Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 118 minuten
Country:
United States / United Kingdom
Directed by: Susanne Bier
Stars: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro and David Duchovny
IMDb score:
7,1 (30.572)
Releasedate: 26 September 2007
Things We Lost in the Fire plot
"Hope comes with letting go."
After a horrific tragedy, two people try to reshape their lives. When Audrey Burke (Halle Berry) loses her husband in an act of random violence, she forges an unlikely affair with Jerry Sunborne (Benicio Del Toro), her late husband's childhood best friend. Jerry is a dramatic heroin user - everything that was once important in his life he has destroyed through his addiction. When Audrey discovers that Jerry is the only person who can help her survive her loss, Jerry finds the strength to overcome his own problems.
Actors and actresses
Audrey Burke
Jerry Sunborne
Steven Burke
Kelly
Neal
Howard Glassman
Harper Burke
Dory Burke
Spring
Cousin Dave
Reviews & comments
ArnoldusK
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- 586 messages
- 2063 votes
At times heavily emotional film in which it is difficult to point out negatives, but which nevertheless failed to touch me across the board. The acting is good, the playing of the close-ups too, as well as working with the flashbacks, so that the story is pieced together little by little by the viewer. The soundtrack, with the few 'del Toro' songs, is not bad.
However, at times I found it a little too easy to come up with this plot, put some sentimental music under it and let it run quite conventionally.
Fortunately, the ending of the film does not follow this convention, and it gives you a taste of the lives of two people who have not experienced the easiest setbacks, but who do want to see for 'the good'. Even if it is day by day and little by little. More than 3.5, so 4*
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Justinw
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- 5378 messages
- 1803 votes
The one where dr. Gonzo finally gets his shit together!
Benicio Del Toro shows again why he is one of the best actors around right now. Halle Barry also follows in his wake quite for her doing. Susanne Bier knows how to pull off excellent performances from these two, and the film is well balanced on the drama level and does not go completely overboard (which often suffers from films in this vein).
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Onderhond
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- 87623 messages
- 12889 votes
Phew.
Haven't seen much of Bier yet, but drama isn't really her forte. This film is again much too melancholy and sentimental, where it mainly feels like it is all being pushed down your throat. A little subtlety would have done the film well.
Too bad for Del Toro, because he plays quite well. The rest of the cast is of a lesser level, although there is no one who really stands out. Duchovny probably the least, but he also has a rather moronic character to work with. Fortunately, his role is very limited.
But the emphatically present music, the "sensitive" camera work, the plot that keeps adding drama ... it's too much of a good thing. I often get that idea with Bier's dramas. It is very thick on it, so that my interest quickly disappears and mainly irritation remains. Not the best movie this.
1.5*
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