Rabbit Hole
Directed by:
John Cameron MitchellCinematography:
Frank G. DeMarcoComposer:
Anton SankoCast:
Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Sandra Oh, Jon Tenney, Giancarlo Esposito, Tammy Blanchard, Roberta Wallach, Marylouise Burke, Miles Teller (more)VOD (1)
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Becca and Howie Corbett (NICOLE KIDMAN and AARON ECKHART) are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. While Becca finds pain in the familiar, Howie finds comfort. The shifts come in abrupt, unforeseen moments. Becca hesitantly opens up to her opinionated, loving mother (DIANNE WIEST) and secretly reaches out to the teenager involved in the accident that changed everything (MILES TELLER); while Howie lashes out and imagines solace with another woman (SANDRA OH). Yet, as off track as they are, the couple keeps trying to find their way back to a life that still holds the potential for beauty, laughter and happiness. The resulting journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each other and a world that has been tilted off its axis. (official distributor synopsis)
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Rabbit Hole is an uncompromisingly serious psychological drama in which even a car’s trunk lid closes with insistent slowness. While Kidman explores the hole created by the loss of her child, Eckhart tries to fill it. She deals with the past; he looks to the future. There is no present in which they would find common ground. The film’s strange aloofness and the absence of everyday intimate moments between the central couple are explained by the devastating yet hopeful ending. They spent the entire ninety minutes seeking a path to the moment captured in the final shot. This is not in any respect a groundbreaking film and Kidman previously did a superb job of playing a woman dealing with a marital crisis in Eyes Wide Shut, but there is something quite rare in Rabbit Hole – a bit of truth. 80%
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Even with a luxurious cast and an exceptionally serious topic, Rabbit Hole didn't leave any deeper traces in me. As a parent, I confirm that I don't know of a worse situation than losing a child, and as a movie viewer, I argue that I know plenty of films made more inventively and with better scripts. Overall impression: 60%.
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A very good and above all very intense drama. It’s not something for empathetic viewers, because for them it could upset their whole fragile world. Five superlatives for Kidman and Eckhart would be inadequate, but it's interesting how ideally Sandra Oh complements them in only the minimal space. At the end, I thought to myself that it's actually a very good game and it is indeed a game. I guess I've learned something after all. Formally, it had the same idea for an ending as Frankie and Johnny.
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The film has a simple premise - a couple must come to terms with the loss of their young son in an accident. The subject matter is so simple that this could only stand on one thing - the performances. And they were fully utilized. I'm not saying the topic is simple, but it's not explicitly developed; it's the acting performances that make the film good.
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