As an investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash, his increasingly confessional series of letters to a vending machine company catch the attention of a customer service rep with whom he forms an unlikely connection.
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Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father-in-law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a series of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen (Naomi Watts), and, amidst emotional and financial burdens of her own, the two form an unlikely connection. With the help of Karen and her son Chris (Judah Lewis), Davis starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew. Written by
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Davis:
Dear Champion Vending Company: I put five quarters in your machine and proceeded to push B2, which should have given me peanut M&M;'s. Regrettably, it did not. I found this upsetting, as I was very hungry, and also my wife had died ten minutes earlier.
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I'm happy that Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't fall in the "teen heartthrob" way of living, his choices of roles are eclectic and he really comes across as a seasoned actor way beyond his age of 35.
I was touched by Chris Cooper, you really felt the depth of his emotions portraying the father losing a child. I loved the line where he says (paraphrasing here): "A child losing parents, they are called orphans, a husband losing a wife, they call him a widow, but a parent losing a child, there is no name for it,..." My heart broke when I heard that, so real and deep.
Otherwise, the movie feels like a "connecting the dots" game, predictable and really annoying with having the little boy struggling with his sexuality too obviously reminiscent of the "C.R.A.Z.Y." movie premise,... That going back in time part was unnecessary.
All in all, the movie is saved by Gyllenhaal and Cooper. Hats off to you sirs!
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I'm happy that Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't fall in the "teen heartthrob" way of living, his choices of roles are eclectic and he really comes across as a seasoned actor way beyond his age of 35.
I was touched by Chris Cooper, you really felt the depth of his emotions portraying the father losing a child. I loved the line where he says (paraphrasing here): "A child losing parents, they are called orphans, a husband losing a wife, they call him a widow, but a parent losing a child, there is no name for it,..." My heart broke when I heard that, so real and deep.
Otherwise, the movie feels like a "connecting the dots" game, predictable and really annoying with having the little boy struggling with his sexuality too obviously reminiscent of the "C.R.A.Z.Y." movie premise,... That going back in time part was unnecessary.
All in all, the movie is saved by Gyllenhaal and Cooper. Hats off to you sirs!