zkonedog "Rabbit Hole" is not going to be a movie for everyone. It is "slow" by any standard, there isn't a lot of resolution present, and the tone is quite somber throughout. What the film does feature, however, are some of the best acting performances you will ever see, as well as a unflinching look at grief and how one couple try to cope with it.For a basic plot summary, "Rabbit Hole" focuses on Becca (Nicole Kidman) & Howie (Aaron Eckhart), a couple who lost their young son in a terrible accident. Each try to cope with that grief in their own way, with Becca turning to family--especially mother Nat (Dianne Wiest), who suffered a similar tragedy in the family--even when anger is the usual resolution, and Howie potentially finding solace in new group therapy partner Gabby (Sandra Oh). Becca also even goes so far as to stay in contact with Jason (Miles Teller), the perpetrator of the tragedy. Will they continue to drift apart, though neither of them truly want that to happen, or will they find some way to reconcile their grief and make things work?At some point in everyone's life, they will experience intense grief or a tragedy of some kind. Life makes this almost inevitable. After these tragedies occurs, there usually comes a point where life takes one of two paths: You either fully live within the grief, or you decide to try and move forward, even in small ways. That is what "Rabbit Hole" is all about. Becca & Howie are at that stage where "something needs to happen", yet neither person knows exactly what that is or how they should proceed. This makes for some incredible, emotional, and also rather difficult material throughout the movie.A film like this will either be made or broken by the acting performances, and fortunately they all shine here. In all honesty, this is some of the best acting I have ever seen on screen. Considering that the movie is only about 90-some minutes long, I consider it quite a feat that I was completely and utterly invested in the characters by the end. While it takes a good idea and a good script to do that too, just as much credit should be given to the emotional performances.Like all of us, I have experienced grief both myself and inside my family, and thus I found myself very much relating to what the principals here were going through. Grief is a confusing, sad, and confounding thing, which is why "Rabbit Hole" is so powerful and melancholy at the same time. I found that to be a fascinating and riveting mix.Overall, "Rabbit Hole" won't go down as one of my all-time favorite single films. Its scope isn't big enough for that. What I will remember it for, however, is its ability to accurately and emotional portray a realistic rendering of the grief and mourning process. If you don't mind a slower-paced film, and one filled with often conflicting emotions, "Rabbit Hole" will be a sort of unheralded gem for you to add to your film-watching experience.

jacksparrow_1700 Honestly I wish I could give this movie a 0 because that's what I truly think about it. Also sorry in advance if my review seems kind of disjointed. This is basically a rant.My dad made me watch this movie a few years ago and he really liked it but I absolutely hated it. I really didn't like the message of the movie. Basically the only reason the couple stay together is to put on a show. Pretend everything is alright even though they are on the brink of divorce. I know people grieve in different ways but I didn't like how the characters acted after their son died. The woman was very mean and angry (she even slaps a mother in a grocery store across the face because she wouldn't buy her son fruit snacks...). The man skipped out on support group meetings with a woman he became friends with and they decided to smoke weed in her car instead. And the couple together just weren't very nice people. They were very high strung and annoyed every time someone tried to comfort them. Sure, not everyone is good at comforting people but you could at least appreciate the effort. Also, I'm not sure 100% but the score sounded completely recycled from other films.

