Daniel Day Lewis is Jack, a disillusioned hippy who is financially independent and refuses to give up his ideals even when the commune he used to live is no more. He lives a naturalistic life with his daughter Rose who is a teenager in love with her dad. Their relationship is a weird one since Jack seems to be in love with her too. It was really scary to watch since Jack fights his urges and seeks to remedy the situation by bringing in his girlfriend (she is more like a fuck buddy) and her two teen sons to live with them. Jack is kind of stupid here since he raised Rose in a sort of isolated -by choice- world where their peace is ongoing (and only to be broken by housing construction going on nearby) and despite the fact that Jack has a serious heart disease, Rose is totally happy with being home schooled (well not like was following a curriculum or anything but he was teaching her stuff) and doing gardening and living organically without TV etc.
She is waiting for her Dad to open up to her and make their feelings physical since she is at that age where her hormones are raging and she doesn't really know anyone else (one gardener comes along but their contact is limited to flowers and plants). Jack, while trying to protect her and raise her right, caused her to fall in love with him since there is literally no one else around.
SPOILER:
The new roommates prove to be problematic and Rose tries to "get even" with her dad. Anyway yadda yadda yadda and finally Jack admits to his feelings and they even kiss but he immediately breaks it up and then dies and Rose first decides to die with him but gives up on the idea and became a gardener two years later.
This one was really a bummer film. And the kind where it is very bleak but effective either. It just left a bad taste in my mouth.
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