Blind Date (2009)

This re-make of the 1996 Theo Van Gogh film explores a married couple attempting to revive their shattered marriage after they survive a tragic car accident that killed their young daughter. Stanley Tucci directs and co-stars in the drama with Patricia Clarkson as each partner engages the other by posting personal ads in the newspaper and roleplaying various blind date scenarios and processing their shared grief. Watching this is much like experiencing a play with narration by the deceased daughter and Evan Lurie soundtrack. Ad headings such as "Blind Man Seeks Sighted Mate" and "Serious Reporter Seeks Aggressive Woman" add humor to this often difficult film. The original Theo Van Gogh film was first in a trilogy. The second was a 2003 film called Interview, later re-made by Steve Buscemi, starring Sienna Miller. The third film in the trilogy was never made after Theo Van Gogh's untimely murder in 2004.