Jennifer Aniston is outstanding in this sad but wonderful story of a wealthy woman, Claire, dealing with loss and chronic pain. Jack and I thought it was terrific. Co-starring Adriana Barraza (Amores Perros (2000), which is one of Alejandro González Iñárritu's previous works, and Oscar-nominated for Babel (2007)) as the maid Silvana, Anna Kendrick (last blogged in Into the Woods) as the ghost of suicide victim Nina, Sam Worthington (most recently in The Debt) as Nina's widower, and Chris Messina (Ruby Sparks) as Claire's ex-husband Jason, and a possum, among others. Aniston couldn't look more different from her glamorous turn in Horrible Bosses 2, with no makeup here other than some nasty scars for all but one scene.
This is director Daniel Barnz' fourth project and screenwriter Patrick Tobin's second but they're new to me. I do like the work of composer Christophe Beck (most recently scored Edge of Tomorrow) and you can hear three tracks from this movie on his site.
Once again, Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences diverge from our opinion with 49% and 51%, respectively. No possums were harmed in the making of this movie.
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