eric262003 "Rabbit Hole" is the sentimental story of the fragile and halted marriage of Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howard (Aaron Eckhart) as they're overcoming their work life while facing a sexless relationship while coming to grips over the death of their son who was killed in a car accident. Becca eventually takes the initiative to confront the teenager, Jason (Miles Teller) who was behind the wheel that struck her young son. This is her way to come around and let it out of her system as a way to move on with her life.Based on the 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Lindsay- Abaire he also took the responsibility to write the screenplay. It is a melancholy and depressing story of an unhappily married couple (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) trying to break out of their grieving phases after the tragic death of their son. Under the careful direction of John Cameron Mitchell, it shows how many individuals find distractions whenever they feel the grief bug manifesting with itself. But the main reason this film is quite special is because it refrains from over-doing the tearing moments while procuring strong provocative scenes centring around the best and the worst of human emotions while not overplaying it. There are numerous ways that we as members of human race practise in order to escape the doldrums of our lives. Some of us seek therapy workshops as a way to vent out what's ailing us and to have another person whom we can open up to when no one else gives a damn about our problems. Others do more outwardly stuff that might seem more spontaneous like taking up drinking, smoking and sexual tendencies as a way to chase your troubles away. And then there are those who take up hobbies such as collecting stuff or doing spring cleaning like putting things away as a reminder of the person we love so we try to leave it in the past. There are many ways to conquer grief, and "Rabbit Hole" examines each method by keeping it subtle while staying true to the narrative which is why this film deserves better recognition. Though it's a very heavy story to handle, but the narrative stays easy on the sentimentality and instead we're intrigued by how our two leading protagonists try to overcome their tragedy and grief and move forward to a new beginning and that there's always a way out if you could find it somewhere. There were unintentional humorous scenes where Howard is hosts to family who wants to buy the house they're trying to sell and even though it looked awkward, it was still very effective as we are more convinced that Howie is more grief-struck than Becca. Not to be usurped by Eckhart, Kidman churns up an Oscar nomination as the housewife who sacrificed her dream career almost to the point of becoming semi-reclusive by not mingling with too many people surrounding her especially those who slipped into bringing up her son's death. The emotions from Kidman are absolutely sublime and the sub-plots outside the centre story involving her disdain towards her sister's pre-marital pregnancy to her confronting the driver (Miles Teller) who killed her son, in which her healing starts to step forward can be painful to watch, but is a sigh of relief when she's able to levy forgiveness towards the young man. One of the best traits towards the narrative of the story is that it maintains a solid effort without going over what's happening like as if we're not aware of what's happening. We never really get to right away know what happened to Becca and Howie's son, but that's what makes David Lindsay Abaire's play so poignant and John Cameron Mitchell's direction so liberating so that we the audience can decide on what conclusion is what's best for you. We also highly anticipate as to how Howard and Becca are doing marriage wise in spite of all they went through and what little secrets they've kept from each other during these very trivializing moments they have faced and what lies ahead of them as the film progresses.The issues discussed here is quite provocative in it is a plethora of many of the issues that we have encountered whether it brings happiness or eternal gloom and to look for that sign of optimism that was lost because the situations we face at times are not always pleasant. If we can find that problem and turn it into a solution we can fix, it might help us revive that smile we once lost. Sure this movie is gloomy and depressing, but there is a feel- good element that comes to life over our protagonists. The message is that it's okay to cry when things look sad and grim, but no person wants to stay sad forever and that's very inspiring that Howie and Becca have managed to understand that. The message is simple here, but very important too.

Dale Haufrect "Rabbit Hole" is a well done picture from 2010. It is currently available on NetFlix Instant Download Streaming. The director is John Cameron Mitchell. The writer is David Lindsay-Abaire for both the screenplay as well as the play. John Cameron Mitchell's piece is the most simple film of the year, yet one of the best. Please do not confuse simple with simplistic. It's a rather complex turmoil of emotions that come together to provide an intense account of a couple coping with their son's death. However it is done in such a clean and polished manner that one might wonder if the secret of success lies on the "simple" process of feeling the imagery and capturing the visual style. It's extremely effective and gives room to the actors do what they do best. Rabbit Hole is not about the loss, but how to cope with it and how hard and emotionally heavy it can be. Through day-to-day actions people try to forget, believing that the solution lies on the non-existence, but the truth is that facing reality is much more efficient. Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart prove that point by engaging the audiences in the dimension of their loss through significant and remarkable character development. This is to say that their performances are astounding, but much more important than that they don't feel like performances: they feel real. Though it may be hard to avoid getting into the field of sentimentalism, both actors manage to escape the melodrama and focus on what is real: going to work every day, cleaning the house, going to group therapy, baking, playing squash, reading… In the process there is an intrinsic desire to confront the situation, but it's too hard. It becomes physically painful and intellectually devastating. Men and women are different to the extent of physical appearance since when it boils down to the bare essential, the human being just wants one thing: to cope with their existence. It's not about sex, procreating, loving… it's accepting that people die. I gave it 6 stars. Dale Haufrect