Still traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year-old daughter 15 years ago, Julia Sandburg's old psychic wounds painfully resurface when she meets Louise; a troubled young woman with a checkered past.
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Title: The Girl in the Park (2007)
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| Sigourney Weaver | ... | Julia | |
| Kate Bosworth | ... | Louise | |
| Alessandro Nivola | ... | Chris | |
| Keri Russell | ... | Celeste | |
| Daisy Tahan | ... | Maggie | |
| David Rasche | ... | Doug | |
| Patricia Kalember | ... | Amanda | |
| Ian McWethy | ... | Dean | |
| Elias Koteas | ... | Raymond | |
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Michael Patterson | ... | Dave |
| Joanna Gleason | ... | Sarah | |
| Stephen Kunken | ... | Leo | |
| Brendan Sexton III | ... | Stuart | |
| Elisabeth Waterston | ... | Alice | |
| Rick Holmes | ... | Trendy Restaurant Manager (as Rick Vincent Holmes) | |
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Enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter 15 years ago, Julia Sandburg has cut herself off from anyone once near and dear to her, including her husband Doug and her son Chris, who tried for years to penetrate her wall of isolation and despair, without success. But when Julia meets Louise, a troubled young woman with a checkered past, all Julia's old psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does her illogical and increasingly irrational hope that Louise may be the daughter she lost so long ago. Written by Official Press Release
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When Julia's co-worker brings her a coffee to try out from his new coffee machine, he places it on her desk. The shot changes to him a few seconds later. When back to her, the coffee cup is turned 180 degrees - the handle is on the other side, the computer mouse is moved, and a stack of papers near her planner is moved. She did not move all of these things in those few seconds because she is holding some papers that she was reading when he walked into her office. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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5 December 2008 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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While Girl in the Park is never great, it manages to be a solid drama about the loss of a young child and its effect on a mother (Sigourney Weaver).
Everything here is well crafted but a little bland and formulaic. We meet tons of characters who have the seeds to provide good drama but many of them (The ex husband, the son, the romantic interest at the office, the daughter in law and her pregnancy) are left with unfinished business by the end of the movie, feeling like little more than plot points. As for Louise, for all the flashiness she offers, she brings very little to the table in the end.
In the end, you will feel you have spent a nice evening. The cast does a nice job. Sigourney Weaver gives some soul to her performance and Kate Bosworth is very well cast and provides some sparks and a nice contrast to Weaver.
It's a good movie, but not a great one. Some more development, some twists and turns in the second half of the movie would have considerably improved the movie. Instead, we're left with a cheap Hollywood ending, the catalyst of which is too dumb to even write down here.
Worth watching as a rental if you like dramas.