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Personal Effects (2009) -- Walter, 24, is a wrestler, competing for a spot on the national team when he learns of his sister's brutal death. He comes home to help his mother; he works out, takes a dead-end job, and goes to the trial of the accused murderer. He becomes friends with Linda, her husband murdered; she's raising a teen son, Clay, who's deaf. Walter gets Clay into wrestling. He accompanies Linda to events at a center where she works. He sees her at the courthouse. They wait for verdicts. Walter's mother takes her daughter's things to a rummage sale. Clay has his father's pistol. How will grief express itself?
Personal Effects (2009) -- Two people fall for each other after recently experiencing the loss of a loved one
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   1,861 votes
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Director:
David Hollander
Writers (WGA):
David Hollander (screenplay)
Rick Moody (short story "Mansion on the Hill")
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Release Date:
27 March 2009 (Taiwan) more
Genre:
Drama
Tagline:
The space between loss and love.
Plot:
Walter, 24, is a wrestler, competing for a spot on the national team when he learns of his sister's brutal death... more | add synopsis
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The Last (Commercial) Scene Spoils this Great Drama more (24 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michelle Pfeiffer ... Linda

Ashton Kutcher ... Walter

Kathy Bates ... Gloria
Spencer Hudson ... Clay
John Mann ... Hank
David Lewis ... Bruce

Rob LaBelle ... Camden

Aleks Paunovic ... Tom

Brian Markinson ... Finneran
Sarah Lind ... Annie
Alissa Skovbye ... Beth

Kyle Toy ... Jose

Dean Wray ... Larry
Brock Johnson ... Mark

Mary Black ... Peggy
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some violence and disturbing images.
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R | Mexico:B | Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:16
Filming Locations:
Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada more
Company:
Cinefilm more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
The Last (Commercial) Scene Spoils this Great Drama, 12 July 2009
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The twenty-four years old wrestler Walter (Ashton Kutcher) leaves the national team in Iowa and returns to his hometown after the brutal murder of his twin sister Annie (Sarah Lind) to support his mother Gloria (Kathy Bates) and his niece. When he goes with his mother to the therapy, he meets the widow Linda (Michelle Pfeifer), whose alcoholic husband was murdered by his friend in a bar. Linda has a deaf and dumb son, Clay (Spencer Hudson), who misses his father and has a repressed anger against the killer, and works in the Southside Community Center organizing weddings for needy people. They befriend each other during the trials and Walter invites Clay to join the local wrestling training. While waiting for the jury verdict of their cases, Linda and Walter have a love affair and Linda falls in love for him. However, their relationship is deeply affected when the verdict of Annie's trial is that the accused is not-guilty.

"Personal Effects" is a powerful drama and love story with a good development of the both lead characters. The beauty of Michelle Pfeifer is still astonishing and she does not seem to be fifty-one years old. Her chemistry with Ashton Kutcher is fantastic and I liked very much their performances. Kathy Bates has a minor participation and the unknown Spencer Hudson completes the great cast. Unfortunately, the last scene with Walter with a wounded leg spoils this great drama. It seems to be the typical interference of the producer to give a commercial end to please the average audiences that claim for a happy end. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Por Amor" ("For Love")

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