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A Disappointing Continuation

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Very lackluster attempt to show drama of grieving parents.

When I first heard about this movie It seemed like a wonderful idea that I have never seen broached. Had it been done right it might have turned out to be a masterpiece. Bill and Kate are an upper middle class couple on the verge of divorce. One morning they are horrified to learn that the college their son attends is under attack by a gunman. Scared for their son they cling to any news until finding out the most shocking thing of all, their son was the shooter. After going through denial they struggle to mourn their son while trying to come to terms with his horrible crime. All while dealing with a predatory media who wont leave them alone, relatives of the victims accusing them of being bad and neglectful parents and their own guilt that maybe the are somehow responsible for what their son did. Now the premise was stellar. No on had ever really looked at what the shooters parents and relatives go through when a situation like this occurs. However the execution was horrible.To be honest the actors were fair for unknowns. However this is such an emotionally deep movie that it requires the best honed professional actors who can emulate every emotion. The real killer here is the script which is,cheesy and at times boring. Hopefully it will be picked up again with a better script and a bigger budget. Done right it could be a masterpiece.

An unsettling account of what might happen if your son became a mass murderer, it paints a picture of a family torn up over their child's actions and the new perception the rest of the world sees them in. I don't think I could cope with the endless barrage of Press at the door, nor the loss of friends or stares in the street from total strangers. Then there's the questions: Could I have done anything to stop it? Was his state of mind caused by my own inattention? Did I show him enough love?This is an impossible situation for the parents to deal with, especially as they were on the edge of divorce even before these tragic events transpired. But all they have left is each other, and the film demonstrates their new found alliance against a hostile public. The performances couldn't be bettered, and the remorse you feel for this couple is palpable as everyone seems, in the absence of their dead offspring, to make them the scapegoats. It's not their fault. They loved their son. Sometimes, children just go bad. After all, I don't think Hitler's parents had any idea of the monster they were raising, did they?At first, I hated the last scene. Too many unresolved plot threads, not enough resolution. But the more I think about it, it makes sense. Connect your own dots. Imagine your own follow-up. I would like to say they'll be fine, but I have my doubts... 7/10

American choreographer and film director Shawn Ku's feature film debut which he co-wrote with screenwriter Michael Armbruster, is inspired by his family's personal connection to the Virginia High Tech massacre, the deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman in U.S history, which took place on 16. April 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia and the unexpected death of a visiting friend. It premiered in the Zabaltegi-New Directors section at the 58th San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2010, was screened in the Discovery section at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in 2010 and is an American production which was shot on location in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, California in USA and produced by producers Lee Clay and Eric Gozlan. It tells the story about business man Bill Carroll and proof-reader Kate Caroll, a conflicted married couple who is on the verge of separating when they learn that their 18-year-old son Sam has shoot numerous students at his university, including himself. To get away from the media Bill and Kate move in with Kate's brother Eric and his wife Trish, but as time goes by they begin to question themselves as parents and is tormented by questions of why and how their son could have ended up doing what he did and if they could have done anything to prevent it.Finely and acutely directed by American filmmaker Shawn Ku, this quietly paced fictional tale which is narrated from the two main character's point of view, draws a compassionate and intimate portrayal of a married couple's struggle to recuperate and find their way back to each other after being left in shock and devastation by their young son. While notable for it's naturalistic milieu depictions, low-keyed production design by Hungarian production designer and art director Gabor Norman and realism, this dialog-driven indie and psychological drama depicts two dense and interrelated studies of character and contains a good score by Canadian composer Trevor Morris.This at times heartrending, at times romantic, at times humorous and at times afflicting love-story which examines themes like grief, guilt, marriage and love, is impelled and reinforced by it's subtle character development and the heartfelt and empathic acting performances by English actor Michael Sheen and American actress and singer Maria Bello. An authentic and humane character piece which gained, among other awards, the FIPRESCI Prize at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in 2010.