An Unfinished Life Page #6

Synopsis: To escape an abusive boyfriend, without announcing her plans in advance, Jean Gilkyson takes her young daughter Griff to the Wyoming ranch of her father-in-law, Einar. Jean and Einar are disaffected, as he blames her for the death of his son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitch, who was attacked by a bear, and Einar does not know that he has a granddaughter. While Mitch heals and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving Griff.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Lasse Hallström
Production: Miramax Films
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
PG-13
Year:
2005
108 min
$8,535,575
Website
1,077 Views


- You b*tch!

- Mom!

- Don't you ever hit me!

- Mom!

- Don't you hit me!

- Mom, are you OK? Mom! Mom!

- Come on.

- Mom! Mom!

- Let her go, Gary!

- Let go of me.

- Are you coming or staying?

Hey! Take your hands off her!

What the hell?

Get in the car.

Get in there!

Griff, get out of the car.

- Griff! Griff, goddamnit!

- Griff!

Mom!

Mom!

Come on.

Mom.

- Come on.

- Mom.

- It's enough, Einar.

- Mom.

You leave her alone.

Now, come on here. Come on, get.

Get out of here. Get away,

you greedy little bugger.

- She didn't do anything to you.

- That's Mitchell. He's a boy.

Yep.

Come on.

Get outta... Goddamn...

Loma.

Loma, Nebraska.

So what about you, Mitch?

You know anything about this?

About what?

So you don't know anything about it?

I just drove him home from the hospital.

Mm-hm. Of course. Right.

Hello, Officer Curtis.

Good afternoon there, Griff.

Einar.

Would you stay for lunch today?

Yeah, I might.

I gotta speak to your grandfather

for a second, though, first.

Ah, heck. It can wait.

Here, let me grab that for you.

So, how was she today?

Looks good, huh?

- Yeah? Did you do the milking?

- Yeah.

Think it might rain today.

No, it's gonna stay warm.

I didn't say anything about the

temperature. I said it might rain.

Would you bury me next to Griffin?

Don't you think you oughta die first?

It's gonna happen, you know.

Where the hell else do you think

I'd bury you? It's where my family lies.

You think the dead

really care about our lives?

Yeah, I think they do.

I think they forgive us our sins.

I even think it's easy for them.

Griff said you had

a dream about flying.

Yeah.

I got so high, Einar,

I could see where the blue turns to black.

From up there, you could see all there is.

And it looked like there was

a reason for everything.

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Mark Spragg

Mark Spragg (born 1952) is an American writer. He is the author of three novels and one book of nonfiction, mostly set in Wyoming, where he grew up. more…

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