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Didn't like how it went back and forth in time.
So sad
That diffuse focus and meandering narrative is the only real shortcoming in this consequential and touching weeper.
The film absorbingly shuttles back and forth in time, tracking key moments in the trio’s lives that not only illuminate their pasts but effectively prepare us for who Matt, Nicole and Dane become, for better and worse, when the going gets tough. It adds up to a skillful kind of mosaic that pays powerful emotional dividends.
This drippy drama presents precisely the kind of prettified portrait of death that Teague’s candid writing sought to rebut.