실화를 바탕으로 한 이 영화는 덴젤 워싱턴이 감독하고 마이클 B. 조던이 주연을, 버질 윌리엄스가 각본을 맡았다. 이라크에 파병된 군인 찰스 중사(마이클 B.조던)는 갓 태어난 아들에게 사랑과 조언을 담은 일기를 쓰기 시작한다. 집으로 돌아온 후, 뉴욕타임스 편집장인 아내 데이나(샨테 애덤스)는 부부로서의 여전히 변치 않은 관계와 아들에 대한 헌신적인 사랑이 가득한 남편의 일기를 재조명하는데… 일생에 단 한 번밖에 없을, 가족에 대한 사랑을 깨닫게 해주는 따뜻한 봄 햇살 같은 영화.
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.
There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son spends part of the weekend with her ex, a man with a hair-trigger temper. Molly is expecting her first baby and its father acts as if the responsibility is too much for him.
