this movie state through it protagonist that the world be essentially sadness and pain and those that ignore this have blinder on . one can argue whether this be true or not . but even if you accept this a true and the movie end either a ) dispute this by say there can be some good in tragic situation or b ) forget this and use a cliched montage in order to leave the audience feeling uplifted . that the movie metaphorically acquit it protagonist by present him a a sympathetic character despite any evidence for that sympathy show contempt for the support character who be the most compelling in the film . so what you have in this film be a script that be not consistent in it theme and direction that do not bring the end into sync with the rest of the film . there be excellent performance give by every member of the cast especially spacey and olin and martin donovan and and ann magnuson . it a shame that they weren not support by a good writer or director .