In particular, at the crucial flashback when Willy's teenage son Biff (Andrew Garfield) discovers his father's marital infidelity, the shock and disillusionment are supposed toexplainthe long-held mystery of why he turned from a star athlete into an aimless layabout.
The story is structured as a mystery, as the film begins at the crime scene and flashes back and forth toexplainthe strange, disturbing events that led up to it.