Sometimes I can't even remember why I put movies in my Netflix instant queue..then the opening credits will start and a light bulb will go off....ahhh.....Nathan Fillion. Okay, so I must have put this movie in my queue because of Nathan Fillion. I firmly believe that a movie can only get better with Nathan Fillion. That being said, this was a decent movie. I had low expectations, because I knew absolutely nothing about it, and I haven't really felt strongly one way or another about the main star, Michelle Monaghan. I enjoyed her in the cheesy chick flick that I loved "Made of Honor" but I barely even noticed her in "Gone Baby Gone". She was good in this, very good even. I had a different impression of her being just a pretty face, but really, she can hold her own in a darker emotional role such as this one was. The story is pretty basic....she plays a trucker named Diane who abandoned her son when he was a baby, now his father is ill and the boy is brought back to her "for a few weeks" while the father, her ex (played quietly by Benjamin Bratt) is in the hospital (cancer). I won't give too many spoilers away here, but its pretty easy to see where this movie is going right from the start. It is fairly predictable and formulaic in my opinion. Nathan Fillion plays a married neighbor who clearly has feelings for Diane and bonds a little bit with the boy. The movie as I said is pretty basic, no bells and whistles, no special effects, subtle music...but where it stood out for me is performances. I felt this movie. I thought that the writing was simple but good, and the characters were very well developed. Worth watching if you can handle nice quiet independent movies without a lot of bells and whistles, but with strong performances that tug at your heartstrings a little bit. Oh, also worth watching if you think that Nathan Fillion should be in every movie.
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