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While I may not be as expressive as "kaseypat"'s review, I am still in the midst of watching this movie which I had recorded from the APTN channel a while back. It is an amazing account of soul and instinctive and intrinsic thoughts and belief tied to native ideology and the entire universe. It is thought provoking and intensely passionate and resonates a strong sense of spirituality that forces one to watch the movie over and over again...in deep thought. The acting is amazing all around...the insights and realm of spirituality shared is poignant and strong...

Lovely movie...

I am not quite sure I can find the right words to best describe this movie, but I recorded it because I somehow liked the description and upon watching it, I went immediately to Amazon to find it and buy it.. The film is REAL...(anything with John Ralston for me is always something worth watching)..the characters (especially Ralston, Jake McLeod, Moya O'Connell are so well acted...but ALL the characters are great!)..the story involves human weakness, psychic and spiritual connections; a wayward soul caught in the guilt of a past error made, one that affects almost everyone around him...and one too late to amend. One character fraught with internal torment; the other trying to piece together fragments of both what he dreams of as well as what he lives with,the characters are fragilely entwined, and the story unfolds with a tragically poignant direction. SO worth the watch (even if my attempt at trying to express but not reveal, is the opposite).... Choice of actors could not have been chosen more perfectly..

Interesting movie and though I have never really been a major fan of Helen Hunt, I was most curious to see this movie because she had written the screen play. True to form, her acting appears similar to most of the things she has done..a stilted kind of speech that at times feels forced,contrived, and not at all fluid. The beginning dialogues with her son force one to almost hit pause, rewind, to listen again....the words so verbose and clumsy with wordplay and intensity. Still, once the movie gives away to the California setting, the characters also appeared to "relax" a bit and things actually became enjoyable.. The underlying storyline appears...a story of loss and control over what was lost and to ensure what IS, can never be lost.. (and in that, lies the blurred and somewhat contentious relationship between mother and son).. If you can get past the beginning, I would recommend this movie...Helen Hunt has written a fairly poignant screenplay..