The Ending of 'Black Rabbit' Is Sweet Relief
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Spoilers for Black Rabbit
There are those among us who have known people like Vince Friedken (Jason Bateman) in The Black Rabbit : a charming screw-up who somehow ruins everything he touches, yet whose most redeeming quality is that he wants to be a good person. And because we know they want to be good, and because they’re so charming and earnest in their efforts, we let their best intentions drag us down with them. They’re the kind of people we remain loyal to until the bitter end, though some days that end can’t come soon enough to relieve us of the burden—the anchor—that keeps us weighed down. Sometimes it’s a best friend, sometimes a brother, a parent, or even a child.
That’s the story of Black Rab