Review: Things We Lost in the Fire

Published: October 19, 2007, 6:02 am

Tags: benicio del toro, beniciodeltoro, david duchovny, davidduchovny, halle berry, halleberry, susanne bier, susannebier, things we lost in the fire, thingswelostinthefire

Filed under: Drama, Theatrical Reviews, DreamworksAudrey (Halle Berry) has a pretty good life. Or, rather, she did. We only see how great it was in the rear-view mirror: A rich-but-real marriage to Brian (David Duchovny), two great kids (Micah Nicolas Berry and Harper Burke); a beautiful home. But Brian's dead - horribly, suddenly, because someone angry had a gun - and we see Audrey wandering through her crowded, empty beautiful home, absently comforting her children, preparing for the wake, trying to understand that Brian is gone. The past and present mingle for us, as they do for Audrey; we're pulled into the dislocated murmur and hum of her grief. But something snaps Audrey to attention: She didn't invite Jerry. Audrey doesn't really know Jerry (Benicio Del Toro); he's one of Brian's oldest friends, a lawyer who got addicted to heroin and pretty much fell out of the world. She doesn't really like Jerry, either; we witness past fights and skirmishes between her and Brian about her

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