Film Review – Five Nights in Maine

“Five Nights in Maine” is reserved for viewers who can appreciate the fine art of the gut-wrenching drama. It’s tough stuff, masterminded by writer/director Maris Curran, who takes a messy look at the stages of grief and troubled communication, giving actor David Oyelowo and Dianne Wiest plenty of space to figure out how to play charged reactions. It’s an interestingly spare effort trying to find a spot in today’s flashy movie marketplace, demanding patience from the audience as it gradually reaches a mournful purging, but Curran does stick the landing, rewarding those curious enough to study broken people in exploratory mode with an exceptionally acted, smarty scripted drama that packs a wallop. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com