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Summary: Good movie but sometimes depressing!
Review: I saw this movie on HBO one time and I liked it. But this movie seems more like a made TV movie to me. The 3-year-old boy disappears and returns 9 years later who lives only 2 blocks away from his mom's house. Now does that sound like a mystery or what? Michelle Pfeiffer's performance is great and the rest of the cast are okay. Whenever I watch this movie it makes me cry sometimes but if you haven't seen this movie yet I think you should rent it because it's good. I recommened it to everyone!
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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful!
Review: I think this movie is great. It has such a great ending and Jonathan Jackson is the greatest. The only thing that I would change is they show more of Jonathan Jackson. He is the greatest actor. Michelle Phieffer and Treat Williams were also great. I reccommend that you see this movie. I loved it so much I bought it and I rarely buy movies.
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Summary: Wow
Review: I was anxiously waiting to see this movie on television, so to bide the time, I grabbed the book to read. The movie is nothing like the book! I am a big time reader, but I found the book to be long, drawn-out and quite frankly, boring. The movie however, is fabulous. Everyone does an amazing job, but of particular note is Jonathan Jackson. This man can act! He did a superb job. This movie is definitely worth watching.
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Summary: "Goes a step beyond drama"
Review: It is hard to describe this film, but it is one with a very stable and unfamiliar plot. You will not be unsatisfied with this film I would recomend it to anyone with a family to look after, so you can see what really does happen. It is very suspensful and probably too much for young children to handle otherwise it is a great film.
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Summary: HEARTWARMING!
Review: It was absolutly great, Michelle Pfieffer's best. You'll laugh, you'll cry. You'll want to hug your family and never let go! Everyone should see this. It's. . . well, HEARTWARMING!
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Summary: film with potential falls apart
Review: Like far too many films these days, "The Deep End of the Ocean" begins promisingly then collapses midway under the crushing weight of heavyhanded plot mechanics, incredibility and sentimentality. The premise of the story is so compelling that the audience can't help but be drawn emotionally into the intense plight facing this family. Michelle Pfeiffer portrays a young photographer, living an idyllic life in Madison, Wisconsin with a loving and devoted husband (Treat Williams) and three adorable young children. While in Chicago for a class reunion, every parent's ultimate nightmare becomes a reality: her middle child unaccountably disappears in the middle of a crowded hotel lobby. These scenes, in which she undergoes a sense of mounting panic as well as a crushing sense of guilt and personal self-doubt, are more terrifying than anything contained in a conventional "horror" film. We cringe too as the investigators come up against one blank wall after another, empathizing fully with a mother driven to desperation in the face of the unspeakable. As months pass, the family attempts to cope with the horrific reality of their situation and the film promises to become an insightful study of the effects of the loss, fear and guilt that accompanies the disappearance of a child. But then the film goes agley as it moves ahead a decade and the child is miraculously discovered living a mere few blocks away, happily ensconced with a man first thought to be a kidnapper then revealed as an innocent pawn in an abduction scheme gone awry. As the child moves in with his "true" parents, the screenplay settles into a bland T.V. movie formula, in which each character must act out his or her customary little drama with little heed given to believability or originality. Instead of exploring the various stages a family goes through in the wake of a devastating loss, the film cheats us by coming through with an unconvincingly upbeat resolution. It becomes quite clear that the filmmakers are far more concerned with jerking out tears than with providing a truly thoughtprovoking exploration of its theme. This is a shame because the actors (especially Pfeiffer) handle their roles admirably. Only Whoopi Goldberg, in a totally thankless role as a compassionate investigator of missing children, seems hopelessly miscast. This film might well have been a labor of love for her (and indeed for everyone involved), but for the audience, it only makes one sigh over how much better it might have been.
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Summary: film with potential falls apart
Review: Like far too many films these days, "The Deep End of the Ocean" begins promisingly then collapses midway under the crushing weight of heavyhanded plot mechanics, incredibility and sentimentality. The premise of the story is so compelling that the audience can't help but be drawn emotionally into the intense plight facing this family. Michelle Pfeiffer portrays a young photographer, living an idyllic life in Madison, Wisconsin with a loving and devoted husband (Treat Williams) and three adorable young children. While in Chicago for a class reunion, every parent's ultimate nightmare becomes a reality: her middle child unaccountably disappears in the middle of a crowded hotel lobby. These scenes, in which she undergoes a sense of mounting panic as well as a crushing sense of guilt and personal self-doubt, are more terrifying than anything contained in a conventional "horror" film. We cringe too as the investigators come up against one blank wall after another, empathizing fully with a mother driven to desperation in the face of the unspeakable. As months pass, the family attempts to cope with the horrific reality of their situation and the film promises to become an insightful study of the effects of the loss, fear and guilt that accompanies the disappearance of a child. But then the film goes agley as it moves ahead a decade and the child is miraculously discovered living a mere few blocks away, happily ensconced with a man first thought to be a kidnapper then revealed as an innocent pawn in an abduction scheme gone awry. As the child moves in with his "true" parents, the screenplay settles into a bland T.V. movie formula, in which each character must act out his or her customary little drama with little heed given to believability or originality. Instead of exploring the various stages a family goes through in the wake of a devastating loss, the film cheats us by coming through with an unconvincingly upbeat resolution. It becomes quite clear that the filmmakers are far more concerned with jerking out tears than with providing a truly thoughtprovoking exploration of its theme. This is a shame because the actors (especially Pfeiffer) handle their roles admirably. Only Whoopi Goldberg, in a totally thankless role as a compassionate investigator of missing children, seems hopelessly miscast. This film might well have been a labor of love for her (and indeed for everyone involved), but for the audience, it only makes one sigh over how much better it might have been.
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Summary: CHARACTER FLAWS FLAW FILM
Review: Michelle Pfeiffer fails to convince me of her grief at losing her son to a kidnapper. She seems guilty about losing sight of him momentarily and for letting him get lost. Her guilt overtakes everything, and she is not a very devoted mother to her other two children. You can see that they are suffering from her neglect and total self-absorption. I felt that the movie was supposed to have been very compelling on an emotional, almost primal, level, but it was not compelling at all. I imagine that the book did a better job of conveying the terror of losing your child and realizing that your child may be gone forever. The people in the film all seemed to be too obsessed with themselves. Naturally this kind of tragedy will cause introspection and times of real doubt and soul searching, but I did not get the sense that the people here had any level of depth or sincerity.
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Summary: Michelle Pfeiffers oscar calibur performance
Review: Michelle Pfeiffer's excellent performance as a mother who has to deal with the heartbreak of losing a child is one of the highights of this top notch dramatic movie. When the child is found many years later one can only be torn,as she is torn, between her happiness and the happiness of the childwho doesn't remember anything about his real family. More emphasis should have been given to the boy Sam, then what was actually given, we only learn about how he feels through the words and actions of others. Ryan Merriman, who plays Sam is a very talented young actor, and given the right roles will be a name to reckon with.
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Summary: good movie
Review: Michelle Pfeiffer's performance pretty much saves this film. It was melo-dramatic at most parts, but wouldn't things be very dramatic in this situation? I liked the film, but it will depress you.
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