Reżyseria:
Ulu GrosbardScenariusz:
Stephen SchiffZdjęcia:
Stephen GoldblattMuzyka:
Elmer BernsteinObsada:
Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Jackson, Scott W. Mckinlay, Ryan Merriman, Brenda Strong, Alexa PenaVega, Tony Musante (więcej)VOD (1)
Opisy(1)
Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) is at her high school reunion when her 3-year-old son disappears from his brother's care. The little boy never turns up, and the family has to deal with the devastating guilt and grief that goes along with it. Nine years later, the family has relocated to Chicago. By a sheer fluke, the kid turns up, living no more than two blocks away. The authorities swoop down and return the kid to his biological parents, but things are far from being that simple. The boy grew up around what he has called his father, while his new family are strangers to him; the older son, now a teenager, has brushes with the law and behavioral problems. His adjustment to his lost brother is complicated by normal teenage churlishness, and the dad (Treat Williams) seems to expect everything to fall into place as though the family had been intact all along. It's a tightrope routine for actors in a story like this, being careful not to chew the scenery while at the same time not being too flaccid or understated. For the most part, the members of the cast deal well with the emotional complexity of their roles. Though the story stretches credulity, weirder things do happen in the real world. The family's pain for the first half of the film is certainly credible, though the second half almost seems like a different movie. Whoopi Goldberg plays the detective assigned to the case; casting her is a bit of a stretch, but she makes it work. All in all, a decent three-hanky movie in the vein of Ordinary People. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)
(więcej)Recenzje (1)
A powerful experience. The Deep End of the Ocean is an adaptation of the novel made famous abroad, among others, by Oprah Winfrey. In this film, we can be swept away by the emotions of the story of a family whose development has been artificially interrupted. The two storylines follow the family before the catastrophe in the late 1980s and a decade later. Carefree parents, full of visions for the future. The loving Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams have three children. From one minute to the next, their family falls apart when their middle son goes missing. We get to watch the years that follow and the healing process that can never completely heal the feeling of emptiness. Helping the family in their predicament is investigator Whoopi Goldberg (and she has to have something special about her - she's not only black, and a detective, but also a lesbian). It is emotionally remarkable.
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