CirAndreasSiCorneliusAh Perhaps the writer wrote something that made sense and just the director or final editor messed it up, but the story line and ending made no sense at all. Perhaps they thought this was abstract art or something??? It isn't art to make a complete mess and say "isn't this wonderful? Everyone can see something different" Anyone can use their imagination to visualize things in a pile of sand, rocks, grain lines in a piece of wood. Making a film like this takes no skill or talent. Of course if you think a Picasso is art, you might like this. If you think a Picasso is just a piece of junk that wealthy people with no taste listening to insane people with no minds elevated to an item of value, you will agree. The acting was excellent. To bad the director and editor had no clue what to do with it.

Laura Mazzoccoli OK, so I watched this movie once and did not really understand it (I am always great at understanding weird plot lines and symbolism in movies) The second time I watched it, which was tonight, I finally got it! Yes, obviously the entire movie is a fantasy in Danika's mind. She is probably schizophrenic or has multiple personality disorder or maybe she just went crazy and we don't know what is wrong with her, that is why she is manifesting another reality. She has created a whole reality for herself that is obviously not real. At first I was a bit confused as to whether she gets in the crash while her children are younger or older, like in the present, I thought maybe that was another twist they wanted to throw at you. But yea, it is definitely while they are young, after she finds her husband cheating, therefore the whole reality of her and her semi-normal, semi-happy family is pure delusion. It is simply how her mind copes with her illness and the obvious post traumatic stress from killing her children in the crash. This one really threw me at first, but once you understand it, I think it is pretty clever and original. You really feel for her when you see Danika in the last scene sitting on the bench watching the world go by and all the while playing this drama in her head. It makes you think how many people out there probably experience this same exact thing every day. All in all, a pretty decent movie, but definitely not recommended for those who want it simple and laid out. This takes some concentration and after thought. Enjoy :)

Claudio Carvalho Danika (Marisa Tomei) is a thirty-five years old overprotective mother with a beautiful family composed by her successful husband Randy (Craig Bierko), two sons - the teenager Kurt (Kyle Gallner) and the little Brian (Ridge Canipe), and one teenager daughter - Lauren (Nicki Prian). Danika is disturbed and near a breakdown, having dark and terrifying nightmares and daydreams; distracted in her work and consequently committing mistakes; and under psychiatric treatment with Dr. Evelyn (Regina Hall). Her problem was originated when her husband cheated her with the nanny of their children, breaking her confidence on him. The lack of attention caused by her disturbed mind leads her family to a tragedy."Danika" is an impressive and challenging American dark movie showing the complexity of the human mind. My interpretation of the story is very simple: after finding her beloved husband cheating her with the nanny of their children, Danika becomes an insecure, stressed and overprotective mother, affecting her professional life. While in her treatment with Dr. Evelyn, she revives her innermost hidden fears about the lack of confidence in her husband. This situation is very clear when Randy tells that she cannot forget and forgive him, after the incident with the police. Danika insists on not having a maid to help her, and while having a daydream driving her car with her children, she does not pay attention in the traffic light and is hit by a school bus, killing her children, but surviving. When the reporter asks the paramedic if she would survive, the other man responds "yes", but asks "how could she live?". She asks for her children and her imagination sees her happy family together again. In the last scene, we see the reality, i.e., how she survived, deranged and homeless. I am a fan of Marisa Tomei, and in "Danika" she is simply brilliant. The promising director Ariel Vromen and the writer Joshua Leibner have great beginning of career in the cinema industry. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Danika"

wilma-spragling In the opening of the movie the main character thought she was in the middle of a bank robbery and her boss was murdered. All Danika could do was crawl on the floor in a separate room. While thought the robbery was really happening, the robbery was part of her imagination. It took quite a while for me to realize she had mental problem. How did the shrink turn out be be the person her husband was having an affair with? The ending of the movie did not make sense to me. What happen to her family? I noticed throughout the movie she would see the bag lady, but it turned out she was the bag lady. Was her husband really having an affair? Did her kids die in a car accident?