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Summary: excellent performances by all
Review: Ok, I rented this because I figured my girlfriend would like it, but so did I. Michelle Pfeiffer is her most riveting. I normally don't like Treat Williams, but I found his character very beleivable here. Also the young man who played Vincent (17 yr. old) will do well to keep acting, he has a road ahead of him. I know it sounds like a movie-of-the-week plot, but it is quite effective. The DVD itself has a short (5 min) featurette, that is about as enlightening as it sounds.
Rating: 
Summary: Slow Moving but Good
Review: Surprisingly good film despite some of the reviews it got. Michelle Pfeiffer plays distraught mother Bethy Cappadora whose three year old son Ben goes missing during her High School reunion. If you are looking for an exciting film with lots of action then don't watch this. "The Deep End of the Ocean" is an intelligent film about a family coming to terms with the loss of their child and then his miraculous recovery nine years later. Pfeiffer is excellent in her role as mother and photographer who must come to terms with her guilt of turning her back for just a moment and loosing sight of her small son. Treat Williams gives a credible performance as her bewildered husband and Jonathan Jackson who plays Vincent, the Cappadora's oldest son at 16, is quietly believeable as a boy with a troubled conscience. Add to this the talents of Whoopi Goldberg as a gay black Police Woman assigned to the case and you have a solid film that is both compelling and watchable. I enjoyed "Deep End of the Ocean" because of its intelligence and the compassionate way it treated a very sensitive subject. Not a tear jerker per se but it will give you a lump in your throat at times. Well worth watching if you want something that won't fighten you to death or leave you with heart palpitations.
Rating: 
Summary: Hard To Swallow Ocean
Review: TDEOTO has all the qualities of a poor TV movie that tries to pull at the heart strings but winds up being incredulous and insipid. A waste of substantial actors such as Michelle Pfeiffer. And a truly sappy ending.
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Summary: kind of good but desperately trying to be sad
Review: the cast in this movie is trying to make this movie dramatic and touching but is wasted with bad acting and cheesiness.Michelle Pfeiffer could have done a lot better.Whoopi Goldberg was kinda good in this
Rating: 
Summary: The Deep End of the Ocean
Review: The Deep End of the Ocean is a drama about child/stranger abduction. The Cappadora's are a family of five living in Wisconsin. The mother, Beth (played by Michelle Phillips), is a photographer. One fall day, she and her three children Vincent (5), Ben (3), and Carrie (a few months old) take a weekend trip to Chicago to attend her class reunion. Beth and the children arrive at the hotel, where she is greeted by many past and present friends. Amongst all the chaos and excitement in the lobby, Ben was kidnapped while Vincent was supposed to be watching him. Pat, Beth's husband (played by Treet Williams), was notified and immediately went to Beth's side. Beth remained in Chicago for two months while Pat returned to Wisconsin with Vincent and Carrie. While Beth was in Chicago, she became close to a police detective named Candy Bliss (played by Whoopi Goldberg), basically living at the police station. Beth finally returned home after two months of staying in Chicago. Pat was the backbone of the family by taking care of the children and the family business while Beth fell deeper into depression. Even though she has two children that need her to love them, she can only think of Ben and how she lost him. The story moves ahead nine years. Pat opened a new restaurant in Chicago, where they moved to two years before. Beth started taking pictures again and appears to have adjusted to their life without Ben. Carrie was now nine years old and Vincent was a teenager with many behavioral problems. Life moved on until one day a boy knocked on their door asking if he could mow their yard. Beth froze in disbelief. Beth took a few pictures of him, while he mowed the yard and compared them to the pictures to the age-progression picture that the police had made of Ben. The pictures looked identical. Life turned upside-down again. The police, Beth, Pat, and Candy went to Ben's home. Ben's "father", George Karras, didn't understand what was happening because he had legally adopted Ben. Actually, he adopted Sam, Ben's new name. This plot in the story is astonishing since Beth doesn't know the identity of the abductor and George didn't realize that Ben was kidnapped. Moving Ben into the Cappadora's home is stressful on the whole family. Many conflicting emotions between Beth and Pat surface as they search for a way to reconnect with the child they had lost. Vincent and Carrie sit in the background while Beth and Pat focus on their relationship with Ben. The attention Ben gets from everyone adds stress to the already strained relationship between him and Vincent. Ben tries to stay open to the possibilities and doesn't want to close any doors. He wants to keep his