I found this remarkable film. I will not elaborate on the plot (a slow pace, the effective use of flashbacks), the game characters (the actors glaring truth in demanding roles), photography (intimate, very big and very big shots), etc.. I would follow the spiritual side (in the broadest sense of the word.
I would first try to summarize without betraying (the sequence n is not very straight): Bryan, good father and good husband, is also a good friend Jerry who are stuck in heroin, which brings tensions in his marriage to Audrey. Bryan was killed trying to help an abused woman by her husband. Audrey sends her brother Jerry Neal looking for funerals. Later, she decides to offer his garage as a residence to Gerry, in exchange for his help. Since the death of Bryan, Gerry tries to recover. It establishes a good relationship with both children and neighbor of Audrey Howard. He attended the Narcotics Anonymous. In a moment of anger, Audrey thrown out and he relapsed into drugs. She goes looking for him and with the help of Neal, takes care of him. She convinces him to go to a rehabilitation home. This overview is far from doing justice to all the excitement that this movie streams. The atmosphere is dark, but it dosed light moments and comedy, as in real life.
The film's title alludes to the fact that when the garage was burned down with all sorts of valuable documents, Bryan said the principal was no one was hurt, that's what mattered that people come before things.
At the end of the film, I said that the communion of saints! The characters are weak and suffering and yet being open to the needs of each other, they managed to get out some of their hole. All characters, major and minor, are trying to help each other. The late Bryan is the catalyst. The memory of his goodness motivates survivors to do better, to get up and help others to recover.
"Accept the Good. "This little phrase (an adage Bryan) comes back a few times during the movie. It's like the legacy of Bryan. Audrey and Jerry each need to live this lesson to deposit their burdens. Emphasize the positive often seems less natural than emphasize the negative. Welcome the good things in life can seem difficult when things go wrong, but is light in darkness.
God as such is absent from the film, or hidden behind the scenes. Gerry has something like a rosary around her neck and her friend NA wears a kind of cross on her necklace. The latter asks Jerry why he never stays for the Serenity Prayer at the end of their meeting. This is not a film "Christian, but Christian themes is everywhere: love of neighbor, donated his life (again) fall and redemption, etc..
There are many "good feelings" and clichés in this film. This is not a film of well-being, but rather a reflection film on grief, addiction, redemption. As often is removed from a movie or a book what brings, it is likely that Mr. and Mrs. All-the-world, like myself, will love this work and be affected. People whose values are ossified surely find negative things to criticize. For me, I choose to accept the good and try to enjoy it.
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