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ABSTRACT, bright, light yet thoughtful, funny, offbeat, lyrical, musical, harmonious, relaxed, sincere, genuine relationships between teens to teens, and teens to their parents, affectionate, infectious, eclectic, there's a little bit of everything for everyone in this film, it's all over the place yet it has continuity. It's about teens with braces, and loves yet to come, a little loss, a pinch of salt and a little pepper. Stoltz speeds up the film then slows it down to reference certain points, catapults you from the present to the past and back again with great black & white home movie flashbacks of himself playing funny, good ole Uncle Charlie,(deceased) Aunt Marian's husband, in a cameo role he wrote for himself. Everyone can identify with one Uncle Charlie in their family.

Mimi Rogers is as vibrant as ever. "Her leftovers are better than mine," complaintive retort from Karen Allen (nice to see her back on "the big screen) to her husband as he flys out the door to see if Aunt Marian "needs anything" which creates a misconception on the teen's part who begins to think her father's having an affair with Aunt Marian and her parents are splitting up. She goes to Aunt Marian's for confirmation and the girl's suspicions become well met as Aunt Marian confesses to everything, including "you're mother is all for it," but are they talking about the same thing here? Cleverly done slight of hand.

Funny lines throughout the film like "putting bourbon in the twin's baby bottles" leaves a smile on my face. Everyone's so normal in a quirky sort of way, and relaxed. The whole films gives you a feeling everybody's welcomed! I loved it. Good goin' Eric!

Angela

Powerful, honest, to the point, sad, healing, cathartic, courageous, ultimately we have no victims here and end up with what humans truly are, especially women, survivors. The film is an act of love, for self and for every person on the planet who has ever experienced rape, sexual or otherwise, where one's intimacy and privacy are violated especially at the tender age of 14 when life is fresh and new, suddenly gone bad. I only wish this film came out 10 years ago.

The film profoundly affects as Anders says it like it is, walks the walk, talks the talk, and, as surviver of rape myself, the film angered, upset, and saddened me, yet I couldn't move myself out of my chair. I appreciate the blunt honesty and the integrity in which the film is detailed, I liked the congruity and coherent flashbacks from the past to the present..., delicate yet strongly done, it slams home the sociopathic brutality of an act of violence, not sex, portrayed by one of the rapists, Eric Stoltz, now a grown man who claims "we were only kids," his lack of remorse makes your skin crawl, his younger brother riddled with guilt, the film portrays one of the most inhuman acts one could perpetrate upon another in a strong yet sensitive way. Stoltz makes you want to kick him in the pants twice and have a hot fudge Sunday afterward. The film is exquisitely written and tuned with feeling. Any survivor of rape or otherwise is going to be affected by the way the event is poured out onto the screen in vivid color, the opposite of the color the world turns when one looks through the eyes of rape, you wonder how to get back into your own skin, the teenage girl now a grown woman struggling with her own sexual identity and the fact she's sterile from the rape..., the focus is not on the rape itself but the aftermath. Anders demonstrates the price paid for this act. Things Behind the Sun is a do tell, no-nonsense, right to the point film not for the faint of heart or giggly type. I recommend you see this film and take your kids, especially your teenage boys. This is living truth, not fiction. "God grant me the serenity," indeed, and "thanks for sharing".

I am a more recent viewer to Chicago Hope, Eric Stoltz drew me. Not being a doc show fan as a rule, I find myself becoming hooked on the series and, while I enjoy Eric Stoltz's acting in general and his character, Dr. Yeates, on Chicago Hope enormously, I am also enjoying the other characters who are beginning to take on lives of their own before my eyes. I am watching CH syndicated reruns with interest now. I understand Stoltz was given creative control over his character, Robert Yeates, and I think he's doing a really fine job. "Bobby Yeates" lightens up the tension around the hospital setting with much-needed humor, his energy quirky as it is. Stoltz is a shot of B12 for Chicago Hope, I think. The innocent almost naive stance coupled with the not-supposed-to-be-intentional tension Yeats creates between himself and the other characters is downright comical. Brilliant. It leaves me wanting more. I enjoy the way he fits in, yet plays off the others creating that tension. It is my understanding Stoltz signed on for only one season. While I would continue to watch the series after Stoltz's tenure, I would all the more love to see him stay on for another season. I feel the Yeates character hasn't had adequate time to develop and it would be a shame to see him just disappear now. Much more can be done with the character Yeats and I'd like to see this happen. Finally, if Chicago Hope has not received an Emmy to date or does not receive one for this season in particular, I'd like to know why. I would encourage CBS to sign Eric Stoltz on for at least another season. Either way.., I'm hooked... Angela