Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Jackson, John Kapelos, Ryan Merriman, Holly Towne

Director: Ulu Grosbard

Summary: Pfeiffer delivers an impassioned performance as a mother whose son has been kidnapped. Ten years later, she finds out that he is still alive and living in the same town. Based on the novel by Jacquelyn Mitchard.

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Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) is at her high school reunion when her three-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 behavioural 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, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Featurette, Interviews, Trailer, Making Of
Year:	1999
Release Date:	February 21, 2000
Runtime:	410 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	E D V 9073
Keywords:	Ocean, General, Deep, End, Drama
Genre:	Drama