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Pfeiffer: I’ve lost my son Whoopi: I’m something of a gay myself
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A lot has been said about this film here. People criticising the filmmakers for the melodrama and the predicable turns but actually i found this film incredibly surprising and moving. And having read the book – it follows its narrative shifts exactly. The film is not a lifetime movie – its honest and the family dynamics are complicated. Its a film about the way families deal with tragedy in different the ways, and when their little boy and brother is lost; each of the Cappadoras blame themselves. The family are excellently cast – with a realistic dynamic between the two brothers. Call me sentimental but Ive always really loved this film.
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wait this made me kinda emotional. i think i love being a big sister and i think i do love my little sister 🥱
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sometimes you just need a little hallmark movie tbh
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Como lidar com a perda de um filho pequeno que, simplesmente, desaparece em um evento, sem deixar pistas, como lidar com a culpa por essa perda, como a família poderá lidar com tantos sentimentos dolorosos. É sobre isso. Michelle Pfeiffer entrega uma atuação convincente na pele da mãe que entra em depressão após o sumiço do filho. E, depois, como ligar com o reencontro com o filho, como fazer a adaptação com a família verdadeira. Estilo “sessão da tarde” com profundidade. Muito bom.
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تمنيت علاقه الاخوان تكون اقوى من كذا وكمان الاب معتل نفسياً واعجبتني الام يوم تقول كأني انا الي خطفت ولدي فعلاً بعد م يفوت الفوت معد ينفع الصوت خلاص فقدتيه من سنوات وعائله اخرى اهتمت فيه ما يحق لك تاخذينه دامه عاجبه الوضع هناك كل شخص يتحمل مسؤوليه اهماله
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cried and all but.. ending was kinda ⁉️⁉️
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amma gurthocchindi.
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CRAZY, this movie is crazy. And I should’ve known better when I seen [Whoopi Goldberg’s character, Det. Candy Bliss]. See what happens when you leave the door unlocked? But I love a ridiculous melodrama and I love Michelle Pfeiffer and sometimes that’s enough Faves: 1990s
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не самый лучший фильм для того, чтобы под него рисовать, страница моего скетчбука все в крапинку.. Но как же меня выбесил муж, сказавший давай заведут нового ребенка, ведь мне так не хватает шума в доме….ПРОСТО ЧТО, сказать это своей любимой женщине, потерявшей ребенка, винившей себя в этом, времени после пропажи прошло совсем мало…это пожалуй один из худших моментов в фильме. Отец вообще в этой ситуации будто только за себя переживал и его будто не волновали чувства любимых. несмотря на это фильм прекрасен, думаю это к сожалению реальность таких событий.
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Poor Vincent
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de chiquita siempre me hacía llorar
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It was a heartfelt movie and I’m honestly surprised with this whole family bond – the wife and the husband went through all together and stayed together. 🥹
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very wholesome. ending could’ve been slightly different but it was still good. story was fun and interesting with a lot of fun and deep characters.
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crazy me; thought vincent killed ben or something….
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LLM1987 8 月 8, 2026
جميل لكن فيه بعض النقاط الصغيره الي طلعتني شوي من جو الفلم – القفزات الزمنية ، اقدر اتفهم انك ماتبي تطول الفلم لذلك تضطر للقفزات الزمنيه لكن مب بالطريقه ذي ، بعدين ما يكتب لك كم مر من الوقت لا انت فجاه تستوعب ان اووه البزران كبرو يعني يمكن بالغت شوي بس المهم عاد -النقطه الثانيه ( نسيتها )بس كان فيه نقطه ثانيه الزبده فلم حليو بدايته كانت حلوه لكن مع مرور الوقت يبدا يهبط مستواه اقدّر الشخص الي اعطاني الفلم لذلك بحتفظ بالتقييم لنفسي حفاظًا على العلاقه 🤍 و تقريبا قاعد اتهرب من مراجعة ذا اوديسي ايضًا للحفاظ على علاقات كثير
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If only people were this considerate about others!
