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Rating: Q=4, P=3 / Thanks But No Thanks
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=1, Scale 3=2, Scale 4=1
9/11, Complex Relationships, Grieving, Journey
Hmm... I was skeptical going into this film because of the reception I'd heard and reviews I'd read. So, I was glad I liked it more than I thought I would. The best part of this film is the acting, the worst is the story itself. To make a film about such a serious and communal event is difficult enough- adding a quest with a complicated lead character creates such an imbalance it just doesn't work. I knew what was going to happen -and sometimes that was good- and there was too much emphasis on the wrong elements. I believed the mother's story most and, thankfully, by the very end the film starts to focus on her strained relationship with her son. The mother-son relationship had the most emotional and believable impact and, in my opinion, should have been the center of the film. Mixed feelings, overall.
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