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RABBIT HOLE is a vivid, hopeful, honest and unexpectedly witty portrait of a family searching for what remains possible in the most impossible of all situations.

Becca and Howie Corbett (... read more read more...NICOLE KIDMAN and AARON ECKHART) are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. While Becca finds pain in the familiar, Howie finds comfort.

The shifts come in abrupt, unforeseen moments. Becca hesitantly opens up to her opinionated, loving mother (DIANNE WIEST) and secretly reaches out to the teenager involved in the accident that changed everything (MILES TELLER); while Howie lashes out and imagines solace with another woman (SANDRA OH). Yet, as off track as they are, the couple keeps trying to find their way back to a life that still holds the potential for beauty, laughter and happiness. The resulting journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each other and a world that has been tilted off its axis.

RABBIT HOLE is directed by John Cameron Mitchell (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH) from a script by acclaimed playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The cast, led by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman (THE HOURS, Actress in a Leading Role, 2002) and Golden Globe nominee Aaron Eckhart, includes two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, Actress in a Supporting Role, 1986; BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, Actress in a Supporting Role, 1994), Tammy Blanchard, Miles Teller, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney and Sandra Oh. -- (C) Lionsgate

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PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell

Release Date: December 17, 2010

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  • katykern8261
    May 22, 2012
    katykern8261
    Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, Olympus Pictures, 2010. Starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Sandra Oh and Dianne Wiest.

    Genre: Drama

    Question: When you are sad, do you hate it when people tell you how to feel and act so you are no longer sad?

    Rabbit Hole, starring ... read moreNicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, takes on a family's tragedy and it's aftermath with how the mother (Nicole Kidman) copes with the death of her 4 year-old son. Not a light subject but I was thoroughly engrossed with this woman's plight and how she handled it all. I found it fascinating that everyone around her kept telling her how to feel and react to get over "it". Her reactions, to the constant barrage of advice, was not something I have seen on film much. For that alone I recommend this film.

    I cannot relate to the specific tragedy this woman (couple) must go through but everyone has been sad at one time or another. We have all had things in our lives that take us on a course down a dark road of uncertainty. Clawing back to the light to what feels normal and safe is difficult especially when friends abandon you, others try to relate their experiences to yours and all you want to do is curl up in a ball and be left alone. The film shows that not everyone handles other's grief well or with respect sometimes.

    Does Rabbit Hole give any sort of advice on how to handle the overwhelming sadness, emptiness or helplessness? You will have to see for yourself, but it did show that everyone deals with their pain and suffering differently. How and when they begin to get past their loss is as individual as the person. Not only had Nicole Kidman's character have something bad happen to her world but their were other characters in Rabbit Hole that also conveyed how people deal with consequences that are thrust upon them.

    Rabbit Hole was a tender and poignant film. Nicole Kidman with Aaron Eckhart did a fantastic job at exposing the underbelly of how a couple handles the tragic death of their child. Anger, resentment and the search for closeness with others in order to feel something other than pain are all present in this story. There were times of humor and a cathartic need to take a large sigh during some scenes. But above all, the overwhelming sadness that had taken over the grieving mother (Nicole Kidman) and then her pursuit to be left alone to discover her own path out her darkness was awe-inspiring. Kidman outdid herself on keeping the subject matter palpable and relatable even if you have never lost a child.

    Does this film have a happy ending? Well, I won't say but the journey that was exposed was worth watching because how authentic the story was portrayed.

    My favorite thing: Nicole Kidman's performance.

    My least favorite thing: Can't really think of anything at the moment.

    Rating: PG-13
    Length: 91 minutes

    Review: 8 out of 10
  • aliceinpunderland
    March 24, 2012
    aliceinpunderland
    Most movies of plays are just filmed versions of the plays, but playwright David Lindsay-Abaire actually uses the medium of film to create atmosphere, momentum, and chemistry. The play is a lot of TELL - and rather good TELL; it won a freakin' Pulitzer - but in this adaptation, ... read morewe get to see all the SHOW: Becca and Jason's acquaintanceship evolving throughout the movie (instead of just in the penultimate scene in the original script), Becca punching out a random mom at the grocery store, Becca breaking down at seeing Jason going to Prom.