relationship with George, but Beth and Pat make it virtually impossible. Ben doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings but wants happiness for himslf also. At the end of the movie, everyone seems to relax as the light at the end of the tunnel gets closer. A serene, calm atmosphere absorbs the last scene as Ben and Vincent finally connect. This story has many sides. When Beth loses Ben, the pain she felt makes your heart heavy. Any mother can only imagine how that feels. Watching it happen to someone else is painful but the thought of that happening to your own child is overwhelming. A joyful side of this movie is when Ben is found. The excitement, the wonder, and the anticipation of Sam being Ben, was a high point of the movie. He had been two blocks away for two years. A simple knock on the door changed their lives again. The section of the movie that included Sam was a little slow. Beth, Pat, and Ben (Sam) seemed to be living the same way for months with no noticeable progress. This made this movie seem to last longer than what it really needed to be. An aspect that could have made this movie more realistic is Ben's personality. He is an extremely mature twelve-year old. His reactions were too optimistic and cheerful most of the time. I think that the typical teenager in this situation would have rebelled or become more isolated. If Ben had been more confused, perhaps his reactions would have been easier to sympathize with. I didn't feel a connection with Ben. Even though he was one of the main characters, I didn't feel any kind of relationship with him. This story is divided into two sections. The first part is from the abduction through three or four months following the abduction. This part pulls on your emotions of how you would cope with the loss of your child. It's as if Ben were dead but not knowing exactly if he is or not is worse. The second half deals with the return of Ben and how the family including Ben copes with this adjustment. The twists in this half seem to fade compared to the first half. The struggles and accomplishments appear to compliment each other but without a climax. The family pushes each other away but together at the end. There's not a huge event or tragedy that brings them back together. This movie is what I would call a "chick-flick" in regards to the story following the mother's perspective. It really calls to mother's emotions. It brings the viewer to a level that is uncomfortable and to a situation that only happens to other children, not yours. "What if my child was kidnapped?" is a powerful statement. This movie makes you examine your own habits or practices and what you would do in the same situation. I left this movie realizing that I could be Beth. Even though this is only a movie, it has an underlying message about how child abduction only takes a second.
Rating:
Summary: The Deep End of the Ocean
Review: The Deep End of the Ocean is a drama about child/stranger abduction. The Cappadora's are a family of five living in Wisconsin. The mother, Beth (played by Michelle Phillips), is a photographer. One fall day, she and her three children Vincent (5), Ben (3), and Carrie (a few months old) take a weekend trip to Chicago to attend her class reunion. Beth and the children arrive at the hotel, where she is greeted by many past and present friends. Amongst all the chaos and excitement in the lobby, Ben was kidnapped while Vincent was supposed to be watching him. Pat, Beth's husband (played by Treet Williams), was notified and immediately went to Beth's side. Beth remained in Chicago for two months while Pat returned to Wisconsin with Vincent and Carrie. While Beth was in Chicago, she became close to a police detective named Candy Bliss (played by Whoopi Goldberg), basically living at the police station. Beth finally returned home after two months of staying in Chicago. Pat was the backbone of the family by taking care of the children and the family business while Beth fell deeper into depression. Even though she has two children that need her to love them, she can only think of Ben and how she lost him. The story moves ahead nine years. Pat opened a new restaurant in Chicago, where they moved to two years before. Beth started taking pictures again and appears to have adjusted to their life without Ben. Carrie was now nine years old and Vincent was a teenager with many behavioral problems. Life moved on until one day a boy knocked on their door asking if he could mow their yard. Beth froze in disbelief. Beth took a few pictures of him, while he mowed the yard and compared them to the pictures to the age-progression picture that the police had made of Ben. The pictures looked identical. Life turned upside-down again. The police, Beth, Pat, and Candy went to Ben's home. Ben's "father", George Karras, didn't understand what was happening because he had legally adopted Ben. Actually, he adopted Sam, Ben's new name. This plot in the story is astonishing since Beth doesn't know the identity of the abductor and George didn't realize that Ben was kidnapped. Moving Ben into the Cappadora's home is stressful on the whole family. Many conflicting emotions between Beth and Pat surface as they search