This movie is another in a series of films we have seen about seemingly unconnected persons having same type problems.
The director and writer Timothy Lin Bui Tries hard,this is his second feature in English,let us hope his future films are not as sad & depressing as this. Forest Whitaker is one of the stars as well as one of the producers,he also was in this directors first film.
Speaking of producers, the credits list about 15 different type of producers.(old expression---'too many cooks spoil the broth'.
The four principal players are Forest Whitaker as a suicidal ex-priest. Jessica Biel as strip club pole dancer with a dying small child Eddie Redmayne as a very depressed young undertaker, Ray Liotta as a troubled ex-cop with many other problems.
To top all this off it is Christmas season.
There is not one happy person in cast.
The above mentioned actors do quite well in a bad script. Also in cast in smaller roles are Lisa Kudrow, Kris Kristofferson * Patrick Swayze.
The song score does match the sombre mood of the script.
It is easy to see why this movie made in 2007,is just now being released directly to DVD.
My rating is mainly for the fine performances.
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 10) 68 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 10)
The director and writer Timothy Lin Bui Tries hard,this is his second feature in English,let us hope his future films are not as sad & depressing as this. Forest Whitaker is one of the stars as well as one of the producers,he also was in this directors first film.
Speaking of producers, the credits list about 15 different type of producers.(old expression---'too many cooks spoil the broth'.
The four principal players are Forest Whitaker as a suicidal ex-priest. Jessica Biel as strip club pole dancer with a dying small child Eddie Redmayne as a very depressed young undertaker, Ray Liotta as a troubled ex-cop with many other problems.
To top all this off it is Christmas season.
There is not one happy person in cast.
The above mentioned actors do quite well in a bad script. Also in cast in smaller roles are Lisa Kudrow, Kris Kristofferson * Patrick Swayze.
The song score does match the sombre mood of the script.
It is easy to see why this movie made in 2007,is just now being released directly to DVD.
My rating is mainly for the fine performances.
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 10) 68 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 10)