A lawyer, Henry Turner (played by Harrison Ford), is shot but survives. However, his speech, mobility and memory are impaired and he now has to reacquire these skills. Moreover, he has to relearn his life.Good, but not great. Had tons of potential but pulls its punches and falls back on clichés. Plot is a bit choppy and uneven too - too many blind alleys, when the writer and director should be concentrating on more profound statements. I would have expected much better from director Mike Nichols and writer JJ Abrams. Still, fairly moving and interesting.Great performance by Harrison Ford in the lead role. Good support from Annette Bening.

The movie is rather well directed, well scored, well played with a special mention for the daughter and the trainer but the story is just unrealistic. I know it has been written by mister Abrams (who does a cameo) but the story he wants us to believe has nothing to do with the real life. As too many Hollywood desk writers, the characters have no connection with the audience. Here, it's not the courageous cop or the brave doctor but the well-known brilliant and successful lawyer! We should tell those writers that there are thousand jobs outside to pick to tell a story! With such a dumb choice, the emotion is clearly washed up as Harrison gets the best doctor, the best clinic, the best house, the best school for the daughter, the best hotel and so on… His rebuilding as a new man is a good idea but considering the starting point, I really don't care after. About Harrison, he is always this formidable soft-spoken guy who is right and doesn't let go! But as I don't like to watch him play a bad guy, I don't like more to see him suffer. Finally, I have strong reservations before watching it and after watching it, it confirms that I shouldn't have picked it up!

Ruthless lawyer Harrison Ford is shot in the head by John Leguizamo during a convenience store robbery. He survives but suffers brain damage. He loses his memory, including forgetting how to speak and walk. He slowly recovers and learns to function normally but his wife and daughter are surprised at the changes in him -- namely that he now seems like a nice guy. We know he's nice because he no longer slicks back his hair like he did before. Only greaseballs slick back their hair. He's also semi-retarded now and movies have told us time and again that being retarded means you are inherently good and easy to get along with. The premise is certainly interesting but this is pretty clichéd and even cheesy. Ford's performance is sure to elicit laughter from all but the most sensitive types out there. Bill Nunn is the highlight as Ford's horndog physical therapist ("I gotta get me some of that"). Brought to you by Ritz Crackers.

I loved this movie because so many of the characters were round--they developed and grew as people over the course of the movie, quietly making high-road, compassionate choices, even with broken pasts. Ford and Benning and their daughter are all fantastic. Without being schmaltzy, cheesy, or Disney, there's a lot of soul transformation for the better throughout the movie. Many characters are role models. I feel I'll be a better husband and father, after seeing Henry's like roles in this film. My only criticism? Ford's supposed to be this terrible, cut-throat lawyer at the film's beginning, but I think Harrison Ford is just too nice to pull that off. You don't think, "What a jerk!" as the viewer, but that was what you were supposed to think.