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Behind the Mask

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Bring out the tissue box for you will need it in the end. It is a true story about a man [played by Donald Sutherland] who spent his whole life caught up in his work, neglected his relationship with his wife and forgot to be a father to his son. One day he has a rude awakening and the journey begins as he tries to regain what he lost by helping a mentally challeged Christian man in his employ find his lost father. Good movie on how God works behind the scenes in our lives without even knowing it. It keeps you wondering how it will turn out in the end.

Splendid film! It radiates compassion and goodwill. The sheer acting abilities of the cast held my attention and lift this Canadian-produced film from the good to the top-notch.

Donald Sutherland portrays Dr. Robert Shushan, the director of an institute which employs the mentally handicapped in fulfilling orders to commercial sellers (packing boxes, assembling). Somewhere along the way he's left his hands-on idealism behind and become enmeshed in red-tape and bureacracy, neglecting his wife and son in the process. A crisis with his health and a fortuitous meeting with the interesting and eccentric James Jones sets him back on track.

This is a true story; the screenplay was written by the real Shushan and Jones. It's moving and worth watching more than once.

The movie was very good with Sutherland and Fox doing excellent work. Fox was a new name to me as I had not heard of him before Lost. Sutherland is always good. The storyline was not what I expected and I was pleasantly surprised.

We found this movie very uplifting and inspiring. The story is about the head of a center where mentally and emotionally challenged individuals produce and ship products. The focus of the story is on his relationship with one young man (James)who wants others to respect him.The developing relationship challenges both men and brings them to a place of healing and resolution between James and his father and the head of the center and his own estranged son. The acting is riveting and very satisfying. It is not a children's movie, but involves a deep theme about the value of a father, no matter who he is or how much water has gone under the bridge.

This movie is absolutely fabulous.....anyone working in a career with people with disablities should see this movie....It was heart warming.....loved it.

This is a great heartwarming movie that just tugs at your heart. Though I felt that the acting, roles and the scenes are all excellent, I felt that parts of the plot tends to take a bit of a flair for the dramatic. For the most part, the movie was great with the moving story of a father who befriends a man that saves his life, realizing in the end that he missed out on the most important thing in his life: his son. Be prepared to cry as there are tons of tear-jerker scenes! I'm glad to have gotten a copy of it. If you haven't, get yours today. This is a movie that you have to see at least once!

This is a must for every parent (father and son relationship)...it will penetrate your hardened heart and understand the feeling of a long lost individual...I was in tears when both the fathers and sons reconnected and reunited...its really a happy ending...thanks Amazon for the free and fast shipping.

What an amazing movie! I can't believe I have not heard anyone talking about this true life story.

Donald Sutherland does a great job as Dr. Shushan who helps a young man with disabilites that most of the system have simply overlooked. He invests his heart into the young man and it has an amazing transforming affect upon his life due to this friendship and the search for his father.

This is one that will make you cry, very moving.

My husband and I watched this video and it brought tears to our eyes. We were able to discuss his relationship with our son with openness and he was able to get it. This video is God's anointed answer for every mother and wife who has been trying to reach the men in her life and get them to relate to each other. It brought out the hidden anger and resentment of fathers and sons and how this comes about.

Dr. Shushan realizes how he has long short-changed his own family, especially his son Brian, whom Shushan has unfairly written off as a failure.