The Deep End of the Ocean

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Summary: Wonderful touching movie
Review: The Deep End Of The Ocean was a very touching movie. The acting in the film was great. The movie was like 2 movies in one. The first half was dealing with a family who had just lost their son. Nobody knows what has happened to him. Then the next half of the movie was when the family moves into a new house a couple of states away and their long lost son comes knocking at their door asking them if they want their lawn mowed. That is how they become a family again. But then they start to realize that the boy is not happy with this "new" family. So they give him back. Then at the end he goes with the origanal family again. Very good movie. Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Willaims gave outstanding performances. Jonathan Jackson was also a very big part of this movie. He also did very well. This was a good movie and you should buy it. It will inspire you.

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Summary: Do not watch this movie-- READ THE BOOK!
Review: The filmakers RUINEDRUINEDRUINEDRUINED a great book by taking out the best parts and changing the real reason Ben's brother was so troubled. Please read the book instead (or at least in addition to) this movie!

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Summary: Michele and Johnathon were in their usual awesome form!
Review: The movie itself was a bit hard to believe,although anything is possible. I think they should have let young Johnathon show his real stuff! He has terrific talent in singing & writing music as well as acting. Michele, well, whats to say ,she is always beyond terrific!Would have liked more of Jacksons 'music, loved the title song he wrote! Blows me away!It is powerful and full of emotions, and everyone needs to get a glimpse! Personally I will OWN it, I already have the soundtrack! Would love to see more of Johnathon Jackson in the future! Keep On makin the hits !;)

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Summary: Ok But Considerably Softened From Novel
Review: The novel that this movie was adapted from zeroed in with far more complexity about the isssues surrounding the kidnapping of a young boy while waiting for his mother and holding his older brother's hand in a crowded hotel lobby. What was not a novel about the wrongful set of parents vs. the right set of parents, becomes one in the movie version. The novel took a hard look at everyone in the first, biological family and then really zoomed in on the older brother, who was watching his younger brother yet somehow let go of his hand in the crowd. If you loved the novel, I think you may have problems with the movie.

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Summary: a tear-jerker every time!
Review: The pain of losing a son is unbearable, to say the least. One may think that after he's found everything will be a-ok from then on, but this is, in most cases, probably not true. "The Deep End of the Ocean" is a realistic portrayal of this kind of situation. The casting, I agree with the other viewers, was done wonderfully. However, I do wish there was more development of the Vincent character, especially with the obvious talent of the young Joshua Jackson. I've watched this movie about 3 times already, and I've cried harder each time I watched it.

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Summary: Soap Opera Muck
Review: The story begins with Beth Cappadora going to her High School Reunion in Chicago. For some reason, she brings all her kids and leaves her husband behind. However, a tragedy strikes when she leaves the older boy (Vincent) to watch the younger one (Ben) and he goes missing. He goes missing for 10 years.

Much of the movie involves the consequences of such an action immediately after the abduction as well as the scars that it leaves even 10 years later. Vincent, who is not like 17, has become a hardened teen, partly because of his guilt for letting Ben go and partly because his mother stopped doing her job as a parent for so many years. The wife/husband relationship is also strained but is on the mend as Ben (now called Sam) comes back into their lives.

However, Ben/Sam is not happy to be back. He has been living a quiet, happy life with the only parent he ever knew, his father. To be stripped of his father because of something the now deceased mother did is also a tragedy in itself. Who are the parents here? The Cappadora who raised him to age 3 and are the biological parents or George Karras who raised Ben/Sam for the remaining 10 years and is the only parent that Ben/Sam ever knew?

Well these questions are not really answered in this melodrama because Ben/Sam becomes less the focus of the story. Actually the director goes all over the place patching up story leaks with quaint little fixes that are reminiscent of Sit coms. I felt this plotline belonged more on "Growing Pains" than on the silver screen. The worst part of the movie comes at the end when George suddenly lets Ben/Sam go "home" and Ben/Sam suddenly feels that the Cappadora's are his real family. This is after Beth lets him go and Vincent is a real jerk to him. It is a cop-out ending IMO.

If you want drama, there are others that are better than this formulaic timewaster....Rating: C-

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Summary: Enjoyed this movie....
Review: This is a movie that I rented and popped into the vcr mainly for background noise. My cable was out and the video store was short on movies. I never expected to get into it like I did. Although it is true, as some viewrs have said, almost like a movie of the week plot. But...I have generally enjoyed most every movie of the week that I have seen. For sure, the little guy who played Sam stoled the show. What an incredible actor. And I have to dispute what others here have said....I think the story line is very plausable. I am not a fan of action movies at all.....now THOSE are the story lines that are completely non-plausable. Man shoots man...never goes to jail.....and so on.

This movie allows you to see both sides of Sam's situation. His relationship with the only father he remembers, and his relationship with his "new" family. I think most people can understand why he feels the way he does about his "father". I n a way, it actually gets you pulling for George and Sam to be together. I think if the situation were happening in real life, and we were all flies on the wall...we would be pulling for them to be together too. The only thing I couldn't understand was why they never tried some kind of "joint" arrangement....where he could stay with each family from time to time, mainly because they lived so close to one another. But hey...this is Hollywood.

All in all, it was a good story. The acting was great. Each and every character was played to the max. I will buy this one.

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Summary: Slowwww...
Review: This is a verry sloowww moovviee

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Summary: This movie could have been much better......
Review: This movie had a great story, and wonderfull casting, but the main problem was that many of the most pivotal moments and points in the story were not addressed. The parts of this movie that were good, were great, but if you have read the book, don't watch this expecting to see a carbon-copy (of the book.) I still recomend this movie, but in my mind, it should have been longer and it should have had more to do with the charactor of Reese (Jonathan Jackson) as the origonal story did.

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Summary: Seemed long ... but still worthwhile
Review: This movie is two movies really, and that is why it may appear longer than what it is. The first half deals with the loss of a child at a school reunion. The child does not reappear, and the way the family deal with it is extremely well done. Pfeiffer portrays the mother who never gets over the grief extremely well. The second half of the movie deals with the family moving to Chicago, and by an amazing twist of fate, stumble across their son. Naturally it is NOT all roses from here on. The son is taken out of the home he is used to, told that he was kidnapped and expected to fit in to his new family. By this time, I was very sad as I just wanted it to come together nicely for the family. For awhile the movie seeed to drag, but it was still watchable. Fine performances from Treat Williams as the father who expects everything to fall into place, and as mentioned above, a great performance from Michelle Pfeiffer as the mother who has to endure so much pain. I agree with others, it seems like a telemovie only because many telemovies focus on similar family themes. The movie will promise you this though: in the blink of an eye, your whole life can change.