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After finishing this movie, I had to let out a deep breath. I did not know how to take it all in or much more review it. Usually, I don't review movies but I have noticed that I usually forget the plot of certain movies after a while. Well this is one plot I did not want to forget. This movie all in all felt like a paradox of being disturbingly haunting; So many things we want to look away from but they still linger with us.

In the movie we follow a man (Tommy Lee Jones) in search of his son who has been missing from his post in the army. Tommy Lee Jones gives a wonderful performance as the father who never gives up and uses so much undermined knowledge to find his son. There is a very interesting metaphor Haggis (writer/director of award wining "crash") makes in the film and that is of David and Goliath. Tommy Lee's character as well as the character played by Charlize Theron both face these symbolic unstoppable forces, that even though they can't be brought down they can certainly be handled with, no matter the size. Charlize plays the detective, who is the only woman in her precinct, that helps tommy lee find his son. While he faces the apathy of many to find his son and the dehumanizing factor of America's politics, she faces sexism in the workforce.

I initially thought it moved a bit slow but every part of the movie pieces together really well to a very MEANINGFUL LAST SCENE in the end.

I just caught this movie last night on a Mystery movie channel. The fact that Stephen King wrote the original novel immediately sparked my interest. The synopsis also sounded intriguing and different from what we are used to seeing Stephen King do. From the beginning of the movie, we are introduced to this dreary and dark atmosphere in a cold island of Maine. The first few scenes are reminiscent of a classical film noir - where you have your typical opening murder scene that leads to an interrogation scene in a police department's office. That's just what you have in the beginning of Dolores Claiborne and it was indeed the perfect way to start off such an amazing movie like this one. We are introduced to a mystery that only paves way for other mysteries in the plot. The setting of the movie goes perfect with the story. We go back and forth with very colorful scenes of the past and very dark scenes of the present. As a viewer you almost become scared of finding out what really happened. Is Dolores a murderer or no? and also, What other secrets can she be holding? Kathy Bates gives an amazing performance and throughout the movie you realize only she was able to pull of the role of a strong, long suffering woman. I was BLOWN AWAY by Judit Pafitt's performance of the demanding boss. We begin to see her as a strong self-assured lady, and back and forth through the flashback scenes we can see how vulnerable she really is. Her chemistry with Bates is truly unforgettable. The only slight problem I had with the movie is Jennifer Jason Leigh's performance, which gradually gets better throughout the movie but is definitely not up to par with the rest of the cast in the first half. In the last half of the movie, we become more sympathetic with her character and at the same time we can detect that she understands her character better.

Overall, a 9 out of 10 for this amazing movie of secrets, redemption, but most of all the many layers of a woman.

Clara Rosa Guzman is a product of deceit... the outcome of a passion between a wealthy landowner and cattle rancher living in Santa Barbara del Zulia, and a peasant woman by the name of Rosalinda, who is presumed dead after her disappearance in the turbulent waters of a river. Emiliano Andara, the father of the child, never accepted Clara Rosa as his child and refused to see her. Clara Rosa is an intelligent woman with a lot of illusions. Her aunt Vicenta, a poor and bitter woman, brought her up in the slums of Caracas with two sons. Her family's financial situation forces Clara Rosa to make a living as a street peddler, although she is filled with illusions of a better life.

Meanwhile, Emiliano Andara, her father, has become an important personality in the country's political destiny. His first wife, Montserrat marries his political opponent Lisandro Prado who himself is unscrupulous and a bitter enemy of Emilianoґs. He and his new wife Eugenia have raised his dead brother's sons as their own; two successful young men named Valentin and Francisco. Valentin is an attorney and an intelligent politician with a great future ahead of him. He meets Linda Prado who is the daughter of his fatherґs worst enemy. Valentin's hell begins when he falls into a selfish and devious passion with Linda, conceiving a child that forces them into marriage.

A violent uprising in the city sets the scene for the abrupt meeting of Clara Rosa and Valentin... and from that moment on, their lives will never be the same again, for the passionate love that is born of that casual encounter gives way to a series of disturbing events that will deeply affect them both. Morena Clara is a true story where politics, corruption, influences and dirty money are the main ingredients.