6.6/10
NETFLIX Rating : 3.3
IMDB Rating : 6.5
FD Smart Rating : 6.6
Synopsis : In the wake of a family tragedy, a novelist confronts his fractured relationship with his father while dealing with painful memories of his mother.
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Christmas Island
, Cook Islands
, Fiji
, Kiribati
, Nauru
, New Caledonia
, Niue
, Norfolk Island
, Papua New Guinea
, Samoa
, Solomon Islands
, Tokelau
, Tonga
, Tuvalu
, Vanuatu
Julia Roberts , Ioan Gruffudd , Carrie-Anne Moss , Chase Ellison , George Newbern , Hayden Panettiere , Shannon Lucio , Cayden Boyd , Willem Dafoe , Emily Watson , Ryan Reynolds
English
English
Drama
2008
1h39m
May include adult themes, adult activity, strong language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-orientated nudity, drug abuse or other elements
A family with an abusive father, a sensitive son, and a mother out of her depth: we see them when Michael is about 12 and when he's in his 30's, a writer of romance novels, going home for his mother and sister's college graduations. We go back and forth between the two periods: when Michael is a boy, the pressure builds to the point when the thin thread keeping them as a family threatens to break, and there's a fight. During Michael's trip home, there's an unexpected death which prolongs his stay and brings to the light his relationship with his father, his aunt, and her young children. Michael's estranged wife joins them for the funeral.