People Like Us

I highly recommend this movie that, unfortunately, opened the same weekend as "The Amazing Spiderman." It has wonderful performances by Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Right now, in Tucson, it's at the discount movies and if you can't catch it there or in your hometown, rent it when it comes out.  It's a rare story (and intelligent script) that shows how real people deal with emotional changes, how family secrets, even made with the best intentions, have untended and negative consequences, how forgiveness can come through a child with the face of an angel and the mouth (and actions) of a street-fighter. 

It's not a story that moves fast.  You, the viewer, have to slow down to take it all in.  The scenes of AA meetings are brief but essential to the narrative.  It's the kind of story I admire: brave and truthful.  Watch the faces of the actors, including the "bit" players such as the security card and apartment property manager.  While "Spiderman" is also worth seeing, this little picture packs a whollop that even Spidey cannot match.