An Unfinished Life
2005
*
Director: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas, Becca Gardner
A young mom and her daughter escape an abusive boyfriend to her ex-father-in-law's farm. This bitter old man lives there with his friend who was mauled by a bear, and blames the woman for his son's death. However, the cute grandchild and some asskicking heal all wounds. This feelgood family drama is so utterly predictable that not only can I predict exactly what's going to happen, I can quote every clunky line of dialogue before it's spoken. Redford and Freeman manage to add some gravitas to their characters but, all credit to her, JLo's character is so underwritten that she seems to have no personality whatsoever. The bear subplot, on the other hand, is so burdened with symbolism that the actual events become uninteresting.
