Rabbit Hole

Becca and Howie Corbett are trying to hold their marriage together eight months after their young son was killed in an accident. Each copes differently: Howie seeks distraction and support among friends and in a therapy group, while Becca, once a career woman and now a homemaker, chafes against her well-meaning family and withdraws. Grief has made it hard for the two of them to reach each other, and their attempts to move forward increasingly pull them apart. Becca begins meeting a teenage comic-book artist in a park, a connection that unsettles the fragile balance the couple has struggled to maintain.

John Cameron Mitchell directed Rabbit Hole, his third feature, following Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus. David Lindsay-Abaire wrote the screenplay, and Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart star as the couple, with Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard and Sandra Oh in supporting roles. Kidman also produced through her company, alongside Gigi Pritzker and Leslie Urdang.

Made for about 5 million dollars, the drama earned roughly the same amount worldwide during its December 2010 release, a modest commercial result. On IMDb it holds a rating of 7.6 from around 200 reviews, while on TMDB it stands at 6.6 from 678 votes, a gap suggesting critics responded more warmly than general audiences did.