The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean is a 1999 film adaption of the book written by Jacquelyn Mitchard, which stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams with Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Jackson and Ryan Merriman in his first feature film role. The plot tells a story about a Midwestern family as they deal with the disappearance of their young son. Beth Cappadora is like most mothers—loving, devoted and occasionally overwhelmed by the demands of caring for her ... more

The Deep End of the Ocean is a 1999 film adaption of the book written by Jacquelyn Mitchard, which stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams with Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Jackson and Ryan Merriman in his first feature film role. The plot tells a story about a Midwestern family as they deal with the disappearance of their young son. Beth Cappadora is like most mothers—loving, devoted and occasionally overwhelmed by the demands of caring for her family and maintaining a successful career as a photographer. With her three children in tow (two young sons and a baby daughter) Ben, Vincent, and Kerry, she arrives at a hotel for her 15th high school reunion weekend in the year 1988. In the middle of the crowded lobby, she leaves the boys unattended for no more than a minute—and in that moment her three-year-old son Ben disappears. A frantic search turns up nothing; he has vanished in the blink of an eye, seemingly without a trace. As hours turn into days, days into months and months to a... less