
A dramatic thriller about Diana, a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life--and perhaps her sanity--on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies--cutting class,fantasizing about boys--and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained ... (Full plot summary below)
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A dramatic thriller about Diana, a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life--and perhaps her sanity--on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies--cutting class,fantasizing about boys--and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she's now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana's life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleEmotionally sophisticated, humane and worth talking about for hours. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfThe roles are superbly realized by Wood and Thurman, but the real backbone of the picture is Perelman, who takes great care to weave the small tragedies into a wounded whole. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekPerelman's ambition...is admirable; he's obviously trying to tell this story in a distinctive and challenging way....Unfortunately, he doesn't quite pull off the trick. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongIn the end, Life is a challenging success, with Wood's performance again affirming her status among the young generation of actors, and Perelman's vision promising more intrigue to come. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonJust ignore the critics -- in this case, we don't know what we're talking about. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.It's an underrated, and horrific little dramatic thriller that twists the noose at every turn... |
| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaOne only wonders whether distributor Magnolia Pictures and Perelman's cast and crew grasp the film's undisguised misogyny. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...an intricately-plotted and richly conceived drama... |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasGorgeous, haunting and thought-provoking ... a solid sophomore effort from Perelman despite its potentially frustrating pace. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA melodramatic portrait of violence and mourning, Vadim Perelman's disappointing follow-up to House of Sand and Fog turns Laura Kasischke's novel into an overly precious, pseudo-poetic meditation in which the pain of loss is indulged rather than examined. |