Les mots retrouvés

I can see from the DVD's extra features that a lot of people claim to like this film, but they seem actually to like the idea the father develops, not the way the film actually carries out the idea. Is it true we can put back together things that are shattered? (Only sometimes, I think.) Does the film show that we can? Do the characters really do that? No, not that I can see--in answer to both of the latter questions. We are left with the girl making a strange gesture of failure; maybe it helps unite her father and brother, for a moment; but does it do anything else, to help with the serious problems in this family? Not that I can see. We seem set up for a miracle of sorts, and we don't get one; but the movie and its lovers act as if we do. PS I for one am not fond of movies in which children have strange inexplicable powers; but if they do, I want these powers to be put to some plausible use, at least.