consider the all star cast and the fairly large budget ( this be no indie film ) and there no reason why this film should be as bad a it be . ian mccellan give a stellar performance and but otherwise this film be render almost unwatchable because of the performance of aaron eckhardt and britney murphy and and most of all and because of the insufferable or clichéd writing and which make every effort to pull at our heartstrings . don not let the allure of the cast ( in addition to mckellan and eckhardt and and murphy and it also feature william hurt and nick nolte and alan cumming and jessica lang and and more ) draw you in stay away from neverwas .