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Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) is at her high school reunion when her three-year-old son disappears from his brother's care. The little boy never turns up, and the family has to deal with the devastating guilt and grief that goes along with it. Nine years later, the family has relocated to Chicago. By a sheer fluke, the kid turns up, living no more than two blocks away. The authorities swoop down and return the kid to his biological parents, but things are far from being that simple. The boy grew up around what he has called his father, while his new family are strangers to him; the older son, now a teenager, has brushes with the law and behavioural problems. His adjustment to his lost brother is complicated by normal teenage churlishness, and the dad (Treat Williams) seems to expect everything to fall into place as though the family had been intact all along. It's a tightrope routine for actors in a story like this, being careful not to chew the scenery while at the same time not being too flaccid or understated. For the most part, the members of the cast deal well with the emotional complexity of their roles. Though the story stretches credulity, weirder things do happen in the real world. The family's pain for the first half of the film is certainly credible, though the second half almost seems like a different movie. Whoopi Goldberg plays the detective assigned to the case; casting her is a bit of a stretch, but she makes it work. All in all, a decent three-hanky movie in the vein of Ordinary People. --Jerry Renshaw, Amazon.com
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DVD Special Features:
Featurette
Interviews
Trailer
Making Of
16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: none
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This powerful film produces a kaleidoscope of emotions in the viewer. It is humorous, thrilling, warm and compassionate. From the beginning of the film, which is wonderfully filmed, you are transported into the lives of the family. You feel their emotions in an almost empathic way. You suffer in their pain and rejoice in their joy. This is one to watch on a cold winters night, snuggled up with someone special or your favourite teddy bear and a big box of tissues and long glass of red wine. It stays with you for a long time and is a film that you can watch over and over.... with the same someone special, or perhaps another someone special. Enjoy you will!.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
A study of how a family of different characters copes when their younger son goes missing, and how they remesh later on. The relationship between the two sons is sensitively explored, and breathtakingly moving and understated. Look out for Ryan Merriman, who plays Sam Karras/Ben Cappadora - he gives a very believable performance. A great character study. Not mushy. Not schmaltz.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I read the book several years ago, and then re-read it recently. I was glad to find that the film has stuck closely to the book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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