Closing The Ring (DVD, 2009)

This was a very good movie in my opinion. I liked the story line. The actors were very well played and you felt the feelings of the actors.

Features Acotrs:Shirley MacLaine, Mischa barton, Christopher Plummer, Stephen Amell, Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite, Brenda Fricker, Greogory Smith & Martin McCain.
Running Time:118 Min.
Rating:R

In 1991, a small Michigan town mourns the death of a World War II veteran. The man's widow Ethel Ann (Shirley MacLaine, Being There), however, seems fairly indifferent to her husband's passing, much to the consternation of her daughter Marie (Neve Campbell, Scream 2). Marie presses her mother as to why she refuses to grieve, but Ethel Ann will not budge. Marie then turns to Jack (Christopher Plummer, Hanover Street), a family friend who seems to know what's troubling Ethel Ann but is reluctant to discuss the matter with Marie.
Meanwhile, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a retired firefighter named Quinlan (Pete Postlethwaite, The Usual Suspects) digs up the remains of a B-17 that crashed there in 1944. Helping him is an enthusiastic young man named Jimmy (Martin McCann), who discovers a ring inscribed with the names Teddy and Ethel Ann. With the ring lies the key to a long-dormant secret involving Quinlan, Jack, and Ethel Ann.


This movie is full of buried emotions & secrets, and flashes from present time to past many times.So pay attention it gets better towards the end.Hope this helps you decide.Thanks for reading! :)

A story split in two, with each of the two also split into two.

World War 2, love, death, injury, and choices made.

Current day Northern Ireland-- again, love, death, injury, and choices made.

Each story tells the other story, each thread intertwines until a handful of threads become a rope. In this case, an exceptionally strong rope, one that tells of the choices made, the way love is both the basis of life and how it interrupts life, how death is and is not part of life, and how injury both hurts us and makes us more alive.

For the combat vet this story is tougher on them than on those who stayed home, but even those who stayed home feel pain and flight as the stories unfold.

The warnings?

It is emotionally intense, it has nudity, love, and although there are explosions, fire, damage, and death, the core of the movie is about life.

Kind of tough to explain unless you've been through a war, I guess.

Well worth watching.

This is a great DVD!! If you are on the fence about it go ahead and buy it! No need to rent this one, You will want to watch it again. Great!!