    Nicole Kidman deserved her Oscar nod. Her posture is stooped, her eyes are bored but darty, and she gets so close to crying but never does (until the end). Miles Teller (who plays cute and dorky Willard in the new Footloose) is wonderful as the repentant teenager. In disagreement with Flixster reviewer, Jim Hunter, I was rather impressed with Aaron Eckhart's emotional outburst. He didn't seem so much angry as heartbroken and at the end of his rope.
  • fb701560354
    January 13, 2012
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    Despite having a fantastic script and stunning performances from Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and the rest of the cast, Rabbit Hole is very painful and depressing to watch. It didn't hit me as hard as it might hit other people, but for me, Rabbit Hole was powerful and emotional,... read more and just blew me away.
  • fb100001048934982
    October 27, 2011
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    'Rabbit Hole' is a very well made drama that has a sad story at it's core, but us not too hard to watch. Anyone can watch this film and be satisfied with the characters attitudes and emotions and not feel that heavy burden of misery that these films sometimes try to force on you.... read more Of course, it ha filled with great performances from Kidman and Eckhart, who really fill out the the characters completely. This is an intriguing, and interesting look into the usual type of drama we've all become tired of seeing. 'Rabbit Hole' is fresh and well-executed.
  • jarobb3
    August 23, 2011
    jarobb3
    It's not going to brighten your day, but Aaron Eckhart and Nicole Kidman give a pair of performances that you're not going to see very often. What is remarkable about this movie is that it manages not to be unwatchable despite the subject matter -- it ably communicates the subtle... read moreties of pain dulled by time rather than going for what would have been easy emotional cheap shots.

    In a sentence, Rabbit Hole is art rather than entertainment. Highly recommended if you're in the mood.
  • itsjustme2004
    August 16, 2011
    itsjustme2004
    Oh my. I just finished watching this..and my heart hurts. An absoutely raw, and truthful, portrayal of the shades of grief. Not a feel good at all, so probably not for everyone. However, top of the line acting all around here. Should have won awards, not only nominated, in my opi... read morenion.
  • cosmo313
    July 25, 2011
    cosmo313
    This is the powerful and moving story of Howie and Becca, a couple struggling to cope with the loss of their 4 year-old son Danny after his death 8 months earlier in an accident. The film is a downer, but there is hope, and there are moments of levity and peace, so it's not a co... read moremplete bummer to sit through.

    I will say that it is probably one of the most thoughtful and realistic movies about dealing with grief and loss, although that's kind of relative since no two people ever deal with it in the same way. Still though, when it comes to dealing with a tough subject, this film gets it right.

    The acting is superb. Both Eckhart and Kidman shine as the grieving parents struggling to keep it all together, but Kidman's performance just might be a bit more devastating and notable. The supproting players, especially Dianne Wiest, are really good as well. I quite enjoyed Miles Teller's performance as Jason, the young man who accidentally killed Danny.

    John Cameron Mitchell handles the material in a very sensitive way that is never overbearing, and never too cynical nor too sentimental. It can be hard to watch certain scenes, but the film is very authentic and every viewer will probably be able to relate in some way.

    I really wasn't sure how I would feel about this movie. I can't say I was looking forward to seeing it, given the subject matter, but I heard the buzz about the acting, so that's the main reason I got interested. I am glad I watched this. My day is a little less sunny now, but I don't feel emotionally wrecked or anything.

