Lullaby

Lullaby

2014 · 117 min · EN · 6.2 (53 votes)
Dir. Andrew Levitas · Starring Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins, Anne Archer, Jessica Brown Findlay, Amy Adams, Jessica Barden · Music Patrick Leonard

What do you say when everything has been left unsaid?

Drama

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.

VIBE

A deeply emotional and reflective drama that explores the profound impact of mortality on family dynamics. It's a quiet, character-focused experience about finding connection and meaning in the face of loss, with moments of unexpected warmth and grace.

melancholicintrospectivepoignantlife-affirmingsteadycharacter-driven dramaslice-of-lifeemotional realismmortalityfamilyforgivenessreconciliation
new york cityterminal illnesscancerestranged family member
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