Film Review: Reviewed By John Ferguson; 3 out of 5

Carey Mulligan offers up a touchingly vulnerable performance in this quietly moving family drama that was released soon after her big break, An Education. She plays a young college student whose boyfriend (Aaron Johnson) is killed in a car accident just after they have slept together for the first time. Her own mother is in rehab, so when Mulligan discovers that she is pregnant, she moves in with the dead boy's family. But while philandering father Pierce Brosnan (revelling again in playing a dislikeable character) is welcoming, the mother (Susan Sarandon) has still not come to terms with the tragedy. Although director Shana Feste doesn't completely avoid the usual tear-jerker clichés, the low-key direction and classy performances ensure that this weepie never gets too mawkish.

Plot Summary

Drama starring Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon and Carey Mulligan. Teenagers Rose and Bennett are young and in love. But on the same evening that Rose loses her virginity, Bennett is killed in a car accident. The young woman then discovers she's pregnant. But with no support from her own family, Rose decides to seek solace and shelter with Bennett's grieving family - father Allen, mother Grace and younger brother Ryan.