THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE

RYAN: Thank you for going to see the tearfest, “Things We Lost in the Fire,” without me. How was Halle Berry?

CAROLINE: I really liked this movie, though I don’t know if anyone is seeing it…

RYAN: Actually what I asked was, “How was Halle Berry?” That’s all I care about.

CAROLINE: She’s great, as is Benicio Del Toro.

RYAN: He’s so hard to look at that I don’t even know how you could sit through this movie.

CAROLINE: Seriously? I think he’s kind of hot in a weird, devilish way.

RYAN: Ew, he’s got weird discoloration under his eyes, and his hair and his facial features are strange…how could you find him hot? You mean, like interestingly hot?

CAROLINE: Yeah, like sexy ugly. He’s got that raspy voice and is just such a good actor. This movie is really a character study of him and Halle Berry. Basically, she loses her husband in a tragic way and Benicio Del Toro was his childhood friend who became a drug addict. Halle never liked him, but they come together in the wake of the husband’s death.

RYAN: Did you cry?

CAROLINE: I didn’t actually shed a tear, but I welled up for sure, and gasped a few times. There’s high drama in this movie, and several flashbacks to happier times between Halle and her husband, who’s played by the empirically sexy David Duchovny.

RYAN: You speak the true.

CAROLINE: It’s definitely the kind of movie that you see because of the stars. They give great performances, but it’s a heartbreaking movie that isn’t necessarily fun to watch. It’s very well done though by this Danish director, Susanne Bier.

RYAN: Is it long and boring?

CAROLINE: Not at all. It’s about 2 hours, and it’s one of the better movies I’ve seen this year. I just don’t know that everyone will want to see it because of the subject matter, but I definitely recommend it.

RYAN: That sounds like your bottom line to me.

CAROLINE: Indeed.