Wednesday, November 7, 2012

You Can Count on Me

I'm not sure how this movie ended up on our NetFlix list.  The movie is based on unconditional love.  Brother (Terry [Mark Rufflao]) and Sister (Sammy [Laura Linney])

grew up without their parents, who were killed in an automobile accident.  We see them later, in their 30's. Although both are flawed and do things things that hurt, their love overcomes their bad behaviors.  There are lots of AA/AlAnon themes (unspoken) in the movie:
  • Live and let live,
  • Easy does it,
  • Let go and let God,
  • Just for today,
  • Fake it till you make it, and
  • Just accept, don't expect.
The over-arching theme is the unconditional love between a brother and sister who lost their parents and deal with that pain together growing up.

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