This provided an opportunity for my editor Adam Chitwood to say, Hey, Matt!
You should write about the ending since this movie is confusing!
But lets give a shot to unpack what this film is trying to do.
The film takes place across three layers.
Right before the doctor (Jon Hamm) lobotomizes her, were transported into the Club layer.
All the characters from the Asylum layer are here, but now they have new roles.
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To obtain these items, she diverts the attention of the men by dancing.
So to ride back up the layers, the dances create opportunities to get the items.
But that doesnt make a lot of sense since the authorship of these worlds is frequently in doubt.
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Is it all in Babydolls mind?
Is it coming from our narrator, Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish)?
Those girls youve been ogling and rooting for this whole movie?
Youre their male captor.
Youve been sucker punched!
The central problem withSucker Punchis that it wants to have it both ways.
Did those three really die, or did they even exist?
But then the movie turns around and says, No, hes real and hes here to help women.
The tragedy ofSucker Punchsprings from good intentions.
