Evening
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Actor: Claire Danes, Redgrave, Toni Collette, WilsonBrand: Universal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Evening
DVD Review: Probably the worst movie I have seen in 3 years
Summary: 1 Stars
I was hopeful that with Clair Danes and others in this case this movie would have been enjoyable to watch, but it was quite the opposite. The plot never took off, the acting was sub-par for those on the screen, and after about 60% of the movie complete, I just had to turn it off. Some may say that was a bad decision as the end justified the means, but I couldn't bear it any longer.
I would not recommend this to anyone, but if you just have to have this movie I would be happy to give you my copy if you just pay postage.
DVD Review: So long...
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie was ridiculously slow moving. They almost had the movie because it does have a nice plot but it just wasn't a good movie. I was looking for a better romance movie and instead was just left disappointed with the middle and end.
I wouldn't recommend it
DVD Review: No chemistry - with anybody . . .
Summary: 3 Stars
I too wanted to love this movie! But from the get-go there was no chemistry, with anybody - especially between the central character, Ann and supposedly love of her life, Harris. Patrick Wilson as Harris was just painful to watch - he showed as much passion as a flounder. And Hugh Dancy just was not believable to me as a lost soul drunk. And I usually love Claire Danes - but she was just ok in this film. I think the best were Natasha Richardson, Toni Collette and Mamie Gummer. I gave three stars for them and the setting.DVD Review: Waste of Time
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm really glad I watched this disaster for FREE on HBO, at least I did not waste my money. Horrible script and constant flashbacks that really did not allow the mostly talented actors to touch the audience. Absolutely no chemistry between the long lost lovers - no surprise here, "Harris" had the personality of a tree and the young Vanessa Redgrave (Claire Danes) was not much better. Emotions seem to be forced. The only thing that touched me had nothing to do with the story - just seeing the lovely Natasha Richardson and knowing of her untimely death. It felt like a role reversal to real life - how very sad.
DVD Review: Let's all be honest. Don't pretend this was any good.
Summary: 1 Stars
This film assumes you've read the book. The holes in the story are so large and details so altered, it is virtually unrecognizable. It's as though someone high up was moved by the book and just said, "Make it so. Throw in some big names and we'll have a winner." Vanessa Redgrave was downright annoying and none of the actors delivered anything close to what was expected. Just because you walk around acting serious, or lying in a bed dying, look frustrated, have mental issues or romantic obsessions, doesn't automatically create substance.
And shame on you Michael Cunningham. I don't think I really need to say what the purpose of a book-to-movie adaptation is but I will, since the point was completely lost here: To create a concise visual rendering of a literary work. This was about Ann and Harris, oddly enough, and *not* pretending to have the chops to make a meaningful film.
The book is phenomenal. After reading it, I cried and was completely consumed by emotion. Alternately, about an hour into this film, I desperately wanted to leave. At the very least, mood could have been conveyed. However, I felt like I was watching robots imitating humans without a manual. Period clothing and other props were bumpily executed, at best. You never got the chance to feel for anyone, any relationship or any story line. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to prove something or is completely devoid of emotion themselves.
I gave it one star because someone, somewhere, started with a brilliant idea to make this into a film. This is just a good example of how experience, talent, and abilities in directing of talent are a must.
Description of Evening
An all-star cast of the greatest actresses of our time - including Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Natasha Richardson and Glenn Close - come together in this passionate and heartwarming story. As Ann (Redgrave) reflects on one beautiful and life-changing weekend with the one true love of her life, her daughters (Collette and Richardson) come to their own understanding about the power of the past and the unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters, family, and the loves of their lives.A star-studded cast brings richness and texture to Evening, a lyrical tale of regret, unrequited love, and hope, written by novelists Susan Minot (Rapture) and Michael Cunningham (The Hours), based on Minot's book. Ann (Vanessa Redgrave) lies ill, deliriously remembering when she came to the summer home of her best friend Lila to be Lila's maid of honor (her younger self is played by Claire Danes). But the young Ann is soon caught between the hungry need of Lila's brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy) and the magnetic outsider Harris (Patrick Wilson). Meanwhile, the elderly Ann is watched by her two daughters, Nina (Toni Collette) and Constance (Natasha Richardson), who wrestle with unresolved feelings towards their mother, their choices in life, and each other. Evening starts off feeling a bit stiff and literary, but gradually finds its rhythm. While the emotional peaks and precious images feel inflated and hollow, the little ephemeral moments--the heartbreaks, yearnings, disappointments, and comforts, the flash of a smile or the widening of an eye--glimmer with warmth and honesty. It's rare that such restraint can be so compelling and so rewarding; Evening is well worth watching for the accumulating emotional power of these small moments. Also featuring Glenn Close and Meryl Streep. --Bret Fetzer
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