...sweet irony

The lionness (Beatrix) on the prowl

Beatrix (The Bride) and B.B. in the happiest ending ever.

And then, finally, after putting us through three hours of hell, Tarantino grants us three minutes of grace. Beatrix, in the penultimate scene of the movie, has rescued her daughter and her future. She rolls on the floor, weeping, clutching a teddy bear, saying "thank you" over and over.

INT. MOTEL ROOM BATHROOM - MORNING
The Bride is on the floor of the motel room bathroom, crying her eyes out.
She shoves a towel in her mouth so B.B. won't hear her.
We wonder for a moment what's wrong...
Till we see her face in CU...
Her tears are tears of joy.
She can't believe this is even happening.
Her daughter is alive. They're together. They get to begin again.
She covers her mouth so B.B. won't hear her crying and get worried or confused.
But as the deadliest woman on the planet, lies on the motel room bathroom floor, smile on her face, twinkle in her eyes, happier than she's ever been, she thinks one thought. Over and over again....
Thank you god...thank you god...thank you god...thank you god.
She washes her face in the sink, when she's presentable, she walks out of the bathroom, jumps on the bed with her baby, hugs her from behind as the two watch Saturday morning cartoons.
TWO SHOT CU
Both blonde heads, the big one and the little one, next to each other, watching T.V.
The lioness has been reunited with her cub, and all is right in the jungle.
THE END
Kill Bill gives us the first prayer scene in a Tarantino movie. The Bride's prayer, albeit to an unknown god (more explicit in the script than in the film), is not shackled to any religious tradition or institution, but it is surely spiritual in nature. The prayer offers us a fitting end to this look at vice through the blood-red-tinted shades of Quentin Tarantino.

By Eric David as published in The Ooze, October 4, 2005

Sweet irony. The bloodiest movie Ive ever seen should offer me the sweetest and happiest ending ever. Who can forget The Bride's (Beatrix/Uma Thurman) smile and her peaceful expression while carrying daughter B.B. away from Bill's mansion? "The lioness hass been reunited with her cub, and all is right in the jungle."

Indeed. Indeed.