How is the ending meant to be interpreted? She falls off the rooftop as if committing suicide, yet her fall is broken by the crowd, and she vanishes into the melee, while her friend watches with a smile on her face and her dad whom she despises stands nearby having finally got his daughter back ... It's a strange ending.
"Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane."
H. P. Lovecraft
It's not strange at all. Nicky got away vanishing into the crowd. Pammy was happy for her because she knew Nicky had achieved what she wanted - fame. Pammy did not hate her father. In fact they had reconciled on the phone before the ending.
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." - Muhammad Ali
It was all a bit abrupt and easily resolved.
"Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane."
H. P. Lovecraft
Not to mention Pamela was a criminal too, she stole an ambulance from a hospital. She denied Nicky kidnapped her and took responsibility for it herself, so she would have been liable for at least that crime even if Nicky "got away".
Why does everyone have to over-think everything and nitpick it to death? If this is your biggest question about the movie, I gotta wonder if you just take things way too seriously. You do this with every film you see? Must not be a lot of fun watching movies at your house.
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Actually, watching movies is one of my biggest joys in life. I like talking about them too, which you must also because you came here, so clearly the only place we differ is that I like thinking about them. You should try thinking about things sometime, it's fun!
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shareWell, I think of this movie as a teenage girl's fantasy of running away to New York. It flirts with heavy stuff but never gets too dark. I thought the entire ending was kind of unearned, starting with all the fans painting their faces; however, the relationship between the two girls is so effective and authentic-feeling that it carries the less believable stuff (the friendly strip club, no getting injured by the TVs, etc.).
I think this would make a good double feature with the 1979 movie Hardcore, which tells a much darker teen runaway story from the POV of a dad looking for his daughter.