It's obvious that young Tom McCarthy gets far too drawn into the problems of his very troubled sister-in-law whom he believes is an adulteress but had other issues he didn't discover until the sudden deaths of both his brother and sister-in-law, leaving behind her children by a previous marriage and one that he thinks might not be his brother's.
Now with the issues of the children up in the air, McCarthy starts to regret his last conversation with his brother that lead to a quick life taking car crash and later her apparent suicide. His parents, Blythe Danner and Edward Herrman, aren't much help. In fact, Danner tells McCarthy about the sister-in-law's death like she was passing on neighborhood gossip. No feeling or anything, just cold.
I felt this film to be preachy and agenda driven, especially when McCarty visits a street mission which results in a very lengthy scene with a preacher and just extends his guilt. After a while it's tiresome and manipulative and overwrought, even with a good cast.
Now with the issues of the children up in the air, McCarthy starts to regret his last conversation with his brother that lead to a quick life taking car crash and later her apparent suicide. His parents, Blythe Danner and Edward Herrman, aren't much help. In fact, Danner tells McCarthy about the sister-in-law's death like she was passing on neighborhood gossip. No feeling or anything, just cold.
I felt this film to be preachy and agenda driven, especially when McCarty visits a street mission which results in a very lengthy scene with a preacher and just extends his guilt. After a while it's tiresome and manipulative and overwrought, even with a good cast.