Rabbit Hole

"The only way out is through."

2010 1h 31m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 680

Drama

Synopsis

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Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

“The only way out is through.”

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Cast

Nicole Kidman
Becca Corbett
Aaron Eckhart
Howie Corbett
Dianne Wiest
Nat
Miles Teller
Jason
Tammy Blanchard
Izzy
Sandra Oh
Gabby
Giancarlo Esposito
Auggie
Jon Tenney
Rick

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Writers: David Lindsay-Abaire
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 16 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, shot by Frankie DeMarco. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anton Sanko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Joe Klotz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The only way out is through.".

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IMDB entry: tt0935075 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

John Cameron Mitchell directs. Frankie DeMarco behind the camera. Anton Sanko scores. Joe Klotz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 16 years ago.
2Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, shot by Frankie DeMarco. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Anton Sanko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Joe Klotz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The only way out is through.".
7IMDB entry: tt0935075 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 12 themes, including "loss of loved one", "support group", "trauma", "marriage".

The technical file

Cinematography: Frankie DeMarco
Original score: Anton Sanko
Editing: Joe Klotz
Production design: Kalina Ivanov
Costume design: Ann Roth
Makeup / hair: Colleen Callaghan
Sound: Ron Bochar
Stunt coordinator: Douglas Crosby
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $5,144,717
Return: 103% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Rabbit Hole (2010)

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Filipe Manuel Neto2022-07-19
★ 10/10
A frankly well-made film, but very painful to watch and highly contraindicated for the most sensitive and grieving people. I cannot conceive of a pain stronger than that which a father or mother can feel when having to bury a child. No matter the causes of death, it must be as if the World, God or Fate, whatever, took away a part of us that we couldn't live without. I have to confess, honorable reader, that I have never been in a comparable situation. I can only imagine, and I honestly don't want to go through that, nor do I wish that on anyone. I am still young, and the closest person I saw go was a loving grandfather, whose memory is still with me. I suffered with that loss, and that certainty of never seeing him again, but I faced it peacefully, after all, none of us live forever and the elders leave first… it's the nature of things. This film addresses, precisely, the mourning of a child and the way in which the parents, each in their own way, live this pain and try to find ways to digest it. The world and society almost force us to overcome this after a certain moment, and return to normality. But what normality? There will be “normality” for a parent after something like this? These are questions that deserve reflection and that the film leaves open. We see that couple look at things differently: the father want to keep their son's memory, wants to feel surrounded by his things and touch his objects as if a portion of his son were inside them; the mother prefers to get rid of that objects and even move, in an effort to go forward where anger and frustration are vented on a lot of people around her. To what extent is it pain, not love, that unites them as a couple? For all this, I need to leave a note of warning, advising this film for people who have lost someone and are going through a grieving, or for people with depression or who are more negative. It's not an easy movie, it's one of those movies that squeezes where it hurts the most. It is based on a play that Nicole Kidman had the good idea of taking to the cinema, and the script is by the same author of the play. Kidman brought the lead role to life with great skill, in a deeply psychological work, full of commitment and awarded with a nomination for an Oscar. Aaron Eckhart brought the heartbroken father to life in a poignant, heartfelt way, in one of the actor's most interesting works. The film also has the frankly positive collaboration of Sandra Oh, Tammy Blanchard, Diane West and Miles Teller. The production wisely decided not to bet too much on big technical resources, giving the story and the cast's performance all the space needed to shine. Even so, I wanted to leave a note of praise for the cinematography, with a good shooting work, low contrast, a palette of cold or pastel colors and a very well done editing, which gave the film a slower pace that seems to be perfectly adequate. Without flashy visuals and sound, everything is elegant and discrete. The set of the couple's house is perhaps the most relevant, with the large, empty and almost impersonal spaces being, in practice, the mirror of a family that no longer exists, and of an increasingly distant couple.

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