The Deep End Of The Ocean

Based on Jacquelyn Mitchard's Oprah-approved bestseller, this story of family tumult in the wake of a child's disappearance avoids schmaltziness, but doesn't examine the depths of parental agony. 1988: Photographer Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) is going to her 15th high school reunion in Chicago, accompanied by her three children: surly, 7-year-old Vincent (Cory Buck), giggly Ben (Michael McElroy) and baby Kerry. She briefly leaves the boys alone in their hotel lobby, and in that instant Ben vanishes. The local police mount a massive but unsuccessful search, and when Beth returns home to Wisconsin she plunges into deep depression, forcing solid husband Pat (Tr...