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The latest from director Catherine Hardwicke, ). It’s a family melodrama about a terminally ill inmate (Brian Cox) offered compassionate leave to live under house arrest with his estranged daughter (Kate Beckinsale) and her troubled young son (Christopher Convery). Sincere performances convince, though the script bets on clichés as Cox’s gruff grandad seeks redemption for a history of violence… while teaching his bullied grandson to box so he can pummel his tormentors.

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