Sad, Sad,Sad

Rating: 7/10 (12 November 2005)

Not what you will expect. All of the characters' lives in this movie are so sad. Great performances by the actors. You can tell that the leading actress (Hillary Swank) worked hard to prepare for this movie. Morgan Freeman narrates the movie and he just has this voice that just captures every the very essence that is intended. I would not run out and buy this movie personally, renting it once will suffice, yet it is a good flick to watch at least once. Some movies are just to close to real life, in the sense that there is no fairy tale ending. It is too grim for me to sit through again. Oh, and I cannot forget mentioning Clint Eastwood, who is of course one of the most seasoned power actors of all time. In this movie he tries to keep a hard exterior, yet the whole time we can easily see his pain. Very real, very sad.