Shopaholic35 All I can say is that the parents in this movie are beyond selfish and should never have been allowed to procreate. To start with it was the mother's fault that the little boy went missing in the first place and then instead of allowing herself to grieve and then pulling herself together she instead slides into a depressive state for the next 10 years, thereby permanently damaging the other kids she still has.Everybody faces horrible things in their lives but that is no excuse for the mother's behaviour. They treated the oldest son like a leaper. He was so young and did not deserve that burden. All he needed was for his parents to tell him it wasn't his fault, something so simple but they were too busy wallowing in their own self pity. Also the police detective played by Whoopi Goldberg was completely incompetent. Seriously stop focusing on the fact that your a black gay woman and maybe you would have found the kid. Worse still is when they finally find their long lost son they refuse to even care that they are now stealing him away from the only family he has ever known. His adoptive father was a good and decent parent and they owed it to their kid to at least try to work together to raise him. Along the way the parents completely forgot about every other person in their lives and only thought about themselves. Selfish!!!And finally, I know it's a movie but seriously when will parents learn that you cannot put a 6 year old in charge of a young toddler. Grow up and take responsibility for your children. Parenting is not easy. I'm pretty sure every parent in the world would agree with that but they chose to have kids, if you can't handle it then you shouldn't have had them to begin with.

Austin Cartwright This is an original and well-written story — unlike most movies, which have predictable and time-worn story lines. It's about real people with real emotions, decent people trying to deal with difficult situations.I liked the characters. I liked the realistic way they dealt with the situations. And there wasn't any overacting, like you see so often in movies. People didn't go around screaming or otherwise overdramatizing, and yet their feelings were apparent. It was well acted by all.Most parents consider their children to be their possessions. Some parents have no regard for their children's feelings. Only a parent who really loves his or her child thinks of the child's happiness and best interests above all else. This picture recognizes this fact.This is an excellent movie. I really enjoyed it.

Catharina_Sweden This movie is so famous, and has so many great actors in it, that I had expected more from it. As it was, it had some heart-warming moments, handsome people and beautiful exteriors and interiors - but all in all it was not very exciting. The story was the kind of sentimental family drama one would expect on Hallmark television in the afternoon - not a big cinema movie with famous stars.By the way, I think it is not possible to place a lost-and-found kid drama in present times, because DNA technique, finger prints etc. can prove the identity with almost hundred per cent's certainty. The interesting thing in the lost-and-found stories, is to guess if the person found is who he/she claims to be, or an impostor. As in "Anastasia".And YES I understand that this kind of mystery was not the major issue here, but the reactions of all the family members afterwards. But it is that kind of story that one expects, when one reads about this movie or watches the trailer. So - it was a bit of a disappointment.

triple8 MANY SPOILERS THROUGHOUT POST: This is one time I have to disagree with the majority. I thought Deep End of the ocean was a really good movie. I'm surprised so many don't like it. I found it to be a mature, thought provoking and disturbing drama with excellent performances all around from everybody. The cast actually, were not just good but superb. The movie was not overly long and in the time it ran, I was able to really get a good grasp on all the characters and thought the character development was actually excellent. I was really surprised by the low rating.Many have mentioned how the movie glossed over a lot. I can understand that but the movie wasn't all that long-it didn't really have time to go into everything. And also, I rather liked that the movie stayed fast paced and engrossing without lingering to long on just one thing. A lot of what the characters were feeling were picked up in the various scenes and the story was simply to complicated to go into everything-otherwise it probably would have been about eight hours. Though I really could see this having been a mini series....I think, in a way, Deep End was boxed a little into a corner, if it had gotten to much heavier it may have been labeled manipulative. As it is, the ending was considered to "Hollywood." I actually thought the way it ended was the best possible ending a story such as this could have had. And it was believable to, though throughout the whole thing, I was thinking "joint custody". Although that wasn't exactly the way it was done it was close enough, and I found it a great ending to a very good movie.One other thing I liked was the fact that the story didn't go into never ending tragedy land. By that I mean, none of the main characters are critically injured, , no divorces and custody fights etc etc.... the focus was kept on the individuals and how they dealt with this situation, rather then introducing as many bad things as possible. This played very well as it was a tearjerker in one sense, but also was really thought provoking, and much empathy could be felt for almost everybody from Sam to the natural parents to the adoptive father to the natural brother and sister. All were complex and interesting characters.I'd give this an 8 of 10, I really thought it was very well done and wish it had a somewhat higher rating on here.