Vincent, who has carried guilt for not watching Ben at the reunion, letting go of his hand and telling "Sam" to get lost, is forgiven by "Sam" who then decides to go back to living with his blood family, but he first plays a game of basketball with his real brother, with Beth and Pat watching from the living room window. | At the end of the novel, many conflicts remain unresolved. "[13], Two extremely negative reviews came from Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times and Desson Howe in the Washington Post. The Deep End of the Ocean is a 1999 American drama film directed by Ulu Grosbard, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Jonathan Jackson, John Kapelos, and Whoopi Goldberg. As his damaged older brother, Jonathan Jackson brings such confidence, maturity and self-possession that he seems to belong in another movie. "[14] Howe described the "moments in The Deep End of the Ocean that will break your heart. Apart from the previously mentioned occasions, and nice performances from Jonathan Jackson and Ryan Merriman, the movie's a floating longboat that ought to be ignited and pushed out to sea, Viking style. She is not held responsible for her actions because she cannot even communicate. He introduces himself as Sam, but Beth becomes convinced that he is actually Ben, and begins an investigation. "[15], Elmer Bernstein's original score to The Deep End of the Ocean was released in 1999 by Milan Records. | Wisconsin photographer and housewife Beth Cappadora leaves her youngest son, Ben, alone with his older brother for a brief moment in a crowded Chicago hotel lobby, while attending her high school reunion. Unable to cope with her devastation, she unintentionally neglects her other children, Vincent and Kerry. Ben is a polite, intelligent American boy who takes great pride in participating in Greek cultural rituals, much to the frustration of Pat who wants to pretend that Ben was never really abducted. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Cecil Lockhart The film was released in theaters on March 12, 1999 by Columbia Pictures, and was a box office hit, grossing $38 million worldwide. Ben is faced with the cultural identity that he grew up with, and the cultural identity he would have known had he not been kidnapped. (ISBN 0-451-18692-3). During the time Vincent is in prison, Beth and Pat develop relationship problems after continuous arguments, and they start sleeping in separate beds. Yet producer/star Michelle Pfeiffer, director Ulu Grosbard and scriptwriter Stephen Schiff still mess things up. This was Ryan Merriman's first feature film role. It is about an American middle class, suburban family that is torn apart when the youngest son is kidnapped and raised by a mentally ill woman, until he appears at the front doorstep of his real mother and asks if … Vincent sees the presence of Ben as a symbol of his own guilt at allowing his younger brother to be kidnapped, and a symbol of the anger that he has built up over the past nine years in living with parents that were too caught up in their grief to give him the love and attention that he needed.
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