Alison Lohman, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny
After an unspeakable tragedy, two people get a second chance at life in “Things We Lost in the Fire.” When Audrey Burke (Halle Berry) loses her husband in an act of random violence, she forges an unl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 13, 2008
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Flixster Reviews (3,244)
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May 2, 2009The film is powerful and embracing but falls short with it's length and pacing...
Wait did I just rhyme just then o.o*...uh...yeah, o.k...moving on...
The movie revolves around two perfect opposites who've both lost the one person they cared about the most...
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January 15, 2009"Hope comes with letting go."
A woman who lost her husband in a random act of violence and a heroin addict who was a lifelong friend of the dearly departed discover that the beloved husband and friend's unfortunate passing is actually a blessing in disguise in Open Hearts...( read more) -
January 3, 2009I had mixed feelings about this movie. On the one hand, I could certainly understand the lonliness this poor woman was feeling.
I thought it was incredibly dangerous to her family for her to naively take in a drug addict as a roommate.
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September 6, 2008"Accept the good"
An average film with an extraordinary performance by Benicio Del Toro. He has so much talent that he can lift a mediocre film to a higher level. Definitely a Oscar worthy performance.
The biggest problem with this film is that after a good scene, a lesser ...( read more) -
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November 8, 2009Benicio Del Toro knocked my socks off. The rest of the cast did a great job too. I have yet to see Halle in a role I really like, but I will still keep trying.
One scene in particular really made me think. When she was talking about all the "things" they lost in the fire, an...( read more) -
November 3, 2009Ohhhhhhhhhhh No. Making film with certain people. Stuck Benicio Del Toro.
Same problem with S.Coppola and J. Jarmusch. They stuck Bill Murray. Hey Sister they are not M. Brando or Jack Nicholson. Moreover, u are NOT Antonioni or Bertolucci.
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October 24, 2009A work of extreme sensibility and touching minimalism. Del Toro gives one of his best performances.
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October 5, 2009Dos vidas que se unen a partir de una tragedia y se ayudan mutuamente. Muy buenas actuaciones.
Critic Reviews
November 27, 2007
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
October 24, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
[Del Toro is] both beast and beauty in a movie that mismanages the idea that life is not a fairy tale. full review
October 20, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is an engrossing melodrama, and it has its heart in the right place. full review
October 19, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Its deliberate pacing may put some viewers off, as will the bleakness of the subject matter, but it's worth seeing, mostly to soak up the complex shades of Del Toro's performance. full review
October 19, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Del Toro delivers another powerfully simple and effective performance. Berry is fine but her character just doesn't add up, perhaps inevitable in a movie that seems to have been lost somewhere in tran... full review
October 19, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
This movie is the most irritating example yet of how both film and TV have taken to shooting even the phoniest, soapiest stories with that drunken, shaky, ultra- close-up camerawork that says, 'Hey, l... full review
October 19, 2007
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Apart from the mobile camera and a moderately challenging time-jumping script, this is weepy women's cable-television fare of the tears-and-cuddles variety. full review
October 19, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Del Toro is the heart and soul, as well as the haunted, rubbery visage, of a story of grief and loss that would be fairly lifeless without him. full review
October 18, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Just watching Del Toro's eyes provides an emotional fire Allan Loeb's script can't hope to match. full review
Comments
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November 25, 2008THIS IS A MOVIE ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER NOT SEXUAL,BUT GENUINE FEELINGS.
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July 20, 2008A deeply moving portrait of a family struggling with tragedy. Oustanding performances from top to bottom This cast proves that you don't need special effects or super powers to make a QUALITY film. NEW CLASSIC
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March 5, 2008I highly recommend this movie. It spans all the emotions...love, hate, anger, joy despair, frustration, unbearable grief. An outstanding performance by Benicio Del Toro. Halle Berry shines also, but felt Benicio as "Jerry" gives an outstanding performance. One of the best drama's I have seen in sometime without excessive swearing, shooting scenes, ect.
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February 7, 2008That very good for the movie Things We Lost In The Fire like Halle Berry that very beautiful her actress had wonderful of her actress.I like new movie Thing We Lost In The Fire that very cool new movie Things We Lost In The Fire.I love Halle Berry.
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January 11, 2008Official sites for Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
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December 13, 2007thought it was a nice flick. enjoyed the parts where they was sayin the serenity prayer. for months i would not join circles. but either way like Del Toro...
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November 15, 2007I enjoy a good drama film but this one was like watching a soap opera episode even Lifetime channel shows more interesting films.Not only the film is boring but the characters in different scenarios seems to me so disconnected from reality perhaps these characters look fake.I wasn't feeling the performances & dialog just Benicio Del Toro was the only one that stands out from the cast once he gets that overdose as a junkie & get fixed during few scenes in the film.
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November 7, 2007Im planning to take my younger daughterto see it, i was wondering if someone could tell me if there's any sex in the movie?
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