The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ryan Reynolds | ... | Michael | |
| Willem Dafoe | ... | Charles | |
| Emily Watson | ... | Jane | |
| Carrie-Anne Moss | ... | Kelly (as Carrie Anne Moss) | |
| Julia Roberts | ... | Lisa | |
| Ioan Gruffudd | ... | Addison | |
| Hayden Panettiere | ... | Young Jane | |
| Shannon Lucio | ... | Ryne | |
| Cayden Boyd | ... | Young Michael | |
| George Newbern | ... | Jimmy (as George Newburn) | |
| Chase Ellison | ... | Christopher | |
| Brooklynn Proulx | ... | Leslie | |
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Diane Perella | ... | Flight Attendant |
| Natalie Karp | ... | Social Worker | |
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John C. Stennfeld | ... | Reverend Byers (as Reverend John Stennfeld) |
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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. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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17 July 2008 (Greece) See more »Also Known As:
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$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$36,884, 16 October 2011Gross USA:
$70,600Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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[lights a cigarette]
Michael: I used to come out here a lot when I was grounded.
Christopher: [sniffing because he was crying] Mom told me you were always getting in trouble.
Michael: She should talk.
Christopher: [crossly] What's that supposed to mean?
Michael: Before your mother was a mom, she was my best friend.
Christopher: [sarcastically] You guys have tea parties together?
Michael: Yeah, occasionally. Your mother taught me everything I shouldn't know, smartass.
Christopher: Like how to write like a ...
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Performed by Gary Jules
Written by Gary Jules
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According to director Dennis Lee, the first person who read the script was Carrie-Anne Moss. See more »Goofs
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Michael: [sits down near Christopher on the roof] I love what you've done with the room.[lights a cigarette]
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I watched this movie at the Berlin Film Festival and I have to admit that I was surprised by Ryan Reynolds. He can play the dramatic role(s) as you can see him do here ...
His performance anchors the movie and although we have other great actors here too, he is the one that leads us into and through the story. You won't be surprised to hear/read that the story is semi-auto-biographical. It is that deep and it goes into his characters. Having said that, William Dafoe is somewhat of a show-stealer too. Although I do think he could have been a bit better sketched (yes OK he's defined by a real human, but it feels more like a restriction to me). All in all, a drama with occasional light moments in an overall dark story.