Review: This is an extremely sweet movie with some great performances from some top actors. Mark Ruffalo, (Cam Stuart) plays a manic depressive father who loves his family very much but his wife Maggie Stuart (Zoe Saldana) finds it hard to deal with his various moods, which cause the family distress. Cam then has a psychotic breakdown, which causes him to be fired from his job and hospitalised for a while, and when he's released, he lives by himself, which takes him away from his loved ones. Maggie struggles to make ends meet and she finally decides to further her education in New York, while Cam looks after his two young girls. While Cam is struggling through there normal, day to day routine whilst dealing with his bipolar disease, Maggie visits the family household every weekend to make sure things are running smoothly. Cam really wants to get the family back together, once Maggie has finished her 18 months training but she soon realises that there are more opportunities in New York. As Cam will not be able to tackle his disease and live in the fast paced city, he decides to stay in Boston and Maggie soon comes to the conclusion that it wouldn't be fair to take kids with her, so they work out a plan which will suit everyone. Its definitely a tear-jerker with emotional scenes throughout and I'm sure a lot of people would be able to relate to the families distressing situation. The chemistry between Saldana and Ruffalo is very realistic and the little girls, Amelia (Imogene Wolodarsky) and Faith (Ashley Aufderheide), are great. Its definitely an emotional drama about a family who make the most out of what they have but if your expecting twists and turns, this is definitely not the movie for you. Enjoyable!
Round-Up: Although this movie didn't make its money back at the box office, it's definitely worth a watch. Mark Ruffalo, 48, was brilliant as the doting father, alongside Zoe Saldana, 37, who has starred in huge movies like Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek and Pirates of the Caribbean. She is due to play Nina Simone in the biopic, Nina and with another Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avatar in the pipeline, she has definitely made the right choices in her successful career. Anyway, this is the first movie directed by Maya Forbes but she wrote 12 episodes of the Larry Sanders Show, the Rocker, Monsters vs. Aliens, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and an episode for the People v. O.J. Simpson. For her first project, she done a great job by getting some top actors in this well written drama and it'll be good to see what type of movie she will direct next.
Budget: $6.7million Worldwide Gross: $1.8million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their drama/romance/comedies starring Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky and Ashley Aufderheide. 6/10
Round-Up: Although this movie didn't make its money back at the box office, it's definitely worth a watch. Mark Ruffalo, 48, was brilliant as the doting father, alongside Zoe Saldana, 37, who has starred in huge movies like Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Trek and Pirates of the Caribbean. She is due to play Nina Simone in the biopic, Nina and with another Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avatar in the pipeline, she has definitely made the right choices in her successful career. Anyway, this is the first movie directed by Maya Forbes but she wrote 12 episodes of the Larry Sanders Show, the Rocker, Monsters vs. Aliens, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and an episode for the People v. O.J. Simpson. For her first project, she done a great job by getting some top actors in this well written drama and it'll be good to see what type of movie she will direct next.
Budget: $6.7million Worldwide Gross: $1.8million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their drama/romance/comedies starring Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky and Ashley Aufderheide. 6/10