it seem that many people couldn not understand this movie and be unwilling to accept their own limitation and therefore decide the movie be to blame . read some of those comment make me in turn annoy enough to post here for the first time . the short version for those who haven not see the movie be there be no twist in the now common cinematic style there be only the version inside danika head and the revelation of the reality . for the hard of understand i will break this down into simple term . do not read this if you havent yet see the movie . there be basically only 3 scene in this movie . 1 ) danika fantasy life where she reject the terrible thing that happen to her and try to substitute her own reality . it doesn not work for her and she see glimmer of reality through it ( herself a a bag lady and her brother die from her mother neglect which be clearly her own guilt and many more ) . if you be look for the reality of the movie imagine this be what be go through her head a she sit on the bench at the end of the movie . 2 ) the event that cause the break down and kill her kid . it be a though she be remember the truth sit on that bench but it be too painful for her and she quickly retreat back to the fantasy ( her kid come back to life and join her and her husband ) 3 ) the real world present day where she be down and out listen to part of scene one and scene two replay in her head constantly courtesy of her schizophrenia ( http represent or or en . wikipedia . org or wiki or schizophrenia ) the whole film up into the last scene be there to give you an impression of what be her and be schizophrenic be . she completely believe her version of reality and the only way to share that impression with the viewer be to lie that this be the reality of the film right up until the final scene . so yes this film have no plot and it a snapshot of an insane mind . yes danika over protective soccer mom persona be fundamentally unlikable but that person never exist and she be a reflection of her very real guilt over cause the death of her child . the hallucination within the scene one fantasy be perhaps the weak part of the film and they be use a tool to keep a viewer interested long enough to see the film through and while the provide clue that nothing else that be happen be real or at least that there be some level of menatl issue . they do perhaps serve to confuse more than illuminate in some situation . they be however representative of the way a schizophrenic belief may vary and may represent her additional fear and paranoia . in short you be not ever likely to see a film that will give a good impression of what it like to be insane in this fashion ( i. e. believe scene 1 be some kind of reality ) but if you can not handle a film that do not have a completely sequential plot and or a writer change the rule of a film to make a point this will be waste on you .