[Benicio Del Toro's] is the only character with human flaws, and in a movie perfect people tend to be boring.
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10/19/07
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Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
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Reviews Counted:120
Fresh:77
Rotten:43
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Things We Lost in the Fire is a well-acted, beautifully filmed reflection on love, loss, addiction and recovery from life's obstacles.
Theatrical Release:Oct 19, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $3,241,832
Synopsis: Danish director Susanne Bier gained international acclaim when she was nominated for an Oscar for 2006's AFTER THE WEDDING, but before that she had strong ties to the hyper-realistic, documentary... [More]
Starring: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Omar Benson Miller
Director: Susanne Bier
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Reviews for Things We Lost in the Fire
Top CriticLess an emotional whirligig than a long, slow monorail ride, it grows more conventional and single-minded as it goes along.
10/19/07
Del Toro is the heart and soul, as well as the haunted, rubbery visage, of a story of grief and loss that would be fairly lifeless without him.
10/19/07
Top CriticStraddles the line between European-style art-house fare and pure American soap opera.
10/19/07
Del Toro pulls off a tight-wire dramatic performance that keeps the film afloat, but can't obscure the constant hiss of pop psychology that pierces nearly every scene.
10/19/07
Overwrought indies aren't typically my thing and this achingly angsty melodrama does little to alter my thinking.
10/19/07
An emotionally-draining yet uplifting film about grief and redemption that should put Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier on America's radar.
10/19/07
Though not always faithful in small things, Things We Lost is faithful in much. The individual moments are sometimes off, but the large emotional resonances are right.
10/19/07
As yet another example of a gifted foreign filmmaker...fudging up their reputation by traveling over to Tinsel Town for some Western promise, Things We Lost in the Fire is Lifetime lite cinema masquerading as actual A-list excellence.
10/19/07
Lacks the urgency of [director Bier's] Danish films.
10/19/07
Top CriticA movie that, despite its fine acting, has the emotional impact of a general anesthetic.
10/19/07
Top CriticHaunting cinema...an exquisite film of mammoth dramatic reach and sympathy, and it presents Susanne Bier as one of the most observant, patient filmmakers working today.
10/18/07
However, there is one element to "Things We Lost In the Fire" that does work spectacularly well and that is the central performance by Benicio Del Toro.
10/18/07
Benicio Del Toro is so natural and captivating you will be amazed, but Halle Berry gets the overwrought stuff.
10/18/07
Complicated and raw
10/18/07
Beautifully shot.
10/18/07
It is refreshing to see an American film that is not steeped in cliché. The twists and turns of this personal drama go in unexpected and satisfying directions.
10/18/07
Finds its substance in the personalities and relationships of the characters -- so much substance that a conventional 'story' isn't even needed.
10/18/07
[Bier's] American debut is a poignant, extremely well-told parable very much in the tradition of her Danish work.
10/18/07
Well-acted.
10/18/07
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