Rabbit Hole

Theatrical Release Date: 2010 12 17 (USA - Limited) / 2010 12 25 (USA - Expanding)

UPC: 031398133773

Studio: Lionsgate

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations, Profanity, Drug Content]

Summary: Adapted for the screen by David Lindsay-Abaire from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play, director John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole stars Oscar winner Nicole Kidman and Golden Globe-nominated Aaron Eckhart as a married couple who find their relationship on life support following the devastating loss of their young child. The further their relationship deteriorates, the harder the grieving parents fight to keep it alive. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Screenplay – Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead – Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead – Independent Spirit Awards Best Director – Independent Spirit Awards Film Presented – AFI Fest Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Audio commentary with the director, writer, and director of photography
Deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer

Rabbit Hole

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 04/19/2011

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DHMA null

Runtime: 92 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Perry Seibert

With the gender-bending Hedwig and the Angry Inch and the sexually upfront Shortbus, director John Cameron Mitchell proved he was thrillingly unafraid of being explicit. But his third feature, an adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's play Rabbit Hole, finds him embracing subtlety without sacrificing his taste for the melodramatic. The movie stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as Becca and Howie, a couple grieving the death of their young son months after a traffic accident took his life. They are each floundering in their own way -- Becca has mostly cut herself off from people, while Howie ends most days watching videos of their son on his phone. Attending a group therapy session with fellow grieving parents does nothing for Becca, but Howie strikes up a friendship there with Gaby (Sandra Oh) that quickly escalates into an emotional bond. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Howie, Becca has been having conversations with Jason (Miles Teller), the teenage boy who played an unwitting role in her child's death. The dramatic tension in Rabbit Hole -- the title comes from a comic book created by Jason -- stems from the question of whether a marriage can survive such a devastating emotional trauma. And while the film never shies away from Becca and Howie's pain, it doesn't wallow in it either. Kidman and Eckhart are excellent together -- their characters' deep love for each other hasn't disappeared, it's just buried under layers of sadness, hate, and anger that bubble to the surface even as they try to tamp them down. Kidman's icy demeanor makes her early scenes all the more powerful -- Becca's refusal of a neighbor's kindly invitation to a party is socially acceptable, yet unmistakably pointed. Contrast that with the tender exchanges between Becca and Jason, and you can begin to appreciate the range Kidman is capable of. Eckhart and Oh get the film's best laughs, especially in a scene when, after smoking pot, they attend another group counseling session. The movie feels intimate rather than explosive; the emotional stakes don't seem trumped up, but instead seem intimately personal. That's a savvy creative choice by Mitchell and his cast because with material like this it's tempting to manipulate the audience into sympathetic tears. There are big moments, to be sure, but they are just moments -- the kind of sudden outbursts that will be very familiar to anyone who's lived through the senseless loss of a loved one. Rabbit Hole is a simple film, written, acted, and directed with empathy. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Dianne West  Actor 
Nicole Kidman  Executive Producer 
Nicole Kidman  Producer 
John Cameron Mitchell  Director 
Anton Sanko  Composer (Music Score) 
Leslie Urdang  Producer 
Gigi Pritzker  Producer 
David Lindsay-Abaire  Screenwriter 
Linda McDonough  Executive Producer 
Dean Vanech  Producer 
Daniel Revers  Executive Producer 
Per Saari  Producer 
Brian O'Shea  Executive Producer 
William Lischak  Executive Producer 
Nicole Kidman  Actor 
Aaron Eckhart  Actor 
Dianne Wiest  Actor 
Miles Teller  Actor 
Tammy Blanchard  Actor 
Sandra Oh  Actor 
Giancarlo Esposito  Actor 
Jon Tenney  Actor 
Stephen Mailer  Actor 
Mike Doyle  Actor 
Roberta Wallach  Actor 
Patricia Kalember  Actor 
Ali Marsh  Actor 
Yetta Gottesman  Actor 
Colin Mitchell  Actor 
Deidre Goodwin  Actor 
Julie Lauren  Actor 
Rob Campbell  Actor 
Jennifer Roszell  Actor 
Marylouise Burke  Actor 
Jay Wilkison  Actor 
Ben Hudson  Actor 
Salli Saffioti  Actor 
Ursula Clare Parker  Actor 
Phoenix List  Actor 
Sandi Carroll  Actor 
Teresa Kelsey  Actor 
Sara Jane Blazo  Actor 
Brady Parisella  Actor 

Country: USA