Return to Zero

Don't get me wrong it hits all the made for TV sappy points. It's appropriately condescending to men as all pregnant women movies are supposed to be. The dialog is little too snappy repartee though. But not a bad effort. We've seen this a thousand times. Check all the boxes, men bad women good. But mostly it's a movie about pregnant women and babies for women who don't have kids and likely never will. Why? Because it doesn't really work this way. Sorry but no. In the real world the doctors want to walk away from this sort of thing asap. And in the real world it doesn't split up couples any more than any other medical shock. People without kids think it does but it does not.

Christy - I am a mother of a stillborn child, having lost my son 12 years ago. I can honestly say in all my years of my own experience and helping TONS of other parents, I have NEVER heard of taking the stillborn child home for a night! Wow! It was brutally hard to leave the hospital without my son, but I think it would've been 1000x harder to try and take him home. I may be wrong, if this loss has taught me anything it's that you really can't say for sure about anything unless you've lived it, but I just can't fathom it. In a bereaved parent's shoes, I will say I don't find it morbid. Before my loss I probably would have, but you see it differently when you love that child with a mom's heart. I do know hospitals try and give you as much of a "normal" experience as possible. They will bathe, dress, swaddle, take pics, etc. It really is healing in an odd way. But taking them home? I can't imagine.

This was heartbreaking and super well done for a made-for-TV movie. It's a true story following a happy couple who are pregnant with their first child when just before their due date, they learn that the baby has died and will be stillborn.

Return To Zero follows that couple through the devastating grief that follows. The pain expressed here is palpable, raw, and so well shown in its many forms (denial, anger, alcohol abuse) We also get a look at how family and friends don't always know the right things to say.

In a last ditch effort to save their marriage (and ignore the Holiday season) our couple take a trip to Vegas which leaves them facing the terrifying prospect of another pregnancy. There's an excellent extended cast here too along with Minnie Driver who is absolutely fantastic as Maggie. 6/18/14

Minnie Driver's performance in this film is one of the most beautiful performances I have ever seen. Andrea Anders was perfect too. This movie is filled with real moments. Many of those moments are hard to imagine for those not touched by losing a baby and are very hard to watch for those who have. Nothing is fake... nothing is "hollywood." This is some of the best storytelling I have ever seen. As the credits rolled... I sat there feeling something... I am not sure what. It was not a good feeling... or a bad feeling... I just 'felt' something very strongly. I am not sure how to describe it... but I know for a fact that no film has ever left me feeling like that before.

I truly appreciated the making of this movie, and believe everyone should see it! I find the arrogance of a previous reviewer appalling. This movie was made to break the silence for EVERYONE who suffered pregnancy or infant loss! The central theme of the movie was about still birth because that was the individual experience of the creators but it was not meant to isolate any one, nor was it made to diminish the grief people like me felt losing a baby at 23 weeks. I'm not sure if my review has any value as I'm not part of the elite stillbirth club, shucks if only my baby had hung on 1 more week her death would have held the correct medical term! *rolls eyes* I followed and promoted this movie because I believe it's important. If you have never experienced a loss watch it, chances are pretty good you will know someone who will and it does a excellent job of telling you what not to say/do! This movie shares a truth that you can not understand if you've never been there! I saw my pain, my anger and my fear on screen, imagine that ! My favorite part of the movie is expressed in the quote 'it's not just the loss of the baby, it's the loss of the possibility of what could have been' ! Too bad some people still don't get it! Sad really! It's a tough movie to watch but so important. Minnie Driver did a amazing job as did all those involved!! I may have expressed a little more than a review but I feel it's important that NO ONE is made to feel like their loss has no value.