Trailer for Halle Berry's 'Things We Lost in the Fire'

Published: July 31, 2007, 7:31 am

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

Filed under: Drama, Romance, Trailer TrashThe new trailer for Things We Lost in the Fire has popped up online, and I have to say it's pretty disappointing. It breaks two rules of Good Trailer Making: first of all, it tells the entire story, about a woman, played by Halle Berry, who loses her husband and then gains his best friend, played by a straight-laced-looking Benicio Del Toro. Once you've seen this trailer, you know you've pretty much seen how the dynamic between them is going to play out, and where it's going to lead. I'm not suggesting it gives as much away as the trailer for Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, which we recently brought you and which almost gives away even the third act, but it's still pretty all-encompassing. The other rule this trailer breaks is that it tries very hard to make us feel uplifted, which is something no trailer should ever attempt. There's nothing worse than a trailer that 'send me away smiling,' like I've just had some great experience from

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