This is a good character driven drama with some touching dialogue and a good cast. The only other thing I should probably point out is the fact that its quite a subtle film, in terms of the messages (or themes) the film covers and the fact its very 'dialogue heavy' and thus its probably not for you if your easily distracted. Really in a film like this, it all boils down to the characters - how believable they are and how well their portrayed on screen and as far as this is concerned, it scores well. I felt that the film seemed a bit lacking in direction by one point but then the plot pace increased when the court case was suddenly brought back.
There are some nice camera shots, with outside scenes having an autumnal look/feel to them. The scenes between Joe and Bertie are also quite good, as they challenge each other somewhat and provide an insight in to the past. The scenes between Joe and his late fiancee parents, but particularly the father, Ben, are especially poignant - both of them struggle to show emotion and come to terms with their predicament but the more they spend time together, the more similarities I suppose we realise they have. I found myself rooting for him and hoping that the wounds that had been caused by the tragedy, could somehow be healed or that if not, at least by the end of the film that Joe would have a clearer idea of what he wants in the future, of where he's heading and so on. Some of the dialogue is quite poignant and there are some very emotional scenes.
He is quite an introvert but we see through different scenes, the impact the tragedy has had on not only him but those he lives with, his parents and so on. I thought the script was good, as I felt the characters he interacted with all brought out different elements of him and helped me as the viewer to get a better idea of where he was coming from, of his background and so on. The story is obviously quite sad and the main character, Joe, is quite a raw character - an adolescent who is clearly quite confused, lost and probably someone other adolescents can relate to, being faced with a very difficult, bleak situation at such a young age. This is very much a character driven film and its very dialogue heavy, with a strong use of music to back up the emotional tone of each scene. As they face an evil that goes beyond broken families and broken dreams, they discover that the sins of yesterday don’t always stay buried and the crimes of today could end their lives.This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In their desperate fight to confront the past and find Amanda McCready, Kenzie and Gennaro will be forced to question if it’s possible to do the wrong thing and still be right or to do the right thing and still be wrong. It’s a world in which motives and allegiances constantly shift and mistakes are fatal. Their search leads them into a world of identity thieves, methamphetamine dealers, a mentally unstable crime boss and his equally demented wife, a priceless, thousand-year-old cross, and a happily homicidal Russian gangster. Haunted by their consciences, Kenzie and Gennaro revisit the case that troubled them the most. Yet Amanda’s aunt is once more knocking on Patrick Kenzie’s door, fearing the worst for the little girl who has blossomed into a striking, clever young woman-a woman who hasn’t been seen in weeks. A stellar student, brilliant but aloof, she seemed destined to escape her upbringing. The pair risked everything to find the young girl-only to orchestrate her return to a neglectful mother and a broken home.
Desperate pleas for help from the child’s aunt led investigators Kenzie and Gennaro to take on the case. Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood twelve years ago.
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