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Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams...
...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 with excellent performances by Michelle Pfeiffer and Jonathan Jackson, convert the Deep End into a sophisticated and genuinely touching film which manages to be interesting without the requisite sex or violence scene. How innovative...
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...
...entire cast does fine work, but Pfeiffer is a treasure. She calibrates each nuance of loss without seeming calculating. She makes Beth sensible and alive, as understandable as that nice woman next door whose sobs wake you in the night to remind you that we are all one vagrant step from heartbreak...
Think Hollywood is too corporate these days? It's just getting started. Last week publicity powerhouse PMK (which handles names like CRUISE, PFEIFFER, HANKS and DAMON) finally consented to marry McCann-Erickson (clients include GM, MasterCard and Coca-Cola). The New York ad giant was not so much interested in PMK's tidy profit margin--"We're just chump change to them," says LESLEE DART, one of PMK's three partners -as in its vast warehouse of stars. "Celebrity icons are brands," says JOHN DOONER, McCann-Erickson's CEO, "and there may be opportunities to work with like-minded brands...