Personal Effects

2009
15
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

9.3K

YOUR RATING

Michelle Pfeiffer and Ashton Kutcher in Personal Effects (2009)

Walter, 24, is a wrestler, competing for a spot on the national team when he learns of his sister's brutal death. He comes home to help his mother; he works out, takes a dead-end job, and goes to the trial of the accused murderer. He becomes friends with Linda, her husband murdered; she's raising a teen son, Clay, who's deaf. Walter gets Clay into wrestling. He accompanies Linda to events at a center where she works. He sees her at the courthouse. They wait for verdicts. Walter's mother takes her daughter's things to a rummage sale. Clay has his father's pistol. How will grief express itself?

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A 24 y.o. wrestler/McJobroni man meets a mom 20+ years older at group therapy for family of murder victims (sister and husband). He helps her deaf teenage son. She invites him to weddings. T... Read allA 24 y.o. wrestler/McJobroni man meets a mom 20+ years older at group therapy for family of murder victims (sister and husband). He helps her deaf teenage son. She invites him to weddings. They await convictions on the murder trials.A 24 y.o. wrestler/McJobroni man meets a mom 20+ years older at group therapy for family of murder victims (sister and husband). He helps her deaf teenage son. She invites him to weddings. They await convictions on the murder trials.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

9.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Brice
(as David Lewis)

Rob LaBelle

Camden

Aleks Paunovic

Brian Markinson

Finneran

Sarah Lind

Annie

Ali Skovbye

Beth
(as Alissa Skovbye)

Kyle Toy

Jose

Dean Wray

Larry

Brock Johnson

Mark

Mary Black

Peggy

Sarah Strange

Janet

Jay Brazeau

Martin

Jake LeDoux

Maloni
(as Jake Le Doux)

Director
- David Hollander
Writers
- David Hollander
- Rick Moody
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Kutcher's friend Topher Grace provides the narration in the film.

Goofs
Linda offers Walter a Marlboro Red cigarette outside the courthouse. He declines. She then pulls a cigarette out of the pack and lights it. The cigarette, and filter, are completely white. Marlboro regulars are white with a brown filter.

Quotes
Clay: Clay: But all of this isn't only about me. All of this is more about waiting for someone you know will never come back. About that time spent waiting. And the people you meet in the waiting room.

Connections
Referenced in I'm Still Here (2024)

Soundtracks
Run Off The Road
(David Wingo)
Performed by Ola Podrida
Courtesy of Ola Podrida

User reviews42

Featured review

9/10

Very Good, Drama/Love Story

I recently viewed this movie and found it to very well acted and the story line to be a bit different from the normal everyday run of the mill Holleywood knock off film with just a different twist. More of a testament to how people can change one another's lives for the better just by being there for each other. It's about coming to terms with one's own thoughts and hatred and grieving for the loss of a loved one and then moving on with your life. It's about how love can bridge the gaps of time to bring two people together even in the most solemn of times. I would have to say that this is definitely one of the better films that I have seen for awhile. Very worth the time to watch.