    You should really see this. The performances are amazing, and the way everything is handled is very tasteful, and the film is quite insightful with how it presents the various ways people cope with grief and the way it affects life.
  • SirPant
    July 22, 2011
    SirPant
    A difficult subject to make a film about - It may have been based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play but that is no guaranty that it was ever going to work on film, so hats off to the director and actors. John Cameron Mitchell isn't such a one-trick pony after all which is nice to ... read moresee, no ego's here, he gave the story the respect and care it deserved and all credit to him, begs the question, why has he only made 3 films so far? The acting is also of a very high standard - Eckhart and Wiest are on good form as always, as is Kidman but I have to say, she is a love/hate actor for me and since Margot at the Wedding I've really struggled to enjoy her films - I digress, good performance, not worthy of all the award nominations I didn't think but good non the less. It was Miles Teller's subtle but poignant performance that really impressed me, his characters involvement in the story really gave the film its edge and really sets it apart from some of its 'Independent' contemporaries.
  • Tomassgringo
    June 28, 2011
    Tomassgringo
    The dark subject of this movie brings and dark experience for the viewer as well. But unlike other dark themed movies, I did not want to help find a solution, I just wanted it to end. I had too much sympathy for the cause of darkness.
  • FrizzDrop
    June 24, 2011
    FrizzDrop
    A simple and unsanctimonious vision of the death of a child, not everyone will be able to comprehend, or even sit through all of this in its entirety. The grief portrayed by Kidman and Eckhart is unsettling; Becca is in denial, though open to forgiveness by the one person she sho... read moreuld vow to hate. Howie, on the other hand, would like to move on, but comes to terms with his emotions in the wrong fashion. The performances by both are extraordinary, Kidman a powerhouse of awkward emotions and socially unacceptable behavior. She's outspoken and rude in most instances, but is apologized for with the subtext of grief. Still, she continually follows and talks to her son's killer, a high schooler with a numb personality, but an amazing outlet in the form of a comic book called Rabbit Hole. The plot is unavoidably predictable and full of clichés that Oscar nominated films possess, but there's something so sinister and disturbing about the parent's torment, that everything is made up for in the desperation in Eckhart's eyes and the volcanic anger on Kidman's face. A great character study.

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Critic Reviews

Peter Rainer
January 15, 2011
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

For all its sympathy and intelligence, Rabbit Hole is ultimately too safe an experience for such a free-form tragedy. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
January 14, 2011
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Rabbit Hole, directed with grace and surprising humor by John Cameron Mitchell, is a delicate tale that shares a great deal of the hurt of Robert Redford's Ordinary People. Full Review

Tom Long
January 14, 2011
Tom Long, Detroit News

As heavy, stressful, relentlessly sad dramas go, this one goes quite well. Full Review

J. R. Jones
January 14, 2011
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

John Cameron Mitchell directed, making an impressive detour in style and subject matter after his flamboyant Shortbus and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Full Review

Eric D. Snider
January 6, 2011
Eric D. Snider, Film.com

There's a lot of beauty to be mined from that depressing-sounding scenario, thanks to well-drawn characters, impeccable performances, and sensitive direction. Full Review

Richard Roeper
January 4, 2011
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com

Nicole Kidman does her best work in years in a film that at times is almost unbearably authentic. Full Review

Roger Moore
December 31, 2010
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

The film sets us up to judge and then upends those judgments. Full Review

Anthony Lane
December 28, 2010
Anthony Lane, New Yorker

With performances like these, the result is not so much an issue movie as a study of human quiddity and stubbornness under siege. Full Review

Ty Burr
December 27, 2010
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Eckhart works close to the top of his range here -- Howie is a guy's guy ill-equipped to fight something he can't see -- but Kidman simply goes above and beyond. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
December 27, 2010
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

What on the surface seems to possess all the melodrama and photogenic suffering of a banal prime-time weepie instead becomes a lucid, tough, deeply sensitive examination of emotional fortitude. Full Review

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    • Becca: And then what?
    • Howie: I don't know... Something though.
    • Becca: Does it ever go away?
    • Nat: No, I don't think it does. Not for me, it hasn't, and that's goin' on eleven years. It changes, though.
    • Becca: How?
    • Nat: I don't know... the weight of it, I guess. At some point, it becomes bearable. It turns into something that you can crawl out from under and... carry around like a brick in your pocket. And you... you even forget it, for a while. But then you reach in for whatever reason and - there it is. Oh right, that. Which could be awful - But not all the time. It's kinda... not that you like it exactly, but it's what you have instead of your son, so you don't wanna let go of it either. So you carry it around. And it doesn't go away, which is...
    • Becca: What.
    • Nat: Fine... actually.
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