The Deep End of the Ocean
Ten years before, Sam and Beth lost their beloved son when he vanished without a trace. Ten year later, a young boy living next door comes before and asks if he can mow their lawn. It's when the idea of blood-connection flashes in the mind of the couple.
27 August 1988, Miami, Florida, USA
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25 March 1960, Portland, Oregon, USA
24 August 1960, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
24 October 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 November 1955, New York City, New York, USA
11 December 1946, Texas, USA
30 June 1936, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
January 01, 2000
A respectable family drama, but is all the more disappointing since it is obvious that it could have been so much more.June 23, 2002
a flawed but often effective family drama that turns on the deepest fear of every parent or guardian: that one dumb move, a single moment of neglect that can turn the rest of your life inside out.April 20, 2001
Kudos to Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams.January 12, 2007
Grosbard...forgets the need for character motivation, point of view, or anything else that might make this compelling subject an interesting film.January 01, 2000
Michelle Pfeiffer turns in an impassioned performance of often gut-wrenching intensity in a film that deserves far less.February 28, 2002
Sometimes in tragedies healing can only take place when love means letting go.January 01, 2000
If Pfeiffer doesn't fill your tear ducts at some point in the film, see your doctor and have them checked.June 20, 2006
Well-acted but pedestrian TV-like melodrama what what consitutes a family, or sociology versus biology in the kinship debate.