Comb + Towel in the Ending
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Lawn Dogs
philadelphiaflyerseric — 15 years ago(September 20, 2010 12:03 PM)
Devon tells Trent "They're gonna come after you, when they get close, throw down this towel, if they're still gaining on you, throw down this comb."
Later on, Trent actually throws down the towel and the comb, and the river rises and the forest springs up. I take that to mean the police are actually chasing him and closing in on him and the magical waters and tress are just Trent and Devon's imagination. But then I don't see how Trent can actually get into any legal trouble unless there is some elaborate frame job. Seems like the people with the most to lose would be Devon's dad and the security guard if the police were involved (Devon's dad for not sufficiently securing the firearm, the security guard for setting up the whole final showdown in the first place).
Also, Devon's line "home is in my hands." Is that supposed to be a cliche line along the lines of "home is wherever you want it to be" or "home is where the heart is"? Or do you suppose that Trent will find home when the two kindred spirits meet again in the future. -
Eponymous-too — 14 years ago(October 05, 2011 08:03 AM)
The water rising and the forest springing up are just in Devon's imagination.
As for them framing him, that's what I assume they ended up doing. It would be three adults' words against a 10 year old girl's - one who had been "traumatized." Rockwell's character also handled the gun, so his prints would be on it along with the girl's. If/when anyone got around to believing Devon enough to check her hand for residue from firing the weapon, it would probably have been long worn off.
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