CirAndreasSiCorneliusAh Perhaps the writer wrote something that made sense and just the director or final editor messed it up, but the story line and ending made no sense at all. Perhaps they thought this was abstract art or something??? It isn't art to make a complete mess and say "isn't this wonderful? Everyone can see something different" Anyone can use their imagination to visualize things in a pile of sand, rocks, grain lines in a piece of wood. Making a film like this takes no skill or talent. Of course if you think a Picasso is art, you might like this. If you think a Picasso is just a piece of junk that wealthy people with no taste listening to insane people with no minds elevated to an item of value, you will agree. The acting was excellent. To bad the director and editor had no clue what to do with it.

littlemsceo DO NOT READ this comment IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE MOVIE>>>>>IT will spoil it for youThis Movie was very good for about the first hour and then the end was like OMG! It just went off and she was the bum that she had been seeing the entire movie , I absolutely hated the movie! How was the doctor the same nanny her husband was sleeping with? What was up with this Foreign Exchange Student with AIDS? Crazy MOVIE...It was too many psychotic episodes! This lady had a serious mental condition that leaves you just as confused as she is. Not Scary Not Worth Your timeNext.......

martins-em It's always easy to criticize, so i will. All films can be metaphorically interpreted. Meanings of art can be best enjoyed in whatever form suits your mind. The movie was entertaining.The director could have simplified his approach. If u are conformed to the standardized structure of film making that u a victimized to in North America, this film may disappoint you. I only wonder.... why the world can't be better. Ah, what does the film tell us.... don't be week, open your mind and the rest will follow.so don't make any excuses for yourselfdon't wallow in self pityand for ####'S sake...don't push a cart around feeling sorry for your self-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Claudio Carvalho Danika (Marisa Tomei) is a thirty-five years old overprotective mother with a beautiful family composed by her successful husband Randy (Craig Bierko), two sons - the teenager Kurt (Kyle Gallner) and the little Brian (Ridge Canipe), and one teenager daughter - Lauren (Nicki Prian). Danika is disturbed and near a breakdown, having dark and terrifying nightmares and daydreams; distracted in her work and consequently committing mistakes; and under psychiatric treatment with Dr. Evelyn (Regina Hall). Her problem was originated when her husband cheated her with the nanny of their children, breaking her confidence on him. The lack of attention caused by her disturbed mind leads her family to a tragedy."Danika" is an impressive and challenging American dark movie showing the complexity of the human mind. My interpretation of the story is very simple: after finding her beloved husband cheating her with the nanny of their children, Danika becomes an insecure, stressed and overprotective mother, affecting her professional life. While in her treatment with Dr. Evelyn, she revives her innermost hidden fears about the lack of confidence in her husband. This situation is very clear when Randy tells that she cannot forget and forgive him, after the incident with the police. Danika insists on not having a maid to help her, and while having a daydream driving her car with her children, she does not pay attention in the traffic light and is hit by a school bus, killing her children, but surviving. When the reporter asks the paramedic if she would survive, the other man responds "yes", but asks "how could she live?". She asks for her children and her imagination sees her happy family together again. In the last scene, we see the reality, i.e., how she survived, deranged and homeless. I am a fan of Marisa Tomei, and in "Danika" she is simply brilliant. The promising director Ariel Vromen and the writer Joshua Leibner have great beginning of career in the cinema industry. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Danika"