The movie deals with feral and frank qualities of human post-recovery. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhall as Jeff Bauman the young, working class, man whom became instant celebrity due to photograph of him in the aftermath of explosion and his identification of the bomber. He became an instant hero and symbol of the Boston recovery surrounded by his hard-drinking, family who expects much of him without having full appreciation of what he went through. His only salvation is his girlfriend Erin, played by Tatiana Maslany. He dealt with his injury in quiet, obliging manner but kept his frustration bottled up inside in such a raw and fine performance by Jake, who is the clear star of this movie. A fine performance by Miranda Richardson as Patti, Jeff's mother provides the emotional cortex as the representation of family's expectation on Jeff but unable to provide support and sanctuary that Jeff so badly needed to deal with the hardwork and pain that Jeff will need to deal with for the rest of his life.
It is one of the amazing movie that I have watched recently, and it is ultimately touching and satisfying. It will be great to see how the box office and award season deal with this movie.
