Things We Lost in the Fire

A woman who lost her husband in a random act of violence and a heroin addict who was a lifelong friend of the dearly departed discover that the beloved husband and friend's unfortunate passing is actually a blessing in disguise in Open Hearts director Susanne Bier's Dogme-style drama. When her ...more

Things We Lost in the Fire has Oscar written all over it. It's got Oscar-winning actors (Halle Berry, Benicio del Toro), Oscar-worthy subject matter (drug addiction, coping with tragedy), and the director of an Oscar-nominated film (Susanne Bier, whose After the Wedding was Denmark's foreign film submission in 2006). But it's missing Oscar's key ingredient -- a spark of je ne sais quoi that would bring it all together into something transcendent. Technically, there's nothing one can identify ...more