A parent's perfect fantasy.

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2005)

This story has all the components of what absurd lengths parents will go to in order to keep their children safe. The star-studded cast does a magnificent job of portraying the cloistering and perhaps even suffocating effects of rendering these protections. The film also provides many thought provoking themes as well--such as "those of which we do not speak" and the ultimate association made with mentally challenged people like Noah Percy (played to the hilt by Adrien Brody).
The part of Ivy Walker also provides a fantastic spring board for the talents of Bryce Howard. Her moving and challenging portrayal of the handicapped young woman motivated by love to extraordinary feats of bravery and wile to aid the one she loves is inspiring even without consideration of the fact that she performed this role in her early twenties.