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Becca and Howie is not a happy couple any more. They have lost their young son Danny eight months ago and now the big house seems to have gone empty with the lives of the people who are still living in it. They struggle to recover, yet day by day engulfed by the grief doesn’t seem to find a connection to be happy as a couple. They try counseling, recovery groups yet within them every moment of their life is a painful step. Both Becca and Howie become distant and try to find their comfort in others. Becca starts to meet up with a teenager who apparently the driver of the car which killed Danny. And Howie finds comfort with a woman who attends to the group therapy.
You may judge each move of these two people countless times. But the story thoughtfully lay down the decisions by itself by the time the end titles role. More than being just a mundane drama with a familiar plot Rabbit Hole delivers powerful performances and twists in the story which makes it special.
Nicole Kidman is annoyingly yet wonderfully portrays Becca which is a very challenging role in her recent career. She deserves every award and the nominations for this role. And Aaron Eckhart delivers the best performance that I can recall of him. For him its pure rage and affection bundled in to one staggering movie. And the rest of the cast are well balanced and gives the maximum contribution on and off without making the story move any way further from the main subject.
There is so much beauty in this sad and depressing movie. You may find moments that shock you and moment that make you annoyed. And moments which absolutely make you helpless. That’s the power of Rabbit Hole.
Two thumbs up!!
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Writers: David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay), David Lindsay-Abaire (play)
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest
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