Jake Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany shine as they portray a real life victim (Jeff Bauman, who  lost both his legs) of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and his on-and-off again girlfriend.  This tale could have been just another tear-jerker, but the story is not sugar-coated — the immense challenges (physical and emotional) of adjusting to life in a wheelchair are front and centre — and the characters come to life, in all its complexities, on the screen. 

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