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...DEEP END OF THE OCEAN...
...Deep End of the Ocean bears a striking resemblance to the typical Sunday night movie of the week, with one important exception: it's good. Based on the New York Times best seller/Oprah Winfrey Book of the Month, this is exactly the type of movie skeptics love to criticize. With its metaphorical title and periodic, less than subtle outbursts into sappy soundtrack land, The Deep End of the Ocean could easily have degenerated into a cliched and shamelessly melodramatic style a la Stepmom. But director Ulu Grosbard thankfully manages to avoid melodrama in most (though not all) scenes. This, along...
...ending may seem a little much for the more cynical moviegoers. But the glossy, sophisticated look of the overall film compensates for these unfortunate lapses. And the film deals with such a tangled mess of problems that a tidy resolution must inevitably entail some fluff.The Deep End of the Ocean works best in presenting family confrontations. Arguments flair up suddenly but subside quickly with no more melodrama than necessary...
That happens to Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) in The Deep End of the Ocean, adapted by Stephen Schiff from Jacquelyn Mitchard's novel. In a crowded hotel lobby, she leaves little Ben in the care of his seven-year-old brother for a few minutes, and when she returns he has wandered off--or fallen off the end of the earth. A kidnapping scenario has the makings of melodrama or piety, but this carefully complex movie, directed by Ulu Grosbard, finds urgency in more ambiguous family vectors...
...February 25, BSide performed in showcase at the Middle East produced by Ocean Group Productions, a company founded last spring by Alvin L. McCottry '00. McCottry has also managed the Boston alternative rock band pistola since last summer...