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2009 · Movie · PG-13 · 100 min · ★ 6.9 · 77% critics
After serving time for a violent incident at home, a father returns to find his child has been adopted by a well-off family. As both households fight for what they believe is best, a painful legal struggle forces everyone to confront love, loss, and the consequences of past choices.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-02-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (54 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, faith-tinged family drama about forgiveness and a custody battle, similar in spirit to Les Misérables; Not for you if domestic violence and intense courtroom conflict are dealbreakers.
Pros: emotional family drama; high-stakes custody fight; heartfelt themes | Cons: heavy subject matter; tense legal conflict; domestic violence references
Themes
- based on novel or book
- adoption
- foster care
Cast & crew
Mira Sorvino
as Wendy Porter
Barry Pepper
as Rip Porter
Cole Hauser
as Jack Campbell
Kate Levering
as Molly Campbell
Maxwell Perry Cotton
as Joey Campbell
L. Scott Caldwell
as Allyson Bower
Abby Brammell
as Beth Norton
Kirk B.R. Woller
as Bill Norton
Brett Rice
as Judge Evans
- CG
Chad Gundersen
as Cop 1
Directed by Jon Gunn