I loved the different illusions of this movie and I began to understand it and like the it; I noticed she sees things from the past and it got me a bit confused.I really don't know if I like this movie ha-ha because honestly, I don't understand the ending one bit. Can anyone clue me in?? I feel like it's a really good movie and the thrill really gets to you but I just don't understand what happens in the end.This stupid thing requires me to have 10 lines and i really don't know what else to say besides that I just want clarification on the ending. That's all, any help is appreciated. I just want to know what is the meaning then I will watch the movie all over again with a better understanding :)

OK, so I watched this movie once and did not really understand it (I am always great at understanding weird plot lines and symbolism in movies) The second time I watched it, which was tonight, I finally got it! Yes, obviously the entire movie is a fantasy in Danika's mind. She is probably schizophrenic or has multiple personality disorder or maybe she just went crazy and we don't know what is wrong with her, that is why she is manifesting another reality. She has created a whole reality for herself that is obviously not real. At first I was a bit confused as to whether she gets in the crash while her children are younger or older, like in the present, I thought maybe that was another twist they wanted to throw at you. But yea, it is definitely while they are young, after she finds her husband cheating, therefore the whole reality of her and her semi-normal, semi-happy family is pure delusion. It is simply how her mind copes with her illness and the obvious post traumatic stress from killing her children in the crash. This one really threw me at first, but once you understand it, I think it is pretty clever and original. You really feel for her when you see Danika in the last scene sitting on the bench watching the world go by and all the while playing this drama in her head. It makes you think how many people out there probably experience this same exact thing every day. All in all, a pretty decent movie, but definitely not recommended for those who want it simple and laid out. This takes some concentration and after thought. Enjoy :)

It seems that many people couldn't understand this movie and were unwilling to accept their own limitations and therefore decided the movie was to blame. Reading some of those comments made me in turn annoyed enough to post here for the first time. The short version for those who haven't seen the movie is there is no 'twist' in the now common cinematic style there is only the version inside Danika's head and the revelation of the reality.For the hard of understanding I'll break this down into simple terms. DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SEEN THE MOVIE.There are basically only 3 scenes in this movie.1) Danika's fantasy life where she rejects the terrible thing that happened to her and tries to substitute her own reality. It doesn't work for her, she sees glimmers of reality through it (herself as a bag-lady, her "brother" dying from her "Mothers" neglect which is clearly her own guilt and many more). If you are looking for the reality of the movie imagine this is what is going through her head as she sits on the bench at the end of the movie. 2) The event that caused the break down, killing her kids. It is as though she is remembering the truth sitting on that bench but it is too painful for her and she quickly retreats back to the fantasy (her kids come back to life and join her and her husband) 3) The real world present day where she is down and out listening to parts of scene one and scene two replay in her head constantly courtesy of her Schizophrenia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia)The whole film up into the last scene is there to give you an impression of what being her and being schizophrenic is. She completely believes her version of reality and the only way to share that impression with the viewer is to "lie" that this is the reality of the film right up until the final scene.So yes this film has no plot, it's a snapshot of an insane mind. Yes Danika's over protective soccer mom persona is fundamentally unlikable but that person never existed, she is a reflection of her very real guilt over causing the death of her children.The hallucinations within the scene one fantasy are perhaps the weakest part of the film, they are used as tool to keep a viewer interested long enough to see the film through and while the provide clues that nothing else that is happening is real or at least that there is some level of menatl issue. They do perhaps serve to confuse more than illuminate in some situations. They are however representative of the way a schizophrenic's beliefs may vary and may represent her additional fears and paranoia.In short you are not ever likely to see a film that will give a better impression of what its like to be insane in this fashion (i.e. believing scene 1 is some kind of reality) but if you can't handle a film that does not have a completely sequential plot, or a writer changing the 'rules' of a film to make a point this will be wasted on you.

The acting was good, the plot seemed interesting, the directing and scenes were good, and the movie keeps your attention well. But in the end, the plot is horrible. You watch the whole movie trying to piece the multiple themes together; e.g. the murdered child, the bank robbery, her visions or premonitions, her marriage, the safety of her daughter etc. In the end, you simply learn that basically the whole movie was a hallucination. It's like the old episode of Dallas where the entire season was a dream. You feel cheated, especially if you were struggling to put the plots together. From a plot standpoint, it really does not take much skill to throw twelve random plots into the mix, and then in the end reconcile all the threads by saying that it was all imaginary. We watch Columbo or Monk intensely because we hope that in the end it will all come together; when it simply does not, we are robbed.