Things We Lost in the Fire
Hope comes with letting go.
Hope comes with letting go.
Drama
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2007
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A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
26 Sep 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$16,000,000
Revenue:
$2,849,142
Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Things We Lost in the Fire is certainly not a comedy, but it is definitely mordant with its two Big Themes: Loss and Addiction, both treated in a singularly heavy-handed manner, for which I blame primarily Mr. Loeb's screenplay.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
31 Oct 2007
fresh:
Berry gives a riveting performance, but as a deeply decent man trapped in a hell of his own making, Del Toro gives the kind of career performance Berry gave in Monster's Ball.
– Jack Mathews,
New York Daily News,
27 Oct 2007
fresh:
It's very strong.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
22 Oct 2007
fresh:
The movie is an engrossing melodrama, and it has its heart in the right place.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
20 Oct 2007
rotten:
Things We Lost in the Fire veers away from the real and hard and toward the fantastic.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
19 Oct 2007