Rabbit Hole - Don't Know How To Feel It.

 (2010) ★★☆☆☆

Through the rabbit hole, you'd, according to 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland', experience a whole new unknown world of mysteries, sensations and of course dangers. Whenever there's a change, there's pain. You may mistake it for some sort of pleasure at first, but y'know, it's just pain in disguise.

In the film, Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie (Aaron Eckhart) are trying to deal with the pain caused by their son's sudden death in a car accident. Becca wants to move on, and let bygones be bygones. She gets rid of her son's pictures and clothes, and gradually slips through 'the rabbit hole' into a strange, mysterious relationship that may be found hard to understand by most of us though. Howie however, refuses to. He's stuck in the memories of his son. He believes God-talk will help. He needs an ear, someone who would listen to his heart. But that's it. He doesn't want to move further. What a sad soul!

In fact, I don't have much to say about this film, because it doesn't strike me emotionally. It's neither beautiful nor technically impressive. The story is too plain to be talked about. The only thing there worth a checkout is Nicole Kidman's performances. She seems so talented in interpreting a bereaved mother, but I don't think she's good enough to win the this year's Academy if nominated. Other than that, there's really nothing that touches my heart. Am I supposed to feel how they feel? I can't anyways. All I want to say is, pain is inevitable provided that we have the wrong perception of impermanent, compound things. If you don't want to be like Becca and Howie lost in pain, you'd better be aware of the tension between how things are and how you think they should be.