- Format: NTSC
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
- VHS Release Date: Jan 30 2001
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0767819519
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#1,220 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
- #5 in Video > Drama > Family Life > Mothers & Sons
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Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) is at her high school reunion when her 3-year-old son disappears from his brother's care. The little boy never turns up, and the family has to deal with the devastating guilt and grief that goes along with it. Nine years later, the family has relocated to Chicago. By a sheer fluke, the kid turns up, living no more than two blocks away. The authorities swoop down and return the kid to his biological parents, but things are far from being that simple. The boy grew up around what he has called his father, while his new family are strangers to him; the older son, now a teenager, has brushes with the law and behavioral problems. His adjustment to his lost brother is complicated by normal teenage churlishness, and the dad (Treat Williams) seems to expect everything to fall into place as though the family had been intact all along. It's a tightrope routine for actors in a story like this, being careful not to chew the scenery while at the same time not being too flaccid or understated. For the most part, the members of the cast deal well with the emotional complexity of their roles. Though the story stretches credulity, weirder things do happen in the real world. The family's pain for the first half of the film is certainly credible, though the second half almost seems like a different movie. Whoopi Goldberg plays the detective assigned to the case; casting her is a bit of a stretch, but she makes it work. All in all, a decent three-hanky movie in the vein of Ordinary People. --Jerry Renshaw
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This review is from: The Deep End of the Ocean (DVD)
Please ignore my previous review for rarewave in regards to deep end of the ocean.They have now responded and very kindly agreed to credit me back and advised me no need to return product. I am so sorry for my previous review. They are a very good and reputable company. s.j.
5.0 out of 5 stars
not predictable,
This review is from: Deep End of the Ocean (VHS Tape)
Very good movie. Kid is stolen, Mom goes crazy, family becomes a mess. Kid is found but its all unpredictable. Rent it and see how the story unfolds.
4.0 out of 5 stars
What is a family? That is the question.,
This review is from: The Deep End of the Ocean (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
A great movie with a plot that flounders a bit in the middle. Otherwise I would have given it 5 stars.It starts as a very tense tightly-wound story about a small kid getting lost. We follow the family (and especially the mother) through its tremendous grieving process. After an unexpected event that turns the story upside down on its head, we are invited to follow another story-within-story, which is really the ultimate headliner of the movie: What is a family? The middle-class couple in question finds out that a family is, yes, the physical presence of its members. It is important to share the same house, genes and the same kitchen table. But to their great surprise they find out that that is not enough. A family is also about shared experiences, memories, about the collection of all the little things that we hate and like about our parents, siblings, children and relatives. Take away those memories and what's left behind? The film ends with a good twist that ties up all the loose ends nicely. This is the sort of film experience that makes you think a lot about your own family as you're watching it. It makes you smile for the all positive experiences that you recall from your own childhood. And it also makes you cry for all the things that you've missed while you were a child and wish the fate had dealt you a better hand. A roller-coaster of an emotional movie. Great acting by everyone in it. When it's over you feel a little tired from trying to control your own gut wrenching emotions. Recommended.
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