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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Allan Loeb (written by)
Release Date:
19 October 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
Hope comes with letting go.
Plot:
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(19 articles)
Susanne Bier Starting Over with 'Which Brings Me to You'
(From ioncinema. 22 October 2009)
Ryan Reynolds' Next Role Will Be a Real Drag
(From Celebuzz. 16 October 2009, 2:05 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Accept the Good more (68 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Halle Berry | ... | Audrey Burke | |
| Benicio Del Toro | ... | Jerry Sunborne | |
| David Duchovny | ... | Brian Burke | |
| Alexis Llewellyn | ... | Harper Burke | |
| Micah Berry | ... | Dory Burke | |
| John Carroll Lynch | ... | Howard Glassman | |
| Alison Lohman | ... | Kelly | |
| Robin Weigert | ... | Brenda | |
| Omar Benson Miller | ... | Neal | |
| Paula Newsome | ... | Diane | |
| Sarah Dubrovsky | ... | Spring | |
| Maureen Thomas | ... | Grandma Ginnie Burke | |
| Patricia Harras | ... | Howard's Wife | |
| V.J. Foster | ... | Distressed Man (as VJ Foster) | |
| Caroline Field | ... | Teresa Haddock (as Carolyn Field) |
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Rated R for drug content and language.
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118 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Certification:
Ireland:15A | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | UK:15 | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | USA:R (No. 43485) | Netherlands:12 | Taiwan:R-18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:12 | South Korea:15 | France:Unrated | Norway:11 | Sweden:7 | Japan:PG-12 | Argentina:13 | New Zealand:M | Australia:MA
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Release prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "Water". more
Quotes:
Jerry Sunborne: Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-10-20)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
The Little House I Used To Live In more
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Greetings again from the darkness. Very good melodrama from Scandanavian director Susanne Bier. The film is intentionally slow moving ... just like real life tragedy. Although we could have been beaten over the head with the cute as heck kids, the story is actually more focused on the heroin addicted best friend played by Benecio del Toro. This makes the point that strength can come from many sources.
Halle Berry gives her best performance since "Monster's Ball" (yes even better than "Catwoman"). We feel her happiness, pain, desperation and hope. The cute kids are played by an amazing 11 yr old Alexis Llewellyn and Micah Berry (not her real life son). Also strong is Alison Lohman, who just doesn't work enough these days. However the strongest performance is by Benecio. I am not sure if the role was written for him or if he just perfectly captures best friend Jerry. It is most complicated role and requires enormous depth.
I definitely recommend the film thanks to its basis in reality and fine performances and terrific direction. However, I will qualify it by saying that I don't believe it is quite in the class of "21 Grams"