An Unfinished
Life (2005)
family drama
directed
by : Lasse Hallstrom
featuring
: Robert Redford - Morgan Freeman - Jennifer Lopez - Becca Gardner - Josh
Lucas
running
time : 1 hour 47 minutes
Two generations of a damaged family are
brought together in this emotional drama. Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford)
was a once successful rancher whose spread went to seed after he developed
a serious drinking problem. Now on the wagon, Einar looks after what's
left of his spread with his friend Mitch (Morgan Freeman), a one-time cowhand
who never fully recovered after being mauled by a bear. Einar once had
a son named Griffin, but he died in a car wreck while Griffin's wife, Jean
(Jennifer Lopez), was driving; Einar never forgave her for the death, and
he had never met the granddaughter she was carrying until she arrived at
his doorstep 11 years later. Jean has become involved with a violent man
named Gary (Damian Lewis), and seeks refuge on Einar's ranch for the safety
of her daughter, Griff (Becca Gardner). Einar reluctantly takes in Jean
and Griff, giving them a place to stay as Jean looks for work and tries
to put her life back together. But old trouble makes its way back to town
in two ways -- Gary tracks down Jean and wants to make her pay for leaving
him, while the bear who attacked Mitch comes down from the mountains looking
for new prey. An Unfinished Life was adapted from the novel of the same
name by Mark Spragg.