Let me introduce the character first...
Adele (Kate Winslet) is a beautiful woman who had a big interest in dance, in
the past. She is depressed because of lost her several babies during on
pregnancy, especially the last baby born. That condition made her husband leave her for his secretary. After that, she feels that the world is so cruel to her, and that’s why she is afraid to meet people and rarely leaves the house.
Henry (Gattlin Griffith) is a calm boy who lives with his mother, he has a
schedule on the weekend for meeting with his father (and his new family too).
That condition made him lose a father figure in his teenage life.
FrankChamber (Josh Grolin) is a convict, he (accidentally) murdered his wife and his
son (actually, another man's son). He escaped from jail after getting surgery in
hospital.
The story begins when Henry goes to the supermarket
with his mom Adele, he meets with a bloody man who asks to take him into their
house. At first, they act awkward... but they get closer after, at
that time they don't know that Frank is a convict.
After a few days living together, they realized
that Frank had everything they needed, a husband figure for Adele and a father
figure for Henry. Also, Frank enjoyed having they’re. They did all regular
family activities together such as playing baseball in the backyard, making a
peach pie, and spending the afternoon together. They seem like a real family.
,Then, they decided to escape to Canada to start their new life as a family, it’s a difficult situation because Frank is
a convict and the cops hunting him. But, the desire to have a new life made
them (Frank and Adele) become so serious and start packaging the stuff.
Henry is confused, on one side he is very sad because he must separate from his (real) dad, but on the other side, he is very excited to start a new life with
a new family.
On the it day (the escape day) Henry went to his father's house to send a goodbye letter and told him that they were moving to
Canada. Unfortunately, there are so many (accidently) obstacles. From the cops
who followed Henry, the curious neighbor until when Henry's father read his
letter.
Absolutely, their plan isn't going as well as they expected, the police came after Henry's father reported. Frank feels guilty about taking them (Adele and Henry) into a difficult situation to decides to act as
kidnappers and tie up them in the house,
of course, the police can arrest him easily. It’s the saddest moment for Adele,
she lets the police take Frank from her... while she needs him beside her.
After
that Adele and Henry tried to negotiate with the police and say that Frank acted,
but no matter how hard they tried to light up Frank punishment, it was still nonsense. The
judge gave Frank 15 years of extras for his kidnapping act.
Adele loses Henry right and stays alone in
that house and Henry visits her on weekends as he does to his father in the
past. They’re trying to visit Frank in jail but isn't working, Adele
spent her life writing letters to Frank, but those letters are never answered.
And time goes by...
Frank finds Henry's address in the magazine and
writes him a letter, he is very happy about Henry's business and asks about
Adele, he thinks Adele is married and wishes for a chance to meet her after his
punishment is over.
