Movie-Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire is a fine movie. Starring Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro, it tells a nicely crafted story of a woman recently widowed (we see David Duchovny as her husband in flashbacks) by tragic circumstances. She is barely coping, and finds herself drawn to a childhood friend of her husband, a friend she has never approved of, played by Del Toro.

Both these characters are recovering. He from a severe heroin addiction, and she from her loss. And somehow, in unspoken but finely portrayed ways, they help each other through these stages of recovery.

The filming was very artistically done. And the use of close ups was beautiful, but overdone by the end of the movie just a bit. Both Berry and del Toro do a terrific job, and they are what make the movie. Their portrayals are very real. Shifting from grief to confusion, at some points supportive and other lashing out, they show recovery is not easy or clean.

And on a superficial note. Halle Berry is drop dead gorgeous. Halle Berry, dare I day it is HOT, and Halle Berry is now on my top 5 list. I will write Halle Berry one more time so I can put another hyperlink image in this entry. Halle Berry!