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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Emanuel Levy Variety Well-acted but pedestrian TV-like melodrama what what consitutes a family, or sociology versus biology in the kinship debate. Rated: 3/5 Jun 20, 2006 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Mar 22, 2002 Full Review Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media The script is as oblivious as the biological parents, almost completely ignoring the trauma of the father who raised the boy in good faith from 3 to 12. May 23, 2023 Full Review CSM Staff Christian Science Monitor The subject is poignant and suspenseful, but the treatment is drab and uninvolving despite competent acting and a few well-crafted scenes. Rated: 2/4 Mar 21, 2019 Full Review Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review Rated: 3/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

Rania k It’s my first time seeing this movie in the end of 2024 and it’s really heart melting , the idea of losing a kid every parent’s nightmare. however, i was focusing on the big brother feelings , the kid and teenager actors were more than perfect Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Teria H This movie is amazing I’ve seen some of the comments and as a movie buff for 40 years please have a heart because a lot don’t. This is an excellent movie and the title makes sense with the film. The Deep end of the Ocean references losing their son and the hard times they went through until being reunited again. It’s a parents nightmare and this film shows that. Good job to all the actors/actresses. Michelle and Treat made the perfect couple in this movie. I still watch it 25 years later. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/27/24 Full Review Tina B Almost all the adults sucks, they never really thought about the kids. Mostly the characters are unlikable. But the the female detective is unbearable, "we'll find your son" 9years later "oh it's my fault, I should've done this very basic detective work but please comfort me bec I failed". I wish they focused on the other aspect of the story. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Laura S Intriguing premise. An abducted son is raised by a stranger and he doesn't want to return to his birth parents. The film focuses on estranged brothers rather what was, at least to me, more interesting - the dynamic between the biological parent and the "foster" parent. Great start, depicting the despair of the birth parent but the rest of the movie felt shallow. Like it was afraid to tackle the parenting issues so it settled on the brother dynamics (even though it has a reason for it). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/03/24 Full Review Test T I found this movie dull, slow and depressing. It's well made, and the acting is good, but why would anyone want to watch it? I got bored after the child's disappearance, and then it felt like I was being emotionally tortured for the rest of the film. The background music is so sad, it just makes the whole experience worse. I did make it to the end for my review, but I really struggled, and almost switched off several times. It's definitely not my idea of entertainment and I do not recommend it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/09/23 Full Review Farah R For its brilliant performances and resonant story, The Deep End of the Ocean is too dramatic even for a sad drama. Nevertheless, it remains a film worth watching. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis After Beth Cappadora's (Michelle Pfeiffer) youngest son, Ben, vanishes in Chicago, she slowly descends into a deep depression, affecting her husband, Pat (Treat Williams), and her other children (Jonathan Jackson, Alexa Vega). Relocating to Chicago several years later, they are shocked to discover a local boy named Sam (Ryan Merriman) who looks strikingly similar to Ben. Along with detective Candy Bliss (Whoopi Goldberg), the family must relive their trauma and find out the truth about Sam.

Director

Ulu Grosbard

Producer

Kate Guinzberg, Kate Guinzburg

Screenwriter

Jacquelyn Mitchard, Stephen Schiff

Distributor

Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Production Co

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Rating

PG-13

Genre

Drama

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Mar 12, 1999, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)

Apr 16, 2012

Box Office (Gross USA)

$13.4M

Runtime

1h 45m

Sound Mix

Surround, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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