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Also consider how Cusack was unable to get comfort from his own mother. Another subtle reminder of how children are affected by an absent mother. She was not home, only his wastrel younger brother who clearly subsists on parental support with no real direction, a stark opposite to the Cusack character but providing some interesting counterpoint nevertheless. Also the movie device whereby he called his home answering machine to hear his dead wife's voice is entirely real and touching. To me the real tragedy of such a well written and acted movie is that it's not possible to watch it again and again. I cannot stand to witness the girls' suffering and grief as they cried with their dad in the beach scene, more than the one time. I also think it's no accident that every scene in public felt "empty" until the funeral. The adience needs the same closure as the family. And how nice how the phone sync tied it all together at the end.
12/02/2008, 12:45 am
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Add a commentAlso consider how Cusack was unable to get comfort from his own mother. Another subtle reminder of how children are affected by an absent mother. She was not home, only his wastrel younger brother who clearly subsists on parental support with no real direction, a stark opposite to the Cusack character but providing some interesting counterpoint nevertheless. Also the movie device whereby he called his home answering machine to hear his dead wife's voice is entirely real and touching. To me the real tragedy of such a well written and acted movie is that it's not possible to watch it again and again. I cannot stand to witness the girls' suffering and grief as they cried with their dad in the beach scene, more than the one time. I also think it's no accident that every scene in public felt "empty" until the funeral. The adience needs the same closure as the family. And how nice how the phone sync tied it all together at the end.
12/02/2008, 12:45 am