Review of Rabbit Hole (2010) by Muffin M — 03 Oct 2011

Becca Corbett (Nicole Kidman) and her husband Howie (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. As Becca finds pain in the familiar, Howie finds comfort.

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); meanwhile Howie lashes out and imagines solace with another woman (Sandra Oh).Yet as off the track as.

They are, Becca and Howie keep trying to find their way back to a life that still holds the potential for beauty, love and happiness.

Also stars Tammy Blanchard, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney and Stephen Mailer.

Directed by John Cameron Mitchell.