Get out the kleenex for this drama, because it is a tear jerker. Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Jennifer Connelly as parents who son is killed in a hit-and-run accident, Reservation Road (2007) is very good at showing heartache and terrible loss. It is also good at showing how loss can turn into a perverted need for vengeance at the cost to the living.
This film is good in many ways. Great acting not only by the two leads, but by Mark Ruffalo and Mira Sorvino (who I was glad to see back on screen). The story line is hard because of the subject...the loss of a child, but is handled very well, and really shows why this Ruffalo's character flees the scene. We never think it is right that he leaves...he never does either...but we understand why he made the mistake of doing it.
This is a very good movie, though not a fun one. Prepare for some tears or at least furrowed brows for the tough guys.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
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