Synopsis
Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out she's pregnant, she winds up at the Brewer's door. She needs their help, and although they can't quite admit it, they each need her so they can begin to heal.
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Cast
- Pierce BrosnanAllen Brewer
- Susan SarandonGrace Brewer
- Carey MulliganRose
- Aaron Taylor-JohnsonBennett Brewer
- Johnny SimmonsRyan Brewer
- Kevin HaganPriest
- Amy MortonLydia
- Deirdre O'ConnellJoyce
- Miles RobbinsSean Brewer
- Cara SeymourJanis
Recommendations
- 75
Observer
A film of maturity and courage, one that kept me consistently engaged. Quite an accomplishment, really, for a new filmmaker on her first date with a camera. - 63
Rolling Stone
Brosnan, on a roll with this film and "The Ghost Writer," vividly etches the emotional fissures in a man coming apart. The Greatest takes a piece out of you. - 60
Village Voice
First-time writer-director Shana Feste has made an uneven but often affecting film that requires its gifted cast to push hard against the script's schematic plotting to find moments of real emotion. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Unfortunately, though its heart is smack in the right place, The Greatest tends to play more like a collection of appropriate, well-acted scenes than as a fully satisfying narrative. - 50
The A.V. Club
It’s when the small moments become large ones that Feste overreaches and the shaky performances don’t bail her out. - 50
ReelViews
What a waste of a talented cast! There are times when it can be depressing to see so much acting potential wasted on a script unable to elicit the best from its stars, and this is one such occasion. - 40
Time Out
Given that Sarandon played this same role so sublimely before in "Moonlight Mile," her devolution into theatrical rending of garments and gnashing of teeth is particularly disappointing, but no one--not Brosnan’s shell-shocked–by-numbers patriarch nor Mulligan’s wide-eyed waif--comes out of this steroidal pity party unscathed. - 40
New York Daily News
Dignity dies a million deaths despite the best intentions.
