barbourjohn-633-608932 This movie is about grief. It is tainted by an unnecessary sex scene, unnecessary sexual innuendos, unnecessary nudity, and unnecessary vulgarity. It reminded me of the Northeast and when I was younger – the Jersey shore – the feel of living in the mid Atlantic states (It was filmed in Nyack, NY). It also reminded me of 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ff and the fact that we ( as followers of Christ) don't grieve the way the world does who has no hope. The "hope" provided in this movie was a replacement of the son with a daughter (his girl friend) and her baby. It was a very strange movie at times because of the culture difference – rich, worldly, post modern, mathematician, given over to base sex instincts etc. but a family movie nonetheless and one that looked at grief from various angles and how different people handle it. "But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep (have died in Christ); that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope." (1 Thessalonians 4:13)

Muzaffer Bayraktar I cried more than once during this movie. I recalled the ones I cared. It doesn't have to be a person what you lost. Something you cared about. I'm a 32 year old guy looking tough with enough physical and mental proof. I thought that I'm really messed up while watching the movie and crying at the very same time. I don't know how I would have felt if I never had lost anything big in my life. But I did and this movie gave me a great relief like someone I don't know understood what I've been through and said "Hey, I have the same thing. I got you. Everything will be alright". It might give you the same relief it gave me. I can't talk in the name of you. But you should give this movie a chance. Maybe it will say something for you no one ever did before.

dbdumonteil Except for the baby ,the movie will remind Italian cinema buffs of "La Stanza DeL Figlio" and the part of Ryan is close to Conrad the young brother of "ordinary people" ;like in the contemporary "rabbit hole" each of the parents desperately searches for solace:the mother tries to talk to the other injured driver to know the last words of her son (whereas Nicole Kidman,fascinated by a comic ,wants to believe that in parallel universes ,her son is happy);the father tries to live again,goes to the movie theater with the pregnant girlfriend,attends the echography whereas his wife quickly leaves the room "if you lose your dog,we're not given a puppy!" The cast is excellent ,particularly Pierce Brosnan,cast against type :he and his younger son seem to have overcome the pain,but when they finally break down,their despair and their tears are deeply moving.The flashbacks are short and effective ,particularly the last one which is also the end of the movie and which is not a goodbye but a hello.

banzanbon First and foremost, Susan Sarandon has played this part before; many times and she never ceases to bore me. Pierce Brosnan is wonderful. He's the best thing in the movie. Carrie Mulligan's character is easy and not something that required much effort. The younger son's character is vapid and so is the character of the chick who befriends him in grief counseling. And finally, one never totally given real proof of the relationship between the character of Jennifer Ehle and Brosnan. It's vagueness is so boring...one just wants to say: "Oh for crying out loud...stop the sentimental innuendo and just lay it out there." The story is so mundane and throw-away, one almost wonders why they bothered to make this gushy and schmaltzy film anyhow. The whole thing is as if no one has ever lost kids before and no set of parents have EVER grieved the death of their child.