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I remember it as longer than it is because you cover so much emotional ground so quickly. The plot is an adult child coming to grips with the beginning decline of her mother. Issues past, present, and feared come into view in a collage of her emotions, experiences, and snippets of conversation. I saw this one in a local film festival, shown back to back with several other award winning shorts and this one stood out. Good cinematography, open to some individual interpretation and something my daughter and I could each relate to from our own perspectives. Ede Crowder is adorable bringing the child inside the main character to us. Dad, Paul Crowder's editing is also a big plus to this little film. I don't often watch a movie of any length and say, wow look how seamless that editing was, but for this one I did, not even knowing whose work I was watching. (Crazy circumstance that it was the one editor I know anything of their work.) Lisa Cole's concept works. You feel the main character's feelings and see things from her perspectives and if you wish can self-analyze as you go.

This one had me on the edge of my seat, and in the underwater scenes, holding my breath. Good adventure story. For a fairly long movie there was no checking the watch to see how long I had sat watching-it definitely pulls you in and then pulls you along at a heady pace. Good plot line, though in a couple of places I caught myself thinking of other films (A Perfect Storm or Top Gun-at one point even A Message in a Bottle). It reminded me once again of why I always love Costner's movies despite the minor flaws they have. My only complaint is that while a fairly long movie it skimps a little bit on character development to get in all the action which leaves a few of the characters literally dropping off the grid. Maybe they tried to ice the cake a little too thinly, putting in too many people and not letting us get to know them. There were some interesting characters we didn't quite get to know well enough. Kutcher is good-he's going to make an actor yet. Bonnie Bramlett is a nice surprise in this one! Good for her.