Newtown

It feels like the closest thing to a tribute audiences can pay to the children and adults who died, and the town that continues to grieve them.

One needn't be a mother or father to be drawn in by what Snyder has captured in this quiet but powerful film. Just being human will do.

Snyder's filmmaking is elegant but basic, and it needs not be more. She's not there to dazzle us. She's there to bear witness.

We see happiness unspoiled, our own unfulfilled potential, all the mistakes we never made.