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Actor: Claire Danes, Redgrave, Toni Collