The Deep End of the Ocean
1999 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer), a photographer, is married to Pat (Treat Williams), a restaurateur, and they would seem to have a perfect life in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1988, they have three small children that Beth takes along to her high school reunion in Chicago. While checking in at a crowded hotel lobby, her middle child, three-year-old Ben, disappears. Despite a frantic search and much media coverage, the boy is not found, and Beth soon falls apart. Nine years later, the family has only barely recovered when they move to Chicago so Pat can open a restaurant with his father. A few months later, a neighborhood boy named Sam Karras (Ryan Merriman) knocks on the door, asking to mow the lawn. Beth notices the boy's appearance exactly matches a time-elapsed photo of Ben constructed by the police; she takes pictures of the boy and contacts both her husband and police detective Candy Bliss (Whoopi Goldberg).
Direction Ulu Grosbard
Cast Michelle Pfeiffer · Treat Williams · Jonathan Jackson · John Kapelos · Whoopi Goldberg · Ryan Merriman · Tony Musante · Brenda Strong · Michael McGrady · Rose Gregorio · Alexa PenaVega · Lucinda Jenney · Olivia Summers · Susie Spear Purcell · Joey Simmrin · Holly Towne · John Roselius · Robert Cicchini · Daniel Hagen · Todd Jeffries · Wayne Duvall · McNally Sagal · Robert Clotworthy · Nancy Sullivan · K.K. Dodds
Soundtrack Elmer Bernstein
Screenplay Stephen Schiff · Jacquelyn Mitchard
Cinematography Stephen Goldblatt
Original title The Deep End of the Ocean
5.6
4K votes (FilmAffinity)
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