Personal Effects (2009)

Movie: 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? Written by {[email protected]}”

• Director: David Hollander
• Release Date:
  27 March 2009 (Taiwan)
• Run Time:
  110 min
• Country: USA , Germany
• Genre: Drama
• MPAA:
  Rated R for language, some violence and disturbing images.

Tagline: The space between loss and love.

Trivia: In real life Ashton Kutcher was a biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa. Ashton wears Iowa U sweats and hats in the movie.