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whack movie with a whack script and whack plot but a HOT michelle pfeiffer
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Nice movie wouldn’t watch again but cute family movie to watch
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Melodramatic in kind of the worst ways the performances were hit or miss for me and it kinda got annoying
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take a shot everytime there is a CPS violation
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Vincent
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Esse é um dos meus filmes favoritos da época da Sessão da Tarde na TV Globo, devo ter visto umas quatro vezes. Recentemente eu li o livro da Jacquelyn Mitchard que inspirou esse filme. E eu digo inspirou pois apesar de gostar muito do filme e sempre me emocionar, sinto que ele deixou muito material de fora. Tá, eu compreendo sempre quando isso acontece por conta do tempo. Se o filme fosse adaptar fielmente o livro, levaria muito mais que…
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Sobbed the entire time who makes a movie so heart saddening
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This movie moves surprisingly fast and slow at the same time
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They shouldve made the scene where Vincent tells Sam/Ben that he let go of his hand and said “get lost loser” more emotional. Thats pretty significant.
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Los diálogos son un poco cursis pero la peli te mantiene pegado al TV
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Vincent deserves therapy subscription 4 life.
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So heartwarming 🥹
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Duyguyu o kadar veremediler ki çocuğa hiç ait hissettirmediler sonu da çok saçma bitti daha mutlu bir aile izlemeyi beklerdim sonunda
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This one exceeded my expectations by a lot. I felt very attached to each character, I cried with them, laughed and felt for their every heartbreak. I have never seen a movie quite like this one and I loved it. Would definitely recommend if you are looking for a good cry.
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Had potential to be great but was kinda underwhelming and boring. It was kinda sad I guess because it was a true story. I was so ready for the mums reaction.
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Bad parenting at its finest. Not only fucking up 1 kids life but both lol Naw but I couldn’t imagine being in their shoes that has to be the toughest shit in life. But I don’t like how she was trying to cook the dad at the end like she hasn’t been an absolute train wreck for 9 years like relax girl. As for the movie just a typical hallmark movie that I’ll forget about.
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This is really not good. Terrible title first of all. It’s like hallmark without love and whimsy, so that just leaves you with a bad script, bad acting, and a plot where you say huh? Will be deleting this from my brain.
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احب الافلام اللي كذا ابدع الكاتب
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hardly cared about struggles of parents. all of them. though all the scenes between vincent and ben/sam made me cry a river
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Garde partagée ? Oui, non, peut-être ? Come on guys…
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I was waiting for a crazy plot twist like the brother trying to kill him or something. #disappointed, need a little more drama. But it wasn’t a bad movie
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this was very interesting, the way it ends is not how you would expect. thought it would be an action like movie but it aeirdlt feels like day to day life even with the horrible circumstances
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طالعته عشبالي قصه حقيقي حييييل عور قلبي بجيت من قلب وقلت امبيه شلون قصه حقيقيه واخر شي طلع انه روايه مو قصه حقيقيه الحمدلله
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أكثر شخص زعلت عليه هو فينسنت، أما الأب والأم فهم الأسوأ في الفيلم
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Genuinely js cried at work
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Samandar se kya taluq tha bhai
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That’s was great drama movie from 1999. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer. 8/10. pretty good film.
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coitada dessas crianças
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99 da cıkmıs güzel olmayan bi film söyleyin bana söyleyemezsiniz yok cünkü
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I didn’t love every choice the mom made, but I felt the story. I connected with the emotional trauma, the realism, and the child‑centered perspective. I understood the adoptive dad wasn’t the villain. I saw the complexity instead of just the drama.
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we fucked up , me and my mom
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DEBILIDADES. Mi padre la quería ver y no le dije que no. Que quieres que te diga, un dramón de los 90 que cuenta con Michelle Pfeiffer y Whoopi Goldberg, pues sí a todo. Es triste y Michelle Pfeiffer se lleva el peso de la película con su interpretación de madre que pierde a su hijo en vida y la esperanza de recuperarlo en su posición es un arma de doble filo. Tiene un giro bueno, dura lo justo y…
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Pretty decent drama about a family who’s middle child is kidnapped and what the family go throigh trying to find him and get him back. Pretty decent story and good performances
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Uzun zaman önce izlediğim için hatırlayamıyorum pek ama çok duygusal bir filmdi. Beni huzunlendirmisti. Güzeldi
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as an eldest daughter i feel bad for Vincent, at the same time i have very complicated feelings with this film generally
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Perfeito
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Shocked this hasn’t been remade/re-adpated as a limited series on Apple+ or Netflix starring Jennifer Garner or Toni Collette.
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filmde özellikle Ben’e üzüldüm iki hayat arasında sıkışmış hissetmesi ve kimseye tam anlamıyla ait olamaması keske biraz daha cesur bir finali olsaydı
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Where is the ocean.
