7/28/2023 0 Comments An unfinished life damian lewis![]() Title (Brazil): "Um Lugar para Recomeçar" ("A Place to Restart") Although being a predictable story without any twist, this sensitive movie is highly recommended. Josh Lucas is a great support actor and the favorable surprise is the performance of the young and unknown Becca Gardner. The cast has amazing performances, showing the importance of a director of the weight of Lasse Halltröm: Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman are unanimity, but I myself like a lot the versatile Jennifer Lopez and strongly believe that even the viewer that dislike her as actress must admit her excellent performance in this touching film. "An Unfinished Life" is a beautiful tale of forgiveness, with the lead characters healing their wounds Mitch, the ones provoked by a savage bear, and Einar his innermost feelings of loss. While Mitch heals his wounds and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving his grand-daughter. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitch Bradley (Morgan Freeman), who was attacked and seriously wounded by a bear, and he does not know that he has a grand-daughter. Jean and Einar are disaffected, since he blames her for the death of his beloved son in a car accident. Lasse Hallström directed An Unfinished Life.In order to escape from the abusive boy-friend Gary Winston (Damian Lewis), Jean Gilkyson (Jennifer Lopez) moves with her young daughter Griff Gilkyson (Becca Gardner) without previous notice to the ranch of her father-in-law Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) in Wyoming. ![]() The particulars of this one made it interesting to experience because the characters and circumstances are well-drawn and well-played. Stories about grief and forgiveness are so real, so human, so universal. I liked the film as much the second time as I did the first. The film was shot in Canada, but the ranch and surrounding hills look enough like Wyoming to be convincing. ![]() The acting was superlative, as you would expect from a stellar cast like this one. The passing days bring changes to every one of characters as they explore their grief and pain face to face, get to know each other, and have adventures with bears. That was a long plot setup for what follows as Jean works at Nina’s cafe and saves enough money to go somewhere else. ![]() Meanwhile, the sheriff takes Jean up on her offer of commitment-free sex. The handsome sheriff (Lucas) promises to be on the lookout for Gary the abuser, who indeed does show up. She goes into town and gets a waitress job from Nina (Manheim).Įveryone in town remembers Jean, remembers the wreck that killed her husband. He didn’t even know he had a grandchild who looks just like her dad. She was driving when they had a wreck that killed his son. The first thing he says when he sees the two of them walking up is, “I don’t want you here.”Įinar and his ranch hand of many years Mitch (Freeman) are living out their days with one milk cow, one horse, a pickup truck that runs only sometimes, and the need to care daily for Mitch who was mauled by a bear about a year ago.Įinar blames Jean for the death of his son. Out of desperation, Jean takes her daughter to her father-in-law Einar’s (Redford) tumbledown wreck of a ranch in Wyoming. They abandoned the car and everything in it except what they could stuff in plastic bags. The car broke down in the middle of nowhere. Apparently the promise was to leave Gary, because mother and daughter packed their belongings and drove off in a clunker of a car. When he beats up Jean yet again, Griff reminds her mother that the last time it happened she promised. The basic plot: Jean Gilkyson (Lopez) and her 8 year old daughter Griff (Gardner) live with Gary, an abusive boyfriend (Lewis). The different characters experience grief in their own ways, cling to it in their own ways, and ultimately work through it in their own ways. The film also features Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas, Damian Lewis, Camryn Manheim, and young Becca Gardner. Jennifer Lopez isn’t the only attraction. When I saw it on Netflix, I thought Why not give it another try? It’s crazy hard to find anything with a good lead female character on Netflix, and here was An Unfinished Life with Jennifer Lopez just waiting. I watched 2005’s An Unfinished Life years ago and remember liking it.
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