some quality, but too much bad taste
This is a film with good actors, and that's why I watch it from the beginning to the end.
Unfortunatly there is too much bad taste, no respect for animals and an exploitive expose of women. The sex/birth scenes are unnecessary and in my opinion Kate Winslet shoud had refused to do it.
The murder/suicide was of poor taste and obvious as emotional exploitation. Even the parents reaction to that drama is not realistic. In my opinion, people don't react like that. There would at least be, sooner or later, a reference to the mothers words that put motion to that drama. If not by the father, throw the mothers guilt.