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What happens after the unthinkable happens? Rabbit Hole, based on the Tony-winning play by David Lindsay-Abaire and deftly directed by John Cameron Mitchell, slowly reveals the answer: something else unthinkable. Rabbit Hole is a moving, dark character study of what happens to a happily married couple, Becca and Howie (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart), who suddenly lose the love of their life, their 4-year-old son. As in real life, the grief portrayed in Rabbit Hole takes peculiar twists and turns, and the deep sorrow and tragedy of the story is leavened by dark humour--much of it coming from Kidman. While Rabbit Hole is not an upbeat film, it's emotionally resonant in the ways of some of the best films on similar subjects--like Ordinary People, Revolutionary Road, In the Bedroom. Both Kidman and Eckhart bring true humanity to roles that could have been one-dimensional. Kidman, especially, rejects the platitudes offered by the grievance support groups and well-meaning friends. When one acquaintance explains the loss of her own child as, "God needed another angel," Kidman's Becca snaps. "Then why wouldn't He have just made another angel? He's God, after all. Why not just make another angel?" The beauty and power of Rabbit Hole comes from showing how Becca and Howie make it back to a life they can bear--and, just maybe, to each other. The excellent supporting cast includes Sandra Oh (another member of the support group) and Dianne Wiest as Becca's mum, who's been through something similar. Everything about Rabbit Hole feels genuine, almost delicate, from the cinematography to the gentle but extremely moving score. Rabbit Hole is one of the most moving dramas and one of the saddest films a viewer will feel gratified to embrace. --A.T. Hurley
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Rabbit Hole is the new film from John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Lindsay Abaire.
Set in the suburbs of America, Rabbit Hole tells the story of Becca and Howie Corbett, a married couple struggling to return to their everyday existence several months after the loss of their child. Becca and Howie embark on seperate journeys, making increasingly unexpected choices that threaten to pull them apart. Distancing herself from her family and her own emotions, Becca begins to surreptitiously follow a local teenage boy with whom she shares an unexplained connection. Howie clings wholeheartedly onto his memories and places his faith in the everyday routines of life, but an acquaintance at a group therapy session offers a more unconventional method of dealing with his feelings.
With their world tilted off its axis, the couple must decide whether to allow their increasingly fractured personal journeys to bring them back together. Rabbit Hole is a vivid, honest and unexpectedly funny portrait of a family searching for what remains possible in the most impossible of situations.
83rd Academy Awards Nominee (Actress In A Leading Role): Nicole Kidman
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
We lost our daughter a year and a half ago and this movie really struck a chord with me. It very accurately portrayed some of the emotions and challenges faced by parents who lose a child, including differences in how mothers and fathers deal with grief and how this impacts their marriage. The script was obviously well researched and David Lindsay-Abaire deserves the accolades he received for the play. Nicole Kidman was also spectacular. I hope that this film helps friends, family and acquaintances of people who have lost children to better understand why bereaved parents behave the way they do and that they can use all of the support they can get.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What a beautiful film. I really feel for the characters involved. It does not take a lot of imagination to genuinely feel for what they are going through. There is plenty of heart and soul in this film!
A wonderful look at handling tragedy, forgiveness and moving on. It leaves you with a warm feeling at the end. Certainly one to watch if you interested in the lives of others.
A wonderful look at handling tragedy, forgiveness and moving on. It leaves you with a warm feeling at the end. Certainly one to watch if you interested in the lives of others.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart give marvelous, shaded performances of grief-stricken parents attempting to move on without forgetting their pain.
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Nicole's botox infused face let's down her performance
this is a touching story, and it is generally well acted. I usually love Nicole kidman. But was very disappointed to see her face didn't move , her expressions were limited and its... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Girlinlondon
"Does it ever go away?"
The story follows Becca and Howie (Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart) as they face their day-to-day lives after losing their 4-year old son. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kona
Rabbit Hole
Nicole Kidman finally comes of age. Rabbit Hole is what movies are suppose to be like - to lose yourself in the characters. Excellent acting all around.
Published 4 months ago by thematrixchamber
Predictable
As a film this was totally unsatisfying. The reason being that there is not an original idea in the whole film. It is predictable, cliched and filled with phony staged emotion. Read more
Published 6 months ago by rob david
Boring and predictable
As much as I respect and enjoy watching both actors, this film must have been one of the worst I have ever watched. Painfully slow, uninteresting and predictable. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Terry
Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart are wonderful in this
Rabbit Hole isn't what you call a feel-good movie but it is a compelling story. It deals with the difficult subject of the death of a child. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Camilla Macaulay
Great movie
I saw this movie at the theater and found it an emotional masterpiece. Nicole Kidman is just stunning and the pain of the loss of a child is almost palpable. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Henk van Vliet
Highly Credible
This was not an easy movie to watch, however in saying that, it is a movie that should be watched, by anyone and everyone, not just those who have had a child of theirs die. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Andrew Masters
Strangely up-lifting
This is like the anti-christ to the film Anti-christ, a lighter more realistic look at loss and grief but strangely up-lifting and some comic touches among the horrible subject... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. A. J. Richards
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