This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English migr Christina Peck an upper-middle-class suburban housewife happily married and mother of two little girls and Jack Jordan an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love faith courage desire and guilt and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably forever.
Review
This movie is very very good. Unlike some others I do not think the unchronological storytelling hurts the movie on the contrary I think that the pieces that the viewer has to put together in order to get the picture of the whole story just make it more interesting.
On the other hand no matter how good the movie actually is it is one step short of masterpiece. It is like you are climbing to heaven but you cannot make it over the last step. The story is good the filming is good the acting is good but there is still SOMETHING missing for this movie to be added to my hall of all time faves. Maybe it is the music this film does not have a strong score maybe all the components do not add up well together... It is hard to describe why but I was not as stunned as I usually am after watching movies I rate at 10.
Thus I was deciding between 8 a 9 finally I voted 9 but it is a rather weak one.