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watched for the plot (vincent)
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Is joint custody not a thing??? Added half a star cuz teen Vincent is hot.
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Movie name 🤩 Actual movie 💩
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She likes cemetaries & recalls that the 1871 fire was like michael jackson’s death: chicago. Stars worry, will I get a good death date? Do my friends & neighbors think I am good person. Be like Conyers: choose happiness, Beth. Choose hoops.
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recognized this in the free youtube movies section from tiktok clips. def enjoyed but I felt so bad for the adoptive dad, the brothers bonding was SO CUTE but they never treated vincent right after ben disappeared
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idk if it was the 90s nostalgia or the sibling connection but this genuinely moved me to tears
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Eu só não vou dar 5 estrelas pois o irmão mais velho merecia uma surra. Mas eu entendo todos os lados dessa história e MDS a sequestradora tava na nossa cara!! Não fazia sentido terem comentado nela só por comentar, é claro que tinha alguma coisa ali. Não sei oq eu faria se algo do tipo acontecesse comigo, nem gosto de pensar nisso, mas tenho certeza q ficaria bem pior que essa mãe.
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Kind of made me mad that they didnt just let the kid live with both families like hes just supposed to forget his other life. And the mom dropping him off like ig hes not my kid anymore. Like girl no what. They couldve combined thanksgivings
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I felt like we shouldve focused more on their life after the nine years and that some of the before couldve been cut ! but other than that I really enjoyed this, i was not expecting the plot to go the way it did but it ended up moving me a lot. im a bit sad that we didnt see vincent and his parents getting proper closure with eachother, or more of vincent and kerry’s dynamic, but I also fully…
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It was a good premise but I think it would’ve been better as a drama thriller or psychological thriller vibe. The ending is kinda unrealistic imo. Why would he go back to the family he wanted to get away from so bad after like 2 weeks? It would’ve been better if like there was a plot twist where his “dad” (George) was actually in on the abduction and went to jail and stuff.
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I loved this movie but I won’t say why.
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You are probably smarter than every character in this movie.
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even Michelle Pfeiffer could not salvage this mess of a screenplay.
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what the hell sure
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Saturday afternoon easy going melancholia
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La historia es muy bonita, aunque se podría haber resuelto mejor 🙂
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cocuk haklı amk nıye bıldıgı aılesını bırakıp tanımadıgı ınsanlaela yasasın kı sacmalıga bak
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The older brother kept blaming himself which made him to act out. But nice ending of the family reuniting. I feel like could’ve co-parent because it was unfair to George who had no partaking of his wife’s actions, but good movie
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idk why i thought this was supposed to be a psychological thriller lol
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“he’s never been sad a day in his life. now he’s the saddest boy in the world.” i be watching some BULLSHIT! a very bizzare but sweet family drama.
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Loved the vibe. Felt all the emotions. Especially, the moment when the mother realises that she had actually and physically lost her son. The raw emotions portrayed by Michelle were immaculate. In the story, when Ben comes back as Sam was actually unrealistic in an otherwise very realistic movie. But the struggle to make him fit in a family that was biologically his, but unknown to him was a true depiction of the loss one suffers, if one’s absent for…
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Make sure to have a box of Cleanex with you
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7.5/10 I had a different experience with this movie than most I guess because the bulk of these reviews seem to be along the lines of “it sucked but at least the actor that played Vincent was hot”. I enjoyed the movie a lot with the exception of said actor. I feel mean saying it because I’m sure it’s just the way he’s born, but I find his nasally vocal fry voice distractingly off-putting. And again not his fault, but…
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Mmonmonm 7 月 9, 2026
I did not intend to watch this a second time. I just completely forgot that I had. So I guess that says it all.
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I wanted to smack the hell out of ben or sam whatever the hell was his name. Don’t you know you were kidnapped????????
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Called it
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I mean it was good three years ago
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O filme é bom poderia ter sido melhor se eles tivessem agido como pessoas civilizadas e inteligentes, ao invés de meio que cortar contato com o pai do menino deveriam ter mantido contato para ele ir se acostumando, e o irmão mais velho deveria ter conversado com o mais novo pra se entenderem mas mesmo assim deu tudo certo então tá ótimo 👍
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Tears. Tough one. Love this. My type of movie. Love all the actors, especially Merriman from Luck of the Irish & Jackson.
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Damn Vincent was fine af.
