Reawakening

9/20/2024

This had the makings of quite compelling drama dealing with loss, grief and longing but somehow the practical elements of the story as it played out didn't work for me. "John" (Jared Harris) and wife "Mary" (Juliet Stevenson) and happily enough married but it soon becomes clear that their daughter "Clare" got caught up with a bad-influence boyfriend and ran away from home some the years ago. The police suggest a revitalised campaign to support the impending anniversary of her disappearance and next thing there's a girl in their kitchen (Erin Doherty) armed with plenty of quite intimate knowledge of this couple and asserting that she's the long lost "Clare". "Mary" oozes a sort of maternal desperation to believe and welcomes her pretty unconditionally. "John", on the other hand, is much mor

1/1/2026

An incredible film that really tugged hard on my emotions, and won. This movie broke me, but in a good cathartic way. My only criticism is that Jared Harris never hugs his 'daughter' Clare. But maybe that's just hos his character is meant to be. Or maybe that's just how British men are by default. But otherwise, such an emotional drama.