A heavy movie

Rating: 9/10 (20 October 2009)

This movie is very different than I expected. There is no spooky sci-fi changes in the child. It is not at all about a woman's doubt if her son is truly her son. It is not about a woman coming to accept an alternate child offered to her in place of her lost son.
The plot meanders in off in ways you cannot predict with Hollywood formulas because it is based on reality. It is harrowing. You have to stop the DVD every once in a while to take a breath. The movie goes on an on, even after each time you think it is done, with yet another twist.
It is a movie about some very nasty, powerful people, and how a rather ineffectual, stupid woman manages to stand up to them.