Rabbit Hole (John Cameron Mitchell, 2010):USA

Reviewed by Brittany Christianson. Viewed at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.

Rabbit Hole is a heart wrenching story about the grief of losing your child and finding a new way to live your life after, written by John Cameron Mitchell( also from Short Bus. 2006) and produced by David Lindsay Abaire (also from Robots. 2005).  When Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie (Aaroin Eckhart) lose their four year old son Danny in a tragic accident, their lives are turned upside down.  Counseling is out of the question and when an unexpected friendship is made, their relationship falls apart.  It’s up to them to salvage what is left, and move on from the loss of their son.