We watched this at home on DVD from our public library.
I know Russell Crowe gets his share of criticism, some deserved some not, but I have always enjoyed the roles he creates, and this movie is another good one for him. He is novelist and Pulitzer winner Jake Davis. He has a wife and young daughter, an accident takes away his wife, and his injuries require him to leave for 7 months to get treatment, including shock therapy for his tremors. During this time young Katie lives with her aunt and uncle and their two young boys.
The movie is edited such that it shifts back and forth, when Katie was very young then 25 years later when she was a social worker and going for her graduate degree. The grown Katie is Amanda Seyfried and the young Katie is played by Dallas native Kylie Rogers.
Grown Katie is a mess and it seems a result of losing her mother then her dad. She says she is "empty" and cannot have feelings for anyone, but then she meets Aaron Paul, freelance reporter in New York, as Cameron.
The story is not easy to watch at times but the focus is on the love bind between Katie and her dad, and then Katie's attempts at finding normalcy as an adult.
Good movie!
I know Russell Crowe gets his share of criticism, some deserved some not, but I have always enjoyed the roles he creates, and this movie is another good one for him. He is novelist and Pulitzer winner Jake Davis. He has a wife and young daughter, an accident takes away his wife, and his injuries require him to leave for 7 months to get treatment, including shock therapy for his tremors. During this time young Katie lives with her aunt and uncle and their two young boys.
The movie is edited such that it shifts back and forth, when Katie was very young then 25 years later when she was a social worker and going for her graduate degree. The grown Katie is Amanda Seyfried and the young Katie is played by Dallas native Kylie Rogers.
Grown Katie is a mess and it seems a result of losing her mother then her dad. She says she is "empty" and cannot have feelings for anyone, but then she meets Aaron Paul, freelance reporter in New York, as Cameron.
The story is not easy to watch at times but the focus is on the love bind between Katie and her dad, and then Katie's attempts at finding normalcy as an adult.
Good movie!