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Fresh was fighting a war. Can't show no fear or weakness in battle. Now the war has been won, it's over. Now it's safe to cry and process wtf just happened.

This my movie but why Fresh look like a Ninja Turtle when he’s crying?!😂😂😂

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I think he loves his father enough to express himself to. Throughout the movie, he rarely had any emotions. Father might have been a bum, but he is the closest person he got

After everything he's been through, Fresh deserves to cry.

The end of your video made this feel like Aftersun 😅

My interpretation. Every child deserves a loving parent. Life is more than a chess game. Fresh's tears is a direct indictment on how his father has been raising and teaching him without any visible love. The worse part about it is that Fresh will have to move and may never see his father again. It is reminder to us that all children need love no matter how intelligent, courageous and cunning. It is also important to highlight how Fresh's father had did not know how to react or respond when he saw his son crying. It further shows the emotional disconnect the father has. It is very sad and painful to see.

I had a perspective on the ending of Fresh. Fresh's father(Sam) represents the King as the father, and Fresh became the king when he managed the drug bust. In the game of chess, when the board is left with two kings, it results in a stalemate meaning that all the kings would do is "check" each other. When the kings meet they would not see each other due to Fresh getting out of the projects with the witness protection program. It could also be a checkmate because Fresh managed to get through the drug bust and he got was able get his sister out of crime with Esteban, something his father couldn't do for them.

Those tears are a culmination of all the craziness fresh witnessed in this film (his life) coming out. And the reaction from his father is knowing he left his child to deal with the world alone. He doesn’t need the details, he knows that it’s been rough for Fresh.

Held all that end until the end where the only person he can be vulnerable with was his father because like himself, his father knows the dangers of chess. Hence his father knew just by looking. Notice the dad was reading the news paper before Fresh arrived. Didn’t take him long to connect the dots

If only you knew what it took to get to this spot today. Strategy Tactic Emotional Intelligence, all else is irrelevant....

That kid has been playing a game no child should have ever had to play

My interpretation: Fresh had hoped that his actions would lead to a safer future for him and his sister, possibly through witness protection promised to him as a form of escape from the dangerous neighborhood. His tears could reflect the disappointment and despair of realizing that he is still stuck in the same environment, with no immediate way out; showing the harsh reality that even after his strategic moves and sacrifices, the systemic issues and dangers of his surroundings persist. His bad chess move was trusting the system that failed him.

I think what sells this scene. FRESH, has always looked stoic. Rarely did we see him smile or look angry. And then in this final scene, we finally see the child. Cause he's a kid😢

i'll try to explain why the ending is powerful to me. First, you have to remember that Fresh is still a boy. His sister is being pimped, and he's an outcast in his own home. He watches as two of his childhood friends are killed on the basketball court, and his schoolmate gets killed too. Fresh even has to kill the dog he loves,but through all of that, he never "breaks down". It wasn't until he saved his sister and got revenge on the gangsters did he finally have time to be a "child" and cry

I was hurt like him. I had to learn how to navigate without my father in and out the streets and i'm a female. I cry because I thought my father would teach me but instead he skipped out and cared less about raising me as his daugther and other kids. Guess he was the Star in his own world only to end up drunk outside. Why couldn't a father try his best to raise his kids despite his own demons/ drug addictions?? That kid in this movie out smarted them dope fiends to rescue his sister from a pimp and her own father who gave up on being a role model citizen. Son was street smart and understood the assignment by any means necessary, In the end, his own father realized he failed his only son. The son who had to be DAD and BRO to change their environment since his father was too dumb and drunk to care for his 2 kids. WOW . MY LIfe God Bless. Love * Light

Incredible mann..based on how Real this scene looked✊✌

Seen this movie about a hundred times but never caught the ending wow this is very deep

Some days I feel jus like fresh 🫀💔😞

Back when movies had real meaning. Black culture, we’ve always been trapped in this kinda cycle.. it’s deep

Underrated classic

Classic film

Why not say his father too then they would all be out he said just him and his sister unless his dad was wanted for something

One of the best ending ever, classic. All that he had been through was some adult lifestyle but was just a kid. Classic!

Oh the irony of his "tough" dead beat Dad who talks a big game and plays a childs game for the entirety of his existence. All while Fresh lives more in one hour and displays the bravery and fortitude of a hero.

Hes not the best father but still his father. He doesnt understand how to comfort a child and it makes him feel uneasy =/

I been hurt just like this crying and going on

Great scene.

Those tears were an indictment of his father's hollow words. His hypocrisy...

I think this ending scene can be interpreted as fresh’s father thinking he’s giving his son real life advice (although he is). He doesn’t know that Fresh knows the meaning of everything he is telling him, far more than his dad ever will, everything his father taught him, he had applied it to perfection in real life. As his father complains about a couple of minutes and 2 dollars of his life wasted, because Fresh is treating chess with his dad like a game, he doesn’t know that Fresh lost $5,000 dollars he had saved up, put his entire life and his sister’s lifw on the line, lost all of his friends, manipulated others into killing for him, gave up everything he had, and put a target on his back, all while under the pressure of a single mistake costing him everything. He applied chess tactics in real life, under the pressure of wolves at his door, yet his father is berating him about a meaning less chess game where the only value is Fresh having some one to one with his father. The final moment, perhaps the last moment he gets to see his dad, all fresh needed was to be a kid for once, have a normal life, have his dad hold his hand, and play a fun game with his dad, his dad can’t even give him that. That’s his last straw and he breaks down.

He was learning street chess because he was playing real life street chess, where EVERYONE was a Pawn, he even used his father to show him how to move! Damn this was a good movie

Amazing movie, crying because he just risked his life and used others as pawns just to break the chain of drug users. And his Pops asking if he’s ready to be the King? He’s already The King, it was forced upon him!

Crying in front of his father was exactly what he needed. When it was all over, all that was left, was to cry.

dude was like damn, i gotta be a father, how the hell do i do that?!

This ending always stuck with me. There are different interpretations of why Fresh is crying but to me it was because he's finally being allowed to let his emotions out for the first time. He's had to live such a tough life and be so hard and bear weight his dad would never imagine that now, when it's all over, he's breaking down like the child he is.

Sam's reaction also made this scene

My favorite movie.

This movie is a classic. Fresh crying is deeper than words could ever express. He played the most dangerous game of chess ive ever witnessed and made it out alive! Checkmate!

So good

I can relate

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You broke that down perfect!! This is one of my favorite endings to a movie….very deep!