have not read his book I think the movue captures his sentiments exactly the way he expressed them.






Very thought-provoking and interesting
>stuff.
>
>Good film, some excellent scenes, atmosphere, and
>performances. Another good score by HG Williams too. Very
>worthwhile.