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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created nine years of memories about a son she never had. But when she remembers a man who had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
1,286 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph RubenDirector
- Gerald Di PegoScreenplay
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Julianne MooreTelly Paretta
- Dominic WestAsh Correll
- Gary SiniseDr. Munce
- Anthony EdwardsJim Paretta
- Alfre WoodardDet. Anne Pope
- Linus RoacheA Friendly Man
- Robert WisdomCarl Dayton
- Jessica HechtEliot
- Christopher KovaleskiSam
- Matthew PleszewiczSam at 5
- Katie CooperLibrary Clerk
- Scott NicholsonCop
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Themes
loss of sense of realityloss of loved onegriefmemory lossairplane crashpsychiatristdeath of sonshockingmemorieschildren mysterygrieving mothersuspenseful