It "Neverwas"...

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Review Summary
A man seeks to unlock the mysteries of his family's tragic past in this drama. Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist who has resigned a prestigious position at a major university to take a job at the Millwood Clinic, a private residential facility run by one Dr. Reed (William Hurt). Riley tells Reed he was inspired to come to Millwood by the case of a family friend who was a patient there years before, but what Riley doesn't mention is the person in question was his father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), a successful but reclusive children's author whose book "Neverwas" became a remarkable critical and popular success. For all his talent and success, Pierson was haunted by mental illness and drug addiction, and after leaving Millwood he committed suicide, with young Zach finding the body. Ever since, his mother (Jessica Lange) has been bitter and blamed Zach for Pierson's death, and he's come to Millbrook looking for answers and closure regarding his dad. While working with the patients at Millwood, Riley strikes up a friendship with Gabriel (Ian McKellen), a charming older man with a poor connection to reality who was friendly with Pierson when they were both in treatment there; Riley also renews his childhood friendship with Maggie Blake (Brittany Murphy), a Millwood intern who was powerfully affected by "Neverwas" when she was young. Neverwas is the first feature film from writer and director Joshua Michael Stern and certainly a darn good effort.


I recently watched this movie and I must added was simply amazing...if you are one of those who rather sit down and not use much of your thinking cap while watching movies.....then "Neverwas" will certainly be part of your never will list...But for those of you who loves to exercise their thinking caps, then this movie will give you more than just a 1.30 hours exercise..for me it was a life long realization...to what you may ask...read on and you will find out

From the review, I'm sure you pretty much got the gist of the movie..From my understanding it was about the book "Neverwas". The author (Pierson) of this best seller wrote this book while he was in rehab with the help of his friend, Gabriel. "Neverwas" is a kingdom while Gabriel is the King. Pierson said, before he died, that Zach (Pierson's son) will rescue Gabriel from here (the rehab) and send him back to his kingdom. I think I am confusing you, right?? well watch the movie....in short what I'm trying to say is that, people in the rehabs may not be psycho..they just believe all that others says...and from beliefs, it just becomes reality...just like Neverwas..Gabriel made all his beliefs from Pierson a reality while the whole world laugh at him....

coming to think about it...that's what we all tend to do...laugh at people's beliefs or faith and they end up thinking it is real...life is all SNAFU (situation normal, all fucked up)