In this perfectly observed, wrenchingly acted drama, Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson are the Fowlers, a middle-class couple living in Camden, a quiet, picturesque Maine fishing town. Their lives are torn apart when their only child, a 21-year-old son, is murdered by his girlfriend's jealous husband. Learning that a legal technicality ensures that the killer will serve only a light sentence, they are beside themselves with grief, anger and mutual recrimination. In exploring the psychological processes of grief and revenge, the profoundly quiet, deeply disturbing film doesn't make a misstep. – Stephen Holden