Terry George follow his successful Hotel Rwanda with Reservation Road, co-writing the screenplay with the original novel's author and then directing. Unfortunately George is nowhere near the standard he set with his take on the Rwanda civil war crimes.
This time he takes on a traffic accident and the hit and run, and its effects on both the killed boy's parents and the driver. The acting is good. Jennifer Connelly does as usual well and Mark Ruffalo makes another strong role, while I think Joaquin Phoenix just tries a little too hard. I never quite believe him like the others.
The main problem with this movie is still the plot. These people get to close for the story to be taken serious. While I have no problem believing in a lawyer hit and run, it's just silly when that exact lawyer is hired by the boy's family. The emotions, guilt, anger and revenge are the most important sides of this drama, but the sript makes it quite impossible to take it as serious as needed for it to be a truly good movie.
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