Clive Owen plays a sportswriter in this likeable, non-sappy adaptation of Simon Carr’s memoir about losing his wife and suddenly becoming a single parent. It’s partly about coping with loss and partly about finding his own parenting style as he makes a new life with his young son in south Australia. He also tries to bond with an older son from his first marriage who comes for a stay. Some tender moments, and some well-written ones involving a young mother (Emma Booth of Introducing the Dwights) don’t entirely make up for a storyline that mostly goes in expected directions.
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viewed 10/1/09 at Ritz 5 [PFS screening]
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