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Synopsis: This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and 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 have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 76 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2003
124 min
$16,162,920
Website
2,862 Views


If you're saved

and you know it, say "Amen. "

[ Congregation ]

Amen.

Everybody up on your feet.

- Jesus is our light.

-Jesus is our light.

[ Keyboard Clacking ]

[ Groans ]

[ Clattering ]

[ Oxygen Hissing ]

[ Hissing Stops ]

[ Wheezing ]

[ Coughing, Gasping ]

[ Wheezing ]

[ Door Opens ]

Hey, honey, I'm home.

[ Toilet Flushes ]

[ Coughs ]

Hi.

Jesus, you scared me.

How are you feeling?

I feel great.

Have you been

smoking again?

Oh, for f***'s sake, Paul.

You know if they find out

you're smoking, they'll take you

off the transplant list.

If I don't smoke,

I'll go f***in'nuts.

Better nuts than dead.

[ Coughs ]

Is that necessary?

I don't know

how the hell you get them.

[ Wheezing ]

[ Whimpering ]

Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!

Baby!

Oh, God!

Call an ambulance!

[ Sobbing ]

Baby!

Call a f***ing ambulance!

Goddamn it!

Please, do something.

Baby!

Come on, please.

[ Doorbell Rings ]

[ Doorbell Rings ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Men Laughing ]

[ Man ]

Hey, Al,you want a Coke?

Jack, boss wants to talk to you.

He wants to see you now.

Come on. We both know

I'm not a caddie yet,

but I'm working at it.

And I'm learning, Brown.

Man, I swear to God,

I'm not going to let you down.

No,Jack,

that's not the problem.

What's the problem?

The problem is some members

have started complaining

about your tattoos.

I got a long-sleeved shirt.

No, man--

No long-sleeved shirt...

You can't see it.

is gonna cover that one

on your neck right there.

You're gonna

start wearing a scarf.

Look,Jack.

This club is for people

different from me and you.

No. You know, I don't drink.

I don't steal.

I'm clean.

Tell me, why me?

Look, I know you're clean.

That's why I hired you.

But this decision

comes from the administration.

If I don't follow through,

they're gonna f*** me too.

[ Sighs ]

Look, I cut you

a hefty severance check,

and you can pick it up

on the way to the cashier's.

Try to understand.

[ Ice Cubes Rattling ]

Okay. Good.

So, is there any pain?

My head hurts a little bit.

That's normal.

That's because of

the blood pressure medicine.

We'll get you something else

to make you feel better.

Thank you.

I brought...

- what you asked for.

- Oh, my God.

Oh. Is that my heart?

The culprit.

Which one is he?

That's him

with the brown vest.

He's putting the bag

up on top right now.

You okay?

[ Breathing Heavily ]

Come here.

I wanna kill him.

We have to kill him.

Thank you, Lord,

for keeping us together,

for filling us with love

and for giving us this meal.

Amen.

[ All ]

Amen.

I got fired

from the club today.

'Cause of your

good pal Brown, right?

He had nothing

to do with it.

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Guillermo Arriaga

Guillermo Arriaga Jordán is a Mexican author, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his BAFTA-nominated script for 21 Grams and his ... more…

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