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Ele não te odeia, do que você está falando, ele ama, você nunca viu o jeito que ele olha para você, tudo que ele quer é que você o perdoe. muito bom, mas não entendi muito bem como aconteceu o sequestro, mas ao decorrer do filme é muito bonito, principalmente com o irmão mais velho tira a culpa que ele tinha sobre os ombros, e enquanto o ben, nem se ressentia por isso, e os pais deles também, são ótimos,…
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Haven’t cried at a movie in so long … this one was emotional
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“That’s what I remember. That I wasn’t scared. Because I knew you’d come and find me.” STOP IT RIGHT NOW.
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The real dad (pat) was annoying af
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Hermosa película, aún estoy en lágrimas!
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As a Wisconsin native I’m incredibly bothered by the way Michelle Pfeiffer pronounced Peshtigo.
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We all felt bad for Vincent 😭 it was a good watch. Felt real tbh idk why y’all hating :/
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bad parenting is a crime
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Vincent call me
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Very sentimental istg
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when the mom said Ben was scared of water i Genuinely thought he drowned or something. Hence the title of the movie.
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older vincent is so fine can we acknowledge that
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i thought it was gonna be more deep and dramatic w that title
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16 yo Vincent is mogging who is this kid
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i cried a lot….uhh…pacing was odd…uhhhhhhhhhhhh
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i was crying sm and this movie gave me sm anxiety but def watch
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mmmmh très oubliable
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Everyone’s faces pissed me off so bad for no reason This had so much potential but they just messed it all up I don’t know
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What even was this?
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the part when the dad was complaining about a quiet house and wanting another kid right after his son was kidnapped
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Thought it was going to be more of a mystery. Had a couple interesting moments but overall kind of slow.
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So Vincent just being ignored over and over and forced to take care of everything is just suddenly now ok? Yeah bro
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The acting was great, the story was pretty simple but the themes were very thought provoking
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What the hell did I waste my life watching?!
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Watched this from a rude lady’s iPad in between the cracks of airplane seats. Had captions. It’s a a stupid movie to me
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I felt so bad for Vincent, he never got to live his childhood, grew up completely emotionally neglected, and was left to carry a constant guilt. And the detective is literally the female version of captain holt
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It reopened wounds
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A really interesting framing of what would be a standard 90s kidnapped child thriller. Great ideas couched in what otherwise was a bizarre script. The gas leak in the studio was strong during this shoot.
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They can’t forget a hot teenage boy in the usual family in films ofc
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This could be my new comfort movie
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where is the ocean? whats even the point of the title? well at least vincent was hot..
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Spoiler- they found their son but there’s still no sign of the ocean 🌊
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really loved this, its found family in a way but the difference is the boy just forgot his past.,,.,.,.,.,,.
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Mamma mia, mi ha fatto piangere. Storia raccapricciante, immedesimazione nel personaggio di Beth assicurata. Michelle Pfeiffer bravissima nell’interpretare la follia di una madre che ha perso un figlio. Un film che rimane nel cuore.
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يبكي ويوجع القلب مررررة. شخصية فنسينت الطفل والمراهق كلها تحزن، وطريقة تعبيره عن حبه❤️❤️🩹
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Vista Originalmente: SÁBADO 24 AGOSTO 2024 –
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The concept was sad and the little boy was in a messed up situation but the movie was just okay.
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jspu
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The Deep End of the Ocean talvez não seja um filme marcante ou inesquecível, mas vale a pena pela forma sensível com que aborda a perda, o reencontro e as cicatrizes que o tempo não apaga. Um drama simples, sincero e que consegue emocionar sem precisar exagerar.❤️
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Ulu Grosbard’s “The Deep End of the Ocean” is a painfully stolid movie that lumbers past emotional issues like a wrestler in a cafeteria line, putting a little of everything on his plate. It provides big roles for Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams, but doesn’t provide them with the screenplay support they need; the result is that awkwardness when characters express emotions that the audience doesn’t share. (There’s no way I can discuss the failure of the movie without revealing…
- Synopsis
- A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
- Director
- Ulu Grosbard
- Writer
- Stephen Schiff
- Studio
- Mandalay Entertainment, Via Rosa Productions
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 106 mins
- USA12 Mar 1999
- Portugal16 Apr 1999
- France05 May 1999
- Germany12 Aug 1999
- South Korea09 Oct 1999
- Hungary10 Feb 2000
- Czechia01 Apr 2000
- Sweden12 Mar 1999
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