Miles Heizer, Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden
When a suicidal mother is killed by parking her car in front of a train, the train's engineer and his wife form an unlikely but much-needed bond with the mother's young son.
DVD Release Date: June 17, 2008
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May 28, 2009Kevin Bacon is Tom and Marcia Gay Harden is Megan - a couple who are having difficulties with their marriage. Not only that, but Megan has cancer. Tom withdraws into his work - as a railroad engineer, but even that is messed up when he crashes his train into a car parked on a c...( read more)
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July 2, 2008Devoted railroad engineer Tom Stark (Kevin Bacon, Mystic River) is at a crossroads. His lovely wife Megan (Marcia Gay Harden, Pollack) has survived two bouts with cancer, though now it's terminal. Because of her fragile health, their marriage has been stale for some time, and it'...( read more)
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April 18, 2009Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden and Miles Heizer made me believe that I was looking into their lives and Alison Eastwood's direction clearly had something to do with that. The script however was unbelievable. But then again, does it really matter? When it turn to movies, it let us...( read more)
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June 29, 2008Here's a great movie with a remarkable story plot about human nature. Love. Bond. Loss. Death. Life. These are all essential within the story of two individuals, a man and a young boy brought together by a certain loss. Great cast. Fantastic work by Alison Eastwood. A must-see.
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September 19, 2009Very moving and touching in my opinion. Probably the only Drama type movie I wouldnt mind watching again and again. It had such strong emotions played through out the film. Just wish there was more of an visual background story on the suicidal mother and her son. Like, let us see...( read more)
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June 26, 2009Another average film with Kevin Bacon. It was sort of like 'Reservation Road' however diffrent storyline that well told. It was a little sad i say the drama aspect of it could have been better. Acting was't bad though it a little slow.
Critic Reviews
November 9, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
October 26, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
It's closer to a small kind of affecting and simply human story we rarely get to see in mainstream movies anymore. full review
October 26, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
While it features three strong performance and the debut of a promising filmmaker, the story line is obvious and rather melodramatic. full review
October 26, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The only conceivable reason for Warner Bros. to (barely) release this mush is as a favor to Clint Eastwood, whose daughter Alison directed. full review
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August 23, 2008Excellent Movie... Very Good ! Intense Drama, worth watching ;-) Enjoy.
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