Overall, it's a good movie. The two male protagonists acted very well.
This can be said to be a movie about 9/11, because the main line of the movie is how the disaster of 9/11 affected the life of an ordinary American family, and how it destroyed a successful and happy father and husband.
It can also be said that this film has nothing to do with 9/11, because the story takes place a few years after 9/11, and the whole film does not have any flashbacks, except for a little oral recollection of the male protagonist. In fact, 911 is just a convenient use, and can be replaced by other disasters, such as floods, fires, or just an ordinary air disaster. Of course, for the American people, 9/11 has a special meaning. Replacing the background of this film with 9/11 will resonate widely, and it has been six years since 9/11. On the other hand, the use of 911 will also guarantee box office and reviews. Personally feel that the IMDB score of 8.1 is a bit high.
It's not just that Charlie, who lost his family in 911, needs to be comforted and start his life again. Many characters in the film also have more or less psychological problems. In the process of helping Charlie, Alan, another actor, gradually discovered his own problems and successfully solved the crisis of his career and life. A beautiful woman who first had a crush on Ellen and who was likely to become Charlie's girlfriend also had serious psychological problems. In short, everyone needs chicken soup for the soul.
The failure of the whole film is that Charlie's father-in-law and mother-in-law think that Charlie is hard-hearted, which is very unreasonable. Anyone can see that Charlie doesn't spend all day thinking about his family, but he lives in excruciating pain all day long. The parents-in-law and Charlie in the movie are hard to understand. And then Charlie approached them and told them that they had changed too fast to be convincing. It also has something to do with the poor acting of these two actors.
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