10 Feel Good Movies With Heartbreaking Hidden Secrets
2. Gravity
More than most here, Gravity perhaps stretches the limits of a feel good movie. It’s much more of a serious drama, avoiding the cheesy, poppy veneer we might usually associate with that tag. However, despite the more serious tone and the esteemed performances of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, there is a clear feel good factor driving this movie.
Sandra Bullock needs to get home. She (spoiler alert) finally makes it. Feel good achieved.
Except, not quite. That final image of Sandra Bullock’s Ryan clawing gratefully at the sand is endearing, and we’re used to seeing Bullock in fluffy feel good filler anyway. We’re so overwhelmed by the drama at the end, and the crawling, grasping image of the astronaut is so powerful that we forget what the whole thing really means.
Ryan lands in the middle of nowhere. America is such a vast place that she could be days from anyone, and that’s if she instinctively walks in the right direction. She’s just come out of space, so will be weaker, plus she only has one set of soaking wet, thin clothes, and no food. No way of contacting NASA either.
She might well die of exposure soon.