A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
by James Ivory
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Actor: Barbara Hershey, Dominique Blanc, Jane Birkin, Kris Kristofferson, Leelee SobieskiDirector: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Polygram USA Video
DVD Reviews of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
DVD Review: A Story Of A Family
Summary: 3 Stars
Kaylie Jones has written a recent biography, "Lies My Mother Never Told Me' that was spectacular. Her biography of her parents and her mother in particular, tell a different story of her childhood and her life with alcoholic parents. However, this film does justice to her father, James Jones, known as Bill Willis in this film and played by Kris Kristofferson. Her mother played by Barbara Hershey, gives a complete performance as a mother who drinks too much. However, this is not discussed nor is it supposed in this film.
'A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries' the title of the film and book by Kaylie Jones, was taken from a conversation that Kaylie had with her father. He was a glorious man that kept the family together. Kaylie and her father talked together all the time. He was her best friend in one sense. He advised her and was always right, it seemed. Her relationship with her mother is not revealed in this film. They seemed to have a simplistic mother/daughter relationship which was far from the truth. The film opens in Paris, where the family was living, while James Joyce nee Willis was writing and working. Every night the parents would host a party and Kaylie as Channe in this film, would hide in a chair until she fell asleep. The adopted brother is not revealed well. He just simply appears when in reality this was discussed with the family- a little boy that had no home. The James family accepted him wholeheartedly as does the Willis family. He had some difficulty in school because he was bored, and that is revealed very well. Hidden in a closet because he would not do what the teacher asked. How barbaric is that. But, you must remember that this occurred in the 1960's.
The family moved to the United States when the first signs of heart failure started to show in Bill Willis. He was admitted to the hospital several times, and he eventually died. But, the relationship that Bill Willis had with his children was extraordinary. As you can tell in the film, when he died, he family fell apart. He was this family's world and this film conveys that feeling well. Kris Kristofferson plays the role with humility and love. His love for his wife and his children is very apparent. He understands that the family revolves around his life, the writing life, and he tried very hard to give them a life that was full and rewarding.
This is a film about family, not a dysfunctional family, but one that has love and laughter and the center is held together by the father. Some of this film is true, and some of it is fictional. All in all the film is well told. If you have read Kaylie Jones book, 'Lies My Mother Never Told Me', you know the rest of the story.
Recommended. prisrob 08-23-09
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