Synopsis
Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. 'Morning' follows the divergent paths of Mark (Leland Orser) and Alice Munroe (Jeanne Tripplehorn) as they circle each other in a heart-breaking pas-de-deux of grief before finally coming to grips with their shared loss.
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Cast
- Jeanne TripplehornAlice
- Leland OrserMark
- Laura LinneyDoctor Goodman
- Elliott GouldMale Doctor Goodman
- Jason RitterReceptionist
- Kyle ChandlerBusinessman
- Charlie McDermottJesse
- Julie WhiteMary
- Gina MorelliLluvia
- Katie TrainaYoung Mother Tracy
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
This intense drama co-starring Jeanne Tripplehorn and writer-director Leland Orser is at times too minimalistic for its own good, but it has a powerful emotional immediacy that fully grips the viewer by the time it reaches its wrenching conclusion. - 75
Observer
Sensitively written and carefully directed with keenly observed nuance by Leland Orser, who also plays the grief-stricken husband driven to the brink of madness by the sudden death of his son, it’s a film that touches the heart with the tenderness of understatement. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
On the surface, this may seem like a bleak film, because it's so raw. But ultimately this is a movie about the mysterious ways in which we find a path toward healing, and its beautiful final moments stay with you. - 60
The New York Times
Acute emotional honesty and a frustrating narrative coyness coincide in Morning. - 60
Variety
An initially intriguing but ultimately exhausting tale of grieving parents left quite literally dazed and confused in the wake of their young son’s death. - 40
Time Out
As an exercise in grief, Orser’s drama is affecting, exhausting and something of a shortcut. - 40
New York Daily News
The movie gets too claustrophobic, while its noble attempt to take on suffering remains laudable. - 38
New York Post
It often seems like an acting workshop: Behave as if you are the parent of a dead child.