![]() As might be expected for a movie starring Jennifer Lopez, the characters display their personalities in very obvious ways that leave little room for subtlety or the audience’s mental participation in the story. The wise Mitch advises Einar to befriend his granddaughter and reconcile with Jean, but Einar can only forge these relationships once he stops blaming Jean for his pain.īefitting the setting, the movie moves at a slow, loping pace. Mitch’s effort to see that the bear is not tortured or mistreated, even while he suffers pain from the attack, becomes a clear metaphor for the forgiveness that Einar should extend to Jean. Einar has never met Griff until now and doesn’t know how to relate to her.Įinar also has a companion on the ranch, Morgan Freeman’s character Mitch, who is recovering from a bear attack. Jean doesn’t want to be on his ranch, either, but she has no other place to go and needs a stable environment for her young daughter Griff. He doesn’t want to see Jean, because he blames her for his son’s death. Einar, played by Robert Redford, lives on a ranch. Jean, played by Jennifer Lopez, leaves her abusive boyfriend and moves in with Einar, the father of her deceased husband. Content:ĪN UNFINISHED LIFE is a story about family and the difficulty of forgiveness, set on dusty Wyoming farmland. There is a strong caution for foul language, but AN UNFINISHED LIFE is a quality, but average, drama about family. Jean and Einar make selfish, destructive decisions involving their children, but they grow up and become more moral people. Morgan Freeman’s character states the movie's true point: “People hurt you, but you can’t punish them forever.” He utters his words when he sets free the bear that mauled him. ![]() The wise Mitch advises Einar to befriend his granddaughter and reconcile with Jean, but Einar can only forge these relationships once he stops blaming Jean for his pain.ĪN UNFINISHED LIFE deals with forgiveness and reconciliation. Einar also has a companion on the ranch, Morgan Freeman’s character Mitch, who's recovering from a bear attack. Jean brings her daughter Griff, whom Einar has never met and doesn’t know how to relate. He doesn't want to see Jean, because he blames her for his son's death. ![]() Einar, played by Robert Redford, lives on a ranch in Wyoming. You want to scream to make the torture stop.AN UNFINISHED LIFE follows Jean, played by Jennifer Lopez, as she leaves her abusive boyfriend and moves in with Einar, the father of her deceased husband. Do you think the bear is going to return? Do you think Einar will see his son again in Griff’s eyes? Will every trite emotional trick work its way out of Mark Spragg’s novel and into the film version, written by Spragg and his wife, Virginia? Will director Lasse Hallstrom (remember his enervating Shipping News? This is worse) show no shame in jerking tears and the audience’s chain? Redford and Freeman have a relaxed rapport - watch their expressions when Griff asks them if they’re gay - but the script keeps giving them unspeakable lines to utter. Mitch is pretty bruised himself, from a bear attack - the first of the film’s many outbreaks of symbolism. Ranch hand Mitch (Freeman) encourages Einar to heal old wounds for the girl’s sake. Jean needs protection from her abusive boyfriend (Damian Lewis). Now here she is on his farm with her daughter Griff (Becca Gardner), 11. ![]() He blames his daughter-in-law Jean (Lopez), who was driving. Redford plays Einar Gilkyson, a Wyoming farmer who’s been drinking hard since his son was killed in a car crash a dozen years back. ![]() It’s the drag-ass solemnity of this turgid family drama that makes you crazy. It’s not just that Jennifer Lopez looks lost and out of her league acting with Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman. ![]()
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