After losing their only son and their remarried daughter-in-law moves away against her will with their grandson, a retired sheriff and his wife set out to bring them back.
An amazing on-screen couple in a suspenseful yet emotionally superficial story. My suspicions about the depth started with the inciting incident, which was the death of their son. It would have really made me cry if writer/director Thomas Bezucha let Kevin Costner be the actor he really is and then cut to Diane Lane’s response. A father losing his only son is a scene that would break anyone in half. Let alone followed by the mother’s reaction. And Let Him Go… lets it go quite easily – no pun intended. I get the hard-macho-old-sheriff-ranch man who doesn’t show many feelings, but they develop strong bonds with their sons (and daughters).
Having said that, what Bezucha does well is build up the suspense. The moment they start asking about Donnie Weboy, it gets quite intense. It gets, actually, surprisingly intense. Then they made it to dinner with the Weboys, where I could hear the heartbeat. I say no more about that because you must watch it for yourselves. But the emotions keep fluctuating throughout and neither build up nor reach climax. It’s a shame, really, because the story has all the right ingredients that are lost in the plot’s development.
Diane Lane and Kevin Costner were a great couple as Clark Kent’s parents and are a great couple here as well. They play it really well from the beginning of the motel room to the revenge. Let Him Go is definitely worth watching. Even though it could dwell on the drama a lot more, it most definitely transcends the difference between the way men and women think and how that affects them both. Plus, the final scene in the house pays off.
But forget what I or anyone else thinks about it and, as I said, have a go at it. Lane and Costner are in the same film. In the meantime…
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