Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

jotix100 The death of Bennett Brewer, a popular teenager is at the center of this story. We watch as he and his girlfriend Rose are making love. Taking her back home, Bennett makes a tactical mistake in stopping in the middle of a road to declare how much he loves her and how deeply he has fallen in love for her. Unfortunately, it is at this moment when a truck comes out of nowhere, crashing against the car. Bennett is killed after staying alive for seventeen minutes.We watch the distraught parents at the grave site. Rose, with an arm on a sling, comes to the funeral, but she stays out of the picture. Going home, in the limo, we see Grace and Allen Brewer with their other son, Ryan, sitting in stone silence. Never do we see these people comforting one another, much less talk about the tragedy that is changing their lives forever.Speed forward to three months after Bennett's death, when a pregnant Rose shows up at the Brewers. Mysteriously, this teenager has no one in the world, or so it appears. Later on, we learn she has a mother somewhere. Allen is sympathetic to what Rose is experiencing. Grace, on the other hand, wishes this intruder could be the one that had died, not her beloved Bennett.The problem with "The Greatest" lays in the way the screenplay by Shana Feste, who also directed, does not make too much sense. One can make excuses for certain liberties most filmmakers take, but it is inconceivable the situation caused when Rose decide to crash with her would be in-laws, and better yet, that they went along with taking this stranger they knew nothing about into their midst. There are things that have been presented in a better way in films on this subject.Susan Sarandon is asked to do another one of her bereaved mothers trying to cope with a big loss, something we have already seen her do, to much better results, one must add. Pierce Brosnan, whose company produced the film, and is listed as one of the people responsible for the film, shows a much vulnerable side. His Allen is carrying a lot of guilt inside him because of his involvement with a colleague. Carry Mulligan, impressive in other films where she has appeared, does not elicit the viewer's sympathy, perhaps because of the way Ms. Feste conceived her character, or the direction given to her. Michael Shannon, an interesting actor, shows up in a small role toward the end.

Argemaluco I complained in various occasions about the family dramas which ignore the story in order to plunge into the characters' suffering...and The Greatest is one of them. As many of these dramas, the film relies on competent performances to keep us moderately interested, but there is not too much story after all; we simply have a premise which could have been much more interesting if someone had made an effort to bring it a better structure and an authentic message.After having established the situation during the first half hour, we still have 60 minutes in The Greatest to see how every member from a family assimilates all the hard things they have to go through. And sure, the things they live are enough extreme to justify various scenes about suffering, consternation and compromise. In other words, all the actors have the opportunity of showing us their most afflicted expressions, and their solid performances certainly make The Greatest to look better than what it really is.However, I am usually not left very satisfied by these movies which consist of a constant suffering, because I feel that they exploit really tragic situations for the audience's entertainment; but I do not want to discard the possibility that its artificial sentimentality might help someone to overcome a horrible personal situation, so I think I have to give it the benefit of the doubt and give The Greatest a slight recommendation for what it is: a generic drama which results moderately interesting thanks to the performances from Susan Sarandon, Pierce Brosnan, Carey Mulligan and Johnny Simmons, whose collective presence is the only thing which makes this movie better than many dramas made for TV.

perkypops The subject matter seems simple. Boy gets girl pregnant and dies in road traffic accident, and his passing opens all kinds of wounds within his grieving family. But this story is far from a simple one about grief, as it explores jealousy, morbidity, self destruction, and so much more, as Rose, the pregnant girlfriend, pieces together the picture of Bennett the boy she has secretly loved for four years but really only known for just a few hours.Beautifully acted with powerful performances all round, this film is a carefully guided tour about emotional healing processes which is never over sentimental. There are several memorable moments in this film where relationships are threaded together or torn apart by virtue of the wonderful script. The film is exceedingly well edited.You will see more entertaining films but if you are looking for depth of character and well crafted story telling then this takes some beating.

sg_projects Acknowledged that this film doesn't make you press stop/eject (or get up and leave the theater) but please take a random plug at the rest of the offerings out there and you'll be more satisfied.Decent acting but with the exception of a couple of scenes it mostly stops there... For those who voted higher than 5 out of 10, you have really lost your mind!!With Pierce and Susan on board, all in all, a real disappointment for a theme that many might have appreciated and could have worked.JB