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| Tom Wilkinson | ... | ||
| Sissy Spacek | ... | ||
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| Marisa Tomei | ... | ||
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William Wise | ... | |
| Celia Weston | ... | ||
| Karen Allen | ... | ||
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Frank T. Wells | ... | |
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W. Clapham Murray | ... | |
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Terry A. Burgess | ... |
District Attorney
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Jonathan Walsh | ... | |
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Diane E. Hamlin | ... |
Davis' Assistant
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| Camden Munson | ... | ||
In idyllic Mid-Coast Maine, the Fowler family's only son Frank comes home from his freshman year at college for summer vacation. His mother Ruth, the school choir director, is unhappy with Frank dating soon-to-be divorced mother Natalie who is several years his senior, but Frank's father Matt, the town doctor, doesn't see a problem. While Frank considers holding off his future for Natalie, her jilted husband causes them all problems until an unthinkable tragedy shakes the community to its very core. Written by Bryan Way
So simple. So honest. So heartbreaking. I dare you to see this movie and not go through a self-invasive, heartfelt understanding for the familial and emotional conflicts these characters go through. one of the best films shown at Sundance, hands down. Not a movie for the emotionally squeamish...brutally powerful... Violent, excruciating truth and beauty...the raw emotional power imbued into the scenes with Wilkinson and Spacek are Oscar-worthy. Marisa Tomei finally gets a role worthy of her talent since My Cousin Vinny. Utterly unforgettable, and a slam-dunk certainty for some kind of oscar, whether screenplay, acting, or directorial.
Wow.