After the water incident with Dory, Audrey asks Jerry to leave the house. Predictably this sends him on a heroin binge. Audrey quickly realizes her mistake and has her brother Neal (Omar Benson Miller) and one of Jerry´s fellow Narcotics Anonymous attendees Kelly (Alison Lohman) help Jerry become clean again and cement his position as a close friend of the Burke family.

Director Susanne Bier has made the eyes of del Toro and Berry the overwhelming focus of Things We Lost in the Fire. Bier uses close-up after close-up to reveal emotions. While not as effective for Berry, del Toro's amazingly expressive eyes add to the agony of the scenes in which he is attempting to come off heroin.

While the screenplay by Allan Loeb is an admirable look at loss and the difficulties of drug abuse, the story almost seems a little too flawless at times. Audrey's husband has died tragically, but he has left her with all the money she'll ever need and Jerry is able to safely come off heroin in a garage apartment with just the help of friends. In both of these instances, I doubt few would argue that most times real life doesn't play out that way. For me, some of the unrealistic settings occasionally made it hard to feel the intense level of emotion Bier and Loeb seemed to be looking for. However, despite the weaknesses of The Things We Lost in the Fire, Benicio del Toro delivers a performance worth watching.

Things We Lost in the Fire was shot in 2.35:1 framed 35mm film. The DVD preserves the widescreen format. The sound is presented in English 5.1 Dolby Digital. The DVD also provides French and Spanish 5.1 mixes and subtitles for all three supported languages.

The special features provided with Things We Lost in the Fire are pretty standard fare. "A Discussion About Things We Lost in the Fire" (20:24), features director Susanne Bier, writer Allan Loeb, producer Sam Mendes, and stars Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro discussing their involvement with the film. There is no real behind the scenes footage, but since all the film's principles are involved, the documentary is worth watching. The seven deleted scenes (9:25) can be played collectively of separately. The theatrical trailer is also included.