Two tragedies unfold in Oklahoma town. One follows Ainsley DuPree as she meets and marries her prison pen pal Jack. The other tracks a sheriff's investigation of a bloodied, mute teenager fo... Read allTwo tragedies unfold in Oklahoma town. One follows Ainsley DuPree as she meets and marries her prison pen pal Jack. The other tracks a sheriff's investigation of a bloodied, mute teenager found wandering in shock late at night.Two tragedies unfold in Oklahoma town. One follows Ainsley DuPree as she meets and marries her prison pen pal Jack. The other tracks a sheriff's investigation of a bloodied, mute teenager found wandering in shock late at night.
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Martha Plimpton is Ainsley Dupree (a name I think sounds quite cool and have since used in stories of my own) a waitress who falls in love with a dangerous ex-con (Kevin Anderson). After wondering what the hell she has soon married into she seeks comfort with lonely teenager Tom.
I liked this movie a lot and the performances were very good all round. Especially Holbrook, he was just so believable as an old sheriff who's seen it all. Nick Stahl is much better here than he was in Disturbing Behavior. I think the last few scenes with him and Martha Plimpton were quite intimate and it really made the whole movie totally enjoyable for me.
Highly recommended but quite a rare film to come across in stores or on TV.
I couldn't take my eyes off the screen while I was watching this movie. Sometimes a film does come along that is everything a film is supposed to be.
If you haven't yet seen this film, please make an effort to watch it, it will be well worth your time.
One of the most moving things about this film was the idea that deep tragedy can strike at the most seemingly mundane of moments. Coupled with this is the concept that one can never really know what is in another's heart or mind. Because of the narrative form, one knows tragedy will strike, but the director purposefully seems to suggest that tragedy could enter into any setting, at any moment, with no warning. The bookend examination of the story of Abraham and Isaac is ultimately successful because Isaac (like the characters and viewer) was asked to have faith without any proof that seemingly negative events may have a positive reason. The director doesn't offer any pat answers to this dilemma, but he does show that tragedy can overwhelm a person.
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Ainsley DuPree: Children. That's all we are, Lord, if you're out there at all. Your children, boys and girls. Forgive us.
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