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9 January 2009 (USA)
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A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple. full summary | add synopsis
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2 nominations
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(52 articles)
V Season 1, Episode 1 Review: Pilot
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Morris Chestnut | ... | Dave Johnson | |
| Taraji P. Henson | ... | Clarice Clark | |
| Maeve Quinlan | ... | Julie Sawyer | |
| Kevin Hart | ... | Tree | |
| Wood Harris | ... | Darnell Gooden | |
| Eddie Cibrian | ... | Brock Houseman | |
| Jenifer Lewis | ... | Mary 'Mama' Clark | |
| Niecy Nash | ... | Michelle | |
| Cannon Jay | ... | Bryson Sawyer | |
| Albert Hall | ... | Bishop Wilkes | |
| Jeff Krebs | ... | Trauma Doctor | |
| Nathaniel Carter | ... | Deshawn | |
| Brendon Terrell Ferguson | ... | Marcus (as Brendon Terrell) | |
| Kwame Boateng | ... | Darius | |
| Henry Brown | ... | Mr. Reid |
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Rated PG-13 for sexual references and thematic elements.
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99 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #44059) |
Finland:K-11 |
Singapore:PG |
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New Zealand:M |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:13
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The actor playing the trauma doctor is a real physician.
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Continuity: In the scene where the mother-in-law shows up at the hospital, Dave and the doctor come out of Clarice's room coming toward the camera. When the M.I.L. finds out where the room is, she takes off past the camera in the wrong direction.
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Down through history men have always been measured by how hard they work and cultivated, how well the protected their wife and children. In the old days woman saw their man as conquerers, providers, heroes. But somewhere along the line that change, woman started to became their own hero...
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Features "Days of Our Lives" (1965)
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow
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A Note Regarding SpoilersIs "Not Easily Broken" based on a novel?
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While the film was engaging on many levels, I kept wondering what was not sitting right with me. The more I thought about it, I realized that the male lead in this film was painted as a long-suffering, perfect mate while his wife was the nagging, negligent, career driven failure. The turning point in the film and their marriage was when the female lead approached her husband and apologized for the failures in their marriage. While she had a lot to be sorry for, I've never seen such a one sided marriage in real life. Really, couldn't there be ONE thing the husband could be working on in the marriage? It's VERY unrealistic for such perfection in a human being. I say all this to say that this is what happens when a "female" driven drama (b/c that's the audience this film is hoping will show up) is produced, written, directed, shot and edited by men. Not that men couldn't not do a good job, but this is clearly an example where there was no female input to add balance to the story. On so many levels, it's very unrealistic if not just downright disturbing.