The Deep End Of The Ocean
Cast
Michelle Pfeiffer as Beth Cappadora
Treat Williams as Pat Cappadora
Whoopi Goldberg as Candy Bliss
Jonathan Jackson as Vincent Cappadora (age 16)
Cory Buck as Vincent Cappadora (age 7)
Directed by Ulu Grosbard
Rater #2 has review and description
Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
8/10. "Kids don't just vanish up in smoke, kids don't just get lost, PEOPLE
LOSE THEM!" Pat Cappadora (Treat Williams) yells in an argument to
his wife Beth (Michelle Pfeiffer) about their three-year-old Ben
being kidnapped while at Beth's 15-year reunion. It seems that seven-
year-old Vincent (Cory Buck) didn't keep close enough of an eye.
Beth's hysterical, and nobody knows what to do.
Flash ahead nine years. The baby Kerry is now nine years old. Vincent
(now played by Jonathon Jackson) is a rebellious teen with a knack
for hot-wiring cars. Pat has his own resturant in Chicago (named
Cappadora's). Beth has given up photographing. When a boy, Sam Karras
(Ryan Merriman), offers to mow their lawn, Beth takes photos. And, lo
and behold, it happens to be little Ben.
Touching, superbly acted, well written, and emotionally moving.
Pfeiffer and Williams give great performances. When Pfeiffer was
hysterical, that seemed a little forced; other than that she was
great. Williams delievered a strong dramatic performance, he was
perfect in almost every way. The supporting characters delievered
strong emotions and were very believeable.
Deep End's sap isn't falsely given to you: it's done in a very
believable way, even if it does seem a little over-the-top and
unlikely at first. Not many movies can truly force-feed you emotion
and lump-in-the-throats, but this one does.
The plot twists actually were somewhat unpredictable. Actually, the
movie was divided in half: the first half is when Ben is missing, the
second is when Sam comes. When the finale comes in, I was surprised,
even though they go for the "Hollywood Ending".
It definately didn't seem scripted. The human interactions were very
real, and the chemistry between everyone (especially Jackson and
Merriman) were extremely believeable.
The Deep End of the Ocean is a touching, sad, yet somehow satisfying
yarn of family.
Rater #3
Has Not seen Movie
Rater #4
Has Not seen Movie
Rated PG-13 for language and thematic elements.
Running time: 106 minutes
Back Home