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Emotional Arithmetic 2 of 5 Stars
Released: April 2008
Runtime: 99 minutes
Rated: 14-A/PG-13 (strong language)

If awards were given out for the worst title for a Canadian movie, Emotional Arithmetic would win hands down.  Mind you, it's alternative title Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning is not much better as it elicits a movie-of-the-week vibe.

Based on the novel by Matt Cohen, Emotional Arithmetic is more suited as a stage play than a film and despite some heavy hitters here, including Christopher Plummer and Susan Sarandon, this movie never really quite touches the heart that a movie about the holocaust, orphans and relationships should.

Reunited 35 years after creating a life-long bond in a World War II concentration camp, Melanie Lansing Winters (Sarandon), Christopher Lewis (Gabriel Byrnes) and Jackob Bronski (Max von Sydow) are reunited on the Winters retirement farm.

Unfortunately all three have not been able to let go of the past and the bonds that worked for the three of them to survive the harshness of war simply doesn't add up after so many years apart.

We learn that Jackob has been in-and-out of psychiatric care, Melanie continues to keep watch over the countless numbers that went through Drancy while allowing her relationship with her husband, son and grandson to suffer and Christopher has very grown-up feelings for Melanie despite having only been mere children during their time together.

Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydown Star in Emotional Arithmetic
Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow star in Emotional Arithmetic

But the biggest issue with, Emotional Arithmetic in it's short 99 minutes, is in that it never really explores all the themes it sprouts and leaves a large number of questions unanswered. 

One of the most perplexing questions never answered is why Melanie's son Benjamin (Roy Dupuis) and her grandson Timmy (Dakota Goyo) are also living on the farm.  Although this is obviously not a huge part of the movie's overall plot but by simply ignoring it, especially after a brief mention, it continues to nag at the audience and we are never satisfied.

And what of the relationships between the three main characters?  Are we simply to believe that Melanie, Jackob and Christopher are the way they are with each other because of their experiences together during the war?  The audience never gets to see the progression of these characters together and what draws them to each other now and we can't help but think we're missing out on something more special than reliving the past.

And finally, what of the husband, David Winters (Christopher Plummer).  We're given clues as to what may be the reason behind his and Melanie's troubled relationship but screenwriter Jefferson Lewis never really fleshes this out either. 

It is these connections to the characters and what they are now that ultimately makes Emotional Arithmetic not only a poor title, but a rather disappointing movie as well.

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