Day 337: Rabbit Hole

Directed By- John Cameron Mitchell

Written By- David Lindsay-Abaire; Based on his Play "Rabbit Hole"

Starring- Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne West, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard, Sandra Oh

Run Time- 1 hr. 32 min.

Critics Review- "Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart give marvelous, shaded performances of grief-stricken parents attempting to move on without forgetting their pain."- Wesley Lovell "Cinema Sight"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 86% [CERTIFIED FRESH] Audience- 69%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 stars

[WARNING MILD SPOILERS AHEAD

My Review-

I read this play for a class, and while the movie adds things that were not in the play I the movie very much. The same person who wrote the play also wrote the film adaptation, which made this work even more, I feel like if he did not write it, the play would not have been done any justice. If you had never read the play noticing the differences will be hard, but if you have you may enjoy the differences and see later why it was added and may have explained more or made the play better than it already was. When I saw them I realized why Abaire may have made those decisions and why they worked so well. The acting in the movie was also really good, I am surprised Eckhart did not get a nomination he deserved one for this movie well, I thought he played Howie perfectly and long with Kidman as Becca, even though in the movie she was a little harsher than she was in the play. I also really like how the whole movie was not set just in one place, that it was sent in various places unlike the play. I was also able to feel the emotion more from the actors than I did in the play, meaning it was more effective to see it on screen than on a page. This movie was wonderfully made and acting was great, just wish they would have gone into the relationship with the mom a little more like in the play also they did too much with story-line of Howie with another character. I do suggest this movie be watched though.