Never let it be said that Kevin Bacon shies away from a challenge: His second feature as director is an adaptation of Victoria Redel's disturbing 2002 novel about a mother's obsession with her young son. And while he assembled an admirably strong cast — headed by his wife, Kyra Sedgwick — his inability to strike a consistent tone is the film's undoing. Determined to have a child by any means necessary, but uninterested in anything so mundane as a husband, Emily Stoll (Sedgwick) travels the country in search of men whose genetic material meets her exacting standards. After countless fruitless sexual encounters, Emily finally gets pregnant by a poetic commodi...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
86 mins