Campbell Babbit is a
reporter for the New York World Newspaper. He’s been writing a series on a woman who lost her son because
of a random shooting. This event
happened in 1986 and she turned her grief into civic action. Unfortunately, her grief overcame her and
she committed suicide. Campbell
had fallen in love with her during his interviews. Instead of letting the public know that she died, he
continues to write about her story.
His editor sends him to cover the NASA Challenger flight from New Hampshire,
the hometown of teacher-in-space Christa McAuliffe. Campbell learns his friend, also a teacher, has just
committed suicide the day before he arrives.
Campbell is letting
everyone down by still clinging to the story of the woman. Now he is claiming he was more of a
friend to the teacher they lost than he really was. He’s supposed to be covering reality with his assignment but
he’s not living reality, he’s making it up? 2 ½* (This movie is so-so)
104
min, Drama directed by Jonathan Glatzer with Steve Coogan, Hilary Duff, Olivia
Thrilby, Josh Peck, Molly Shannon, Molly Price, Max Hoffman, Sarah Lind, Laura
Carswell, Ingrid Nilson, Adrea Brooks, Andrew Wheeler, Gabrielle Rose, Coleen
Rennison, Aubrey Mozino.
Note: Imdb 5.7 out 10, 16% critic 31%
audience, Amazon 3.5* out of 5* with 15 reviews.
Special
Note: Filmed in Langley and
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
There is a mistake in this film.
In a scene near the end of the film, Cambell drives away and you can
clearly see the shoulder of someone riding in the passenger seat.
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