In this psychological thriller, Julianne Moore plays Telly Paretta, a woman who lost her son 14 months earlier, when the plane taking him and several other kids camping crashed in the ocean.

But Telly is still grieving when she comes home one day and finds all photographic evidence of her son removed from the house.  She is told by her husband (Anthony Edwards) and psychiatrist (Gary Sinese), that her son was memory she had created for herself after she had suffered a miscarriage—he never really existed.

Unconvinced of this, she seeks out Ashley Correll (Dominic West), a former professional hockey player, whose daughter was on the same flight as her son.  In trying to make him remember his daughter, she soon finds herself on the run from the National Security Agency (NSA), as she tries to solve the truth about what happened to her son.

Director Joseph Ruben has done very well with weaving in thrills you don’t see coming, causing you to jolt from your seat several times throughout the film, while staying away from anything gruesome that would make your stomach churn at the same time.  There is only one scene near the end of the film that borders on grotesque, but lasts a total of about two seconds of screen time.

Julianne Moore (The Lost World: Jurassic Park) was superb as Telly, as she stayed true to her role right to the end of the film; a role that cannot have been the easiest to play.

Dominic West (Mona Lisa Smile, Chicago) was quite good in the part of a man who deeply regrets that he forgot his daughter.  Again this was not an easy role to play but West handled it quite well.

Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump) was acceptable as Telly’s psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Munce.  However, he did not seem to be completely in character.  As Sinise is not a particularly versatile actor, ten years after Gump, it is still hard to see him as someone other than “Lieutenant Dan”.

Anthony Edwards (Top Gun, ER) was all right as her husband, though his character was somewhat minor and written as not being overly-supportive of her 14-month mourning.  Although that would actually be understandable, that he perhaps could let go more easily than her.

Alfe Woodard (K-PAX, Star Trek: First Contact) had an interesting role as New York City Police Captain Anne Pope.  A woman caught between wanting to see justice for Telly, by pursuing the investigation into her case and having to turn her case over to the NSA.

This film is really well written as it starts off in what looks like normalcy before whisking you off on unexpected twists and turns.  If you like to be jolted in your seat by the unexpected, but without seeing the blood and guts that sometimes accompanies films like that, then this film is for you.