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Originally Posted by j8ear
You know on the other hand, it just might have been that last interaction in the park, where he realized just how damaging his behaviour can be, that created the change?
Maybe?
-bear
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That was how I felt when I watched it. Like most people have said, one of his most redeeming factors was that he wanted to change, he didn't want to commit his crime again.
The fact that "candy" was molesting young boys didn't matter, it was a moot point. They were both child molesters and Kevin Bacon's character could see himself in the other guy, and it was a part of himself that he wanted to destroy.