I hate when characters go out on misguided missions without thinking them through. Much of it is technically possible but doesn't hold up well to inspection. It's nice to have a primal emotion or fear brought alive by a movie in the right way. Death is one of those things that can be scary but which we often completely forget about. You can relate to these characters and the way they feel. The desperate fear that you're not a good person, that you failed somehow. It's interesting the kind of guilt we're capable of putting upon ourselves. That brutal honesty that hurts the most usually comes from a very kind, sensitive place. People can argue and say nasty words and yet somehow communicate love at the same time through their body language. Simply seeing other people deeply affected by disturbing things can make you feel less alone and give you faith in humanity. There doesn't need to be any explanation for a situation for us to learn from it. I don't normally cry during movies and I didn't, but I can see how someone could and there's something healing in that. What was important was that they were handled well and weren't too obvious or sappy or preachy, IMO. The subject matter automatically lead in that direction. The best parts were the emotionally intense scenes of which there were several. However, over time, this movie had enough touching moments that felt real and were gagné that in the end it was reasonably enjoyable. I found the main character very annoying at times.
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