This is just a first impression, the morning after watching "In America." I say that because this is the kind of film that stays in the mind and may grow there for a while. It's a story about death - how a family recovers from losing a child, how a man dies of AIDS. (At least I gathered it was form AIDS. This isn't made explicit in the film, but is very much implied.)
Maybe I should say it's a story about taking death in, embracing it, and finding hope and life thereby. Yes, that's a much better description of the film. I'm making the film sound very heavy and actually, it's not. It's mostly lively, active, and engaging. It's not light comedy but it's not at all depressing.
I think this is because so much of the film is about the children - the two daughters who have lost their brother - and about how the children really pull everyone back to life. They're vibrantly alive, active, and interesting. They keep the story from bogging down in tragedy.
Certainly I recommend this film. I'd like to see it again sometime. I'll give it 3 stars. Why not 4? Can't explain it. Maybe I'll come back later and change it to 4.
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