The very end of this this was very dissatisfying because it concludes on this frustratingly anticlimactic cliffhanger note. Plus the big reveal of the killer's true identity was awfully damn absurd and preposterous.
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Even if they believe her (the cat and the fact that he knew all the victims are solid clues to back up her story), they will probably assume he didn't make it.
Falling into cold, moving water, with at least one gunshot wound, his odds were not good.
The images of him in a church (sitting on a bench, not in his wheelchair + with another priest and another setting than the first church) also suggest that he moved elsewhere and assumed another identity .
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thanks for clearing a lot of that up for me as well. I actually liked the film. I found the whole idea of Megan having schizophrenia an interesting twist to the whole catching a killer theme.

They should have just said 'inspired'.
When they say "based on" audiences think it really happened that way. When they say "inspired by" most people realize that it is pure fiction.
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I love the ending. For me this movie stands alone apart from any basis in real events. They should have just said 'inspired'. I loved the entire movie. I didn't realize until I saw this that Eliza Dushku was that great an actress. The writing was sharp and realistic in my opinion. This is one of the rare movies where I felt the horror the character was feeling.

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Just guessing here, but they might have set it in the 90's because most mental illnesses werent recognized as a serious disease truly until the 80's and 90'sand even then, people with the illnesses were treated with shock therapy and risky brain surgeries that were trial and error instead of meds and therapyscary world to live in, the 60s with a mental illness. Habut yeah, thats my guess anyway.
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The three murders were true. This movie wasn't even set in the right decade. The murderes took place in the later 60s I believe. This was set in the 90s.

She has such a break down by the end of the film that the doctor explains that she's now in 'the quiet room' meaning they have to sedate her because she's violent and uncontrollable. She has no moments of lucidity anymore, so she can't tell anyone who the killer truly was.

I assumed that because she pretty much had another mental breakdown that no one believed her that the guy was guilty.

All that were true were two murders based on the circumstances in this film and that he was never caught.
I would agree that there is not enough here to make a movie out of, but to tack on this weak story just to make a movie is a classic sign that they needed to add these true elements to fool people into paying to see the very average movie.

You would have.

Yep I didnt stutter. Zodiac was long and boring.and just generally not very good. Being a critic's darling doesnt make it a good film.

Better than zodiac??????
You MUST be joking.
You just have to be joking
I'm not really like that except when I am.

Ha Ha, I totally agree. This was better than Zodiac!

lol Zodiac, fell asleep through that piece of crap

the movie was VERY loosely based on the actual case. as far as i know, dushku and hutton's characters were completely made up.
i gotta say i was pretty disappointed with the movie. i had no idea that most of the plot was completely fabricated. if you want to watch a good serial killer movie that ultimately has no resolution, watch zodiac instead.