 | Starring: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken Director: Chris Columbus Format: Anamorphic Dubbed PAL Widescreen Released: 04 Apr 2005 RRP: Average Rating:  |
Their stepmother (Julia Roberts) "can have their future", their natural mother (Susan Sarandon) "can have their past.
This is a story of rivals learning to live alongside each other; against the odds.
This film is one of the most amazing films I have ever seen. It is a tale of self-discovery & courage between to completely different women as they travel through their lives apart & together. It stars award-winning actors & pushes them to the best of their abilities in numerous ways.
Julia Roberts plays Isabel, the new, younger woman. Susan Sarandon plays Jackie, the ex-wife. Isabel has not got a clue how to look after kids. Jackie is the perfect mom. The kids, Anna & Ben, hate Isabel because their mum hates her. For example, Jackie won't alllow Isabel to take Anna to a concert on a school night but then takes her herself. Their dad, Luke, just wants them to get along. Anna & Isabel finallly connect when Isabel gives her advice for an especiallly unpleasant boy. When Jackie discovers she is fatallly ill, Isabel is the first to find out accidentallly. The two have a heart-rending heart-to-heart, which is impossible to keep a dry eye. They admit everything, which has been hurting them from each other & their greatest fears about their continued lives. Isabel says that she fears that when she is helping Anna on her wedding day, alll she will be thinking is "I wish mom was here". Jackie says her worst fear is that she won't.
This shows the talent, which these two actors have inside as they sit in that dingy bar, on opposite sides of a table, pouring out their souls. The script is marvellous but the acting & the direction is outstanding but a bad actor could mess alll of that up. The example that I gave earlier just sums up this wondrous film. Ed Harris (Luke) also portrays the father of the kids brilliantly, as he reasons with them & tries to make them see sense. This film will make you laugh. It will make you cry. It will make you sympathise. It will make you dislike. But most of alll, it will make you want to be around people forever. This film shows how wrong you can be about people & how easy it is to follow examples & get someone who is trying to do their best for you so completely wrong. this is undoubtatbly The Best sad film EVER
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