Rating of
3.5/4
Great family drama film
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 11/05/09
A family drama film that I liked a lot more than I expected to. I thought it turned out to be quite effective and did not fail and fall into some standard melodramatic scenes it could have thought it was very good and the relationships in the films were very well done and could have faltered very easily in any of its scenes. Instead it only has one scene I found unnecessary it is what causes the film to have an R rating. The scene just is not really needed overall in the film.
Oscar Win Best Actor Dustin Hoffman- Hoffman is great as the father who must take care of his son alone. He stays great throughout the whole film and keeps the emotional levels of the film correctly. He does well and seems completely realistic and great in every scene. It is a very good performance that is one that does not involve big over the top acting.
Oscar Nominee Best supporting Actor Justin Henry 2/5- Henry is fine as the son in the film but it still is mostly just a standard child performance. There is nothing he does that is incredibly special. He is good and he could have easily stumbled but he does not do the greatest either.
