This movie is firmly in the "was OK to watch but brought nothing new to the table" category. The central characters are not wholly believable, was is the first big negative for me. The unbelievable relationship dynamics was the second... and the third is the lack of consistency in their moral values and viewpoint.
As has been said before by other reviewers, the plot is pretty predictable and once the trajectory of the movie has been established (after a very shaky start I have to admit) it follows without any real surprises along the way.
The acting is mediocre at best. You've able to experience something of what she is going through but its infuriating that the men (including the doctors) are incapable of even empathizing with her inner emotional state and experience. How do you think she feels after the baby insider her, which she has felt growing and moving and kicking... suddenly being still... To have something that is lifeless inside you? The only meaningful connection for me was the lifeless and 'still' relationship she realises she has with her husband Michael.
The movie doesn't try to preach solutions, it only offers questions... which ironically annoyed me (and lost it another star). After watching this movie your just left with a dead child, a dead relationship, bankrupt morals and empty dreams and a gaping black hole where they should have been. If this movie was an attempt at answering some of the Dark Night of the Soul experiences we have in life - it failed for me. It just left me with a feeling of just how pathetic men really are...
As has been said before by other reviewers, the plot is pretty predictable and once the trajectory of the movie has been established (after a very shaky start I have to admit) it follows without any real surprises along the way.
The acting is mediocre at best. You've able to experience something of what she is going through but its infuriating that the men (including the doctors) are incapable of even empathizing with her inner emotional state and experience. How do you think she feels after the baby insider her, which she has felt growing and moving and kicking... suddenly being still... To have something that is lifeless inside you? The only meaningful connection for me was the lifeless and 'still' relationship she realises she has with her husband Michael.
The movie doesn't try to preach solutions, it only offers questions... which ironically annoyed me (and lost it another star). After watching this movie your just left with a dead child, a dead relationship, bankrupt morals and empty dreams and a gaping black hole where they should have been. If this movie was an attempt at answering some of the Dark Night of the Soul experiences we have in life - it failed for me. It just left me with a feeling of just how pathetic men really are...