Drama
PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
David Duchovny: Brian Burke, a successful architectural designer
Halle Berry: his wife Audrey
Alexis Llewellyn: their 10-year-old daughter Harper (aka Harp)
Micah Berry: their 6-year-old son Dony
Benicio Del Toro: Jerry Sunborne, Brian’s oldest friend
John Carroll Lynch: Howard Glassman, Brian’s neighbour
Omar Benson Miller: Audrey’s younger brother Neal
REVIEW
Embracing several of life’s tribulations this film is geared for the mature audience. Due to the nature of the subject material, it is not a light-hearted outing. Although a tad too long (despite two people being credited with the editing) there is not a lot that could be eliminated without some loss to the story.
Halle Berry gives a fine performance but is outdone by Benicio Del Toro who turns in perhaps his best effort ever.
Couple points of contention: the frequent extreme close-ups get to be a bit annoying after a while and the situation with Jerry helping Audrey deal with her insomnia does not ring true and detracts somewhat from the overall sense of reality.
CLASSIFICATION
for drug content and language.FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
Jerry reaches over to turn out the bedside lamp but it goes out before he even gets a good grip of the pull chain.
When Audrey calls on apartment 33 we hear the knock a fraction of a second before her knuckle actually strikes the door.
Brian and Audrey embrace while she is working on a window frame and her white gloves are smeared with paint. When Brian leaves she waves goodbye but now her gloves are hardly smudged.
P.S.
Apparently Micah Berry is no relation to the female lead. Could have fooled me.
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