This movie is really tough. I am a Jodie Foster fan. I'm also a fan of Mel Gibson's overall body of work. Even the Lethal Weapon series was fun. I think they're a good team, and I like that Jodie Foster was trying to help her friend with this movie.
Nevertheless, it wasn't very good. This is a tragic subject - depression - but the tone of the movie didn't work for me at all. It was a bit fairy-tale like in the beginning, which felt false. It then moved into ugliness and tragedy, but still managed to have a decently happy ending. That was false.
Mel plays a husband and father who suffers from severe depression. He is mentally ill. After trying unsuccessfully to kill himself, he is "saved" by a puppet he found in the trash. Unfortunately, the puppet takes over Mel's life. It's almost a psychological horror film for twenty minutes or so.
The cast is good; the acting is good; the movie is bad. I would NOT recommend this one.
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