I loved this film. I thought it was brilliantly crafted with a real artist's eye. Everything in the film connected well. And I appreciated the realness of the film. The director created very real, raw characters and settings too often atypical of Hollywood. After watching the film I found myself thinking about it from many different aspects; it has multiple layers to ponder. I also thought the music was perfect, adding poignantly to the emotional impact of the story. The acting was excellently nuanced as well. All the main characters bring you into their presence to empathize with them, and you both feel and see on them frustration, loss, haunting on their faces. (I especially liked the little boy's look to his mother in the the back of the car at the end of the storyline.) Everyone should see this film. It leaves you a better person for having pondered the issues, for having walked in someone else's shoes for the little while.