Watching: Da Vinci's Mother

Overview

Director Jim Sheridan's poignant indie drama stars Diane Keaton as a mother who realizes she never really knew her son and throws herself into his life in an effort to understand him after he commits suicide. By taking a job at the restaurant where he waited tables, getting to know his friends and bonding with his girlfriend, Mom not only gains priceless knowledge about her boy, she also learns a thing or two about herself.