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Evening [2007]
from Icon Home Entertainment
starring Patrick Wilson, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Richardson
directed by Lajos Koltai

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• A Crucial Memory That Will Orgnaize The Fragments Of A Life
  
  'Parked uneasily between sensitive indie and studio chick flick, Lajos Koltai's Evening makes star-studded hash of Susan Minot's beautifully written, if emotionally constricted, novel about a terminally ill woman trying to wrestle meaning out of the shards of her memories. Floating in and out of delirium in her Cambridge, Massachusetts, home, Ann Lord -- a former singer, twice married to men she didn't fully love and vice versa -- is cared for by her two daughters, played in the movie by the world's... more info

• not for us
  My wife and I did try to like this film. We failed. You may like this film if you like a slow-moving plot, but this one moved forward at snail's pace, constantly interrupted by jumps from one time-period to another. Why did the film-makers use this device? The plot would have worked just as satisfactorily if the events had moved in chronological order.

• 5 stars plus
  Considering some of the other comments, I must have watched a different film. This film should have been nominated for oscars - perhaps the American Academy have a thing about Vanessa Redgrave and may also think that Meryl Streep already has sufficient oscars. Vanessa Redgrave is one of the few actors who can act without saying a single word and the end cameo from Meryl Streep is amazing. Eileen Atkins is equally impressive (as always)as is Glenn Close and Natasha Richardson. A truly star studded cast but... more info

• What a shame, it had so much potential!
  This film had the potential to be really good. Instead it was sadly disjointed and a typical all star cast film! Too much rave about it's all star instead of focusing on making the film flow. Claire Danes was excellent, but it just didn't quite get there! There seemed to be parts of the plot missing.

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