Annette Bening is a very good actor and is superb in this film. She plays the part of a sad angry woman. She lives with her aging mother and works as a physiotherapist in a clinic. She is quick to anger and speaks her mind. At the beginning of the film she is doer and plain. We learn that she had given up a baby girl for adoption 37 years before. Obviously this act has eaten away at her soul for many years.
Elizabeth ( Naomi Watts) is a stunning smart lawyer. She was an adopted child and is resentful for her past. She has the opportunity to be an executive lawyer in a firm. She plays people for what she can get from them. Let’s just say she is very sexually active. I would call her ruthless and heartless even if she is accomplished in her field. Samuel L. Jackson plays the part of her boss and subsequent lover. I found myself smirking at this most improbable twosome.
We also meet a young couple that wants desperately to adopt a baby. The mother to be (Lucy) is an interesting character. At times she can be sweet and charming. We also see another side of her. What really is the relationship with her and her quiet husband? We do learn the answer to that in the film.
All the lives become connected in the story. The ending will be satisfactory to many viewers. Parts of the story are contrived and take away from the good acting. It was interesting to see various aspects of a child being given up for adoption. There is a lot of pain from the mother, child and prospective parents.
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