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6.8/10   1,998 votes
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Writer:
Joshua Michael Stern (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
4 August 2006 (Bulgaria) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery more
Tagline:
Every fairy tale needs its hero.
Plot:
A well-educated psychiatrist leaves an academic career to work at an institution where his father, a novelist... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
Promising more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Aaron Eckhart ... Zach Riley

Ian McKellen ... Gabriel Finch

Brittany Murphy ... Maggie Blake

Nick Nolte ... T.L. Pierson

Jessica Lange ... Katherine Pierson

William Hurt ... Dr. Peter Reed

Bill Bellamy ... Martin Sands

Alan Cumming ... Jake

Vera Farmiga ... Eleanna
Michael Moriarty ... Dick
Ken Roberts ... Terrence

Cynthia Stevenson ... Sally

Lorena Gale ... Judy
Tabitha St. Germain ... Receptionist
Tim Henry ... Husky Sheriff
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic issues.
Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
British Columbia, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: In the shot of Zach entering the tunnel from behind, he's not holding a lantern but in the next shot from inside the tunnel, he's carrying one. more

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Promising, 12 April 2006
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Author: letsroll from Earth

Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a talented, young psychologist/psychiatrist who returns to his hometown to work at the local mental institution. Dr. Reed, who runs the facility, is skeptical at why Dr. Riley would leave his prestigious position and join an institution that has barely a reputation. Dr. Riley visits his drunk mother and meets an old friend, a beautiful and well-played Brittany Murphy. Gabriel Finch, a reticent patient, surprisingly warms up to Dr. Riley and they begin therapy treatment, to the surprise of all. We soon learn, however, the everyone has an agenda and everyone has secrets. Dr. Riley's father was the tormented but brilliant author of a children's book, called Neverwas, with a character named after the youth Dr. Riley. The film is a dark, at times, fancy that wraps the stories of Dr. Riley, his father, and the mysterious patient Gabriel Finch together. The movie is well acted, and the bit parts are equally compelling. However, the ending isn't what you expect and I was left empty, wishing that the film had taken a different tact. Eckhart, as a vulnerable and tortured soul, is fantastic, a good turn from his egotistical / angry roles in previous films. Brittany Murphy is surprising elegant. Wait for the DVD.

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