Connections seemed half-baked (spoilers)
Overall, I liked this film quite a bit; the camera work, story themes and acting were quite good. However, I have a problem with some of the 'common characters' used in the segments. Some of the connections seemed superfluous to me; they weren't strong enough to require the use of similar characters. For example, the fact that the man was the prison guard and then the abused woman's father wasn't really a factor for anything except not needing to hire another actor for the second scene. And the fact that Amy Benemann's mother shows up as the nurse in another scene, the woman is the wife of the sterile husband in the supermarket (yes, i know that there is a glance when they here the story about the abortion, but it didn't really add anything to the overall story)...
I guess I am wondering if this would have worked better as 9 distinctly different short films sharing a common theme.
Just my thoughts.