for a way to reconnect with the child they had lost. Vincent and Carrie sit in the background while Beth and Pat focus on their relationship with Ben. The attention Ben gets from everyone adds stress to the already strained relationship between him and Vincent. Ben tries to stay open to the possibilities and doesn't want to close any doors. He wants to keep his relationship with George, but Beth and Pat make it virtually impossible. Ben doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings but wants happiness for himslf also. At the end of the movie, everyone seems to relax as the light at the end of the tunnel gets closer. A serene, calm atmosphere absorbs the last scene as Ben and Vincent finally connect. This story has many sides. When Beth loses Ben, the pain she felt makes your heart heavy. Any mother can only imagine how that feels. Watching it happen to someone else is painful but the thought of that happening to your own child is overwhelming. A joyful side of this movie is when Ben is found. The excitement, the wonder, and the anticipation of Sam being Ben, was a high point of the movie. He had been two blocks away for two years. A simple knock on the door changed their lives again. The section of the movie that included Sam was a little slow. Beth, Pat, and Ben (Sam) seemed to be living the same way for months with no noticeable progress. This made this movie seem to last longer than what it really needed to be. An aspect that could have made this movie more realistic is Ben's personality. He is an extremely mature twelve-year old. His reactions were too optimistic and cheerful most of the time. I think that the typical teenager in this situation would have rebelled or become more isolated. If Ben had been more confused, perhaps his reactions would have been easier to sympathize with. I didn't feel a connection with Ben. Even though he was one of the main characters, I didn't feel any kind of relationship with him. This story is divided into two sections. The first part is from the abduction through three or four months following the abduction. This part pulls on your emotions of how you would cope with the loss of your child. It's as if Ben were dead but not knowing exactly if he is or not is worse. The second half deals with the return of Ben and how the family including Ben copes with this adjustment. The twists in this half seem to fade compared to the first half. The struggles and accomplishments appear to compliment each other but without a climax. The family pushes each other away but together at the end. There's not a huge event or tragedy that brings them back together. This movie is what I would call a "chick-flick" in regards to the story following the mother's perspective. It really calls to mother's emotions. It brings the viewer to a level that is uncomfortable and to a situation that only happens to other children, not yours. "What if my child was kidnapped?" is a powerful statement. This movie makes you examine your own habits or practices and what you would do in the same situation. I left this movie realizing that I could be Beth. Even though this is only a movie, it has an underlying message about how child abduction only takes a second.
Rating:
Summary: As Deep as a drama can get
Review: The Deep End of the Ocean is a great drama for the whole family. I recommend that your children see it so they can discover how serious it is when a child is lost, and what can happen. I recommend this movie to everyone who loves a good dramatic movie.
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Summary: Great performance by all actors....
Review: The Deep End of the Ocean is a well produced movie. Going into the theater I was skeptical about the quality of the film. When I left the theater however, I was very impressed not only with the plot but also the performance of all of the actors esp. Michelle Pfeiffer and Jonathan Jackson.
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Summary: A confusing,thoughless movie
Review: The Deep End Of The Ocean is about a mother who struggles to finding her son after losing him at age 3. For 10 yrs he gone until one day he shows up in mid air. This movie is a satire. It had so many confusing plots, and not much good acting, I wonder where they come up with this stuff. But the ending is so stupid. All I have to say is it's not that intresting or even glancing at it .
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: The Deep End of the Ocean was a touching movie. It had a very interesting plot, excellent acting, and it was well casted. I have to disagree with those who say the acting was bad because it wasn't. This is one of those movies that you have to want to watch to appretiate. Tne years after her son's kidnapping, a confused, upset mother finds her long lost son standing on her doorstep. After being assured it was really him, the cops act quickly to bring him home. The problem is, he already had one. How can you give a child a loving, happy home if you are at the same time forcing him to leave his loving, happy life somewhere else? I would really recommend this movie if you want to see an emotional movie.
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