It wasn't even a swing and a miss, it seemed like a stick in the eye.
Maybe my frame of reference is wrong as I am not in the military and don't know anyone who has experienced anything like this, but I could relate to this movie up until the very end, when I felt it did a huge disservice to anyone who has lost someone in the military.
The acting was fine and the characters were relatable. The emotions that Erin Cahill's character goes through, from loss to acceptance to looking for 'signs' was all understandable. Steve Lund was good as a supporting suitor. Alice Comer was cute as the daughter.
As I wrote, all was fine, until the end of the movie, where it felt condescending and patronizing to the emotions that people who experience this tragedy go through. It was to the point that I ( and my family) felt bad for anyone else watching.
Small Spoiler -- even if the husband did make it home, the ending scenario was the most unrealistic conclusion to the story to the point you might think it was a dream, right up until it's real and you don't even feel happy for the family. How do you actually make a family reunion less relatable?
Maybe my frame of reference is wrong as I am not in the military and don't know anyone who has experienced anything like this, but I could relate to this movie up until the very end, when I felt it did a huge disservice to anyone who has lost someone in the military.
The acting was fine and the characters were relatable. The emotions that Erin Cahill's character goes through, from loss to acceptance to looking for 'signs' was all understandable. Steve Lund was good as a supporting suitor. Alice Comer was cute as the daughter.
As I wrote, all was fine, until the end of the movie, where it felt condescending and patronizing to the emotions that people who experience this tragedy go through. It was to the point that I ( and my family) felt bad for anyone else watching.
Small Spoiler -- even if the husband did make it home, the ending scenario was the most unrealistic conclusion to the story to the point you might think it was a dream, right up until it's real and you don't even feel happy for the family. How do you actually make a family reunion less relatable?