What Earl has been doing is keeping others out of the way and taking control of his own destiny from start to finish, a liberal through and through, his family throughout — just as tiny and inconsequential as they are in this movie . It makes us begin to reflect on the relationship between freedom and family, between relatives, between freedom and morality. To be a free man all his life is the ultimate dream that no one can achieve, however, Eastwood made the man in the film succeed, and he was free until his death. Families must make way for idealistic liberals. The most interesting scene in the film is the confrontation between Earl and Agent Colin in a cafe. Earl knew that Colin was a DEA agent, and Colin remained in the dark about Earl's identity. The two are in remarkably similar positions, both swinging between home and work. Earl tells Colin from life experience that family comes first. In the end, Earl chose family in drug trafficking and family, and pleaded guilty in court. In fact, being a mule was Earl's true way of repairing family ties. Without the job to cover his granddaughter's wedding, Earl's family might die without recognizing him. And such a desperate risk, in the end, is actually the support of family members who are drifting away. For Earl, it was a good deal. With such a touching ending, isn't this movie calling us to return to our families and not to wait until we are old to feel regretful? At the same time, the movie also warns people how to face old age and how not to be eliminated by the ever-changing social changes.
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