 With five years spent on the film's making, Redford was credited by director Walter Salles for being instrumental in getting it made and released.Back in front of the camera, Redford received good notices for his role in director Lasse Hallström's "An Unfinished Life" (2005) as a cantankerous rancher who is forced to take in his estranged daughter-in-law (Jennifer Lopez)—whom he blames for his son's death—and the granddaughter he never knew he had when they fled an abusive relationship.The film, which sat on the shelf for many months while its distributor Miramax was restructured, was generally dismissed as clichéd and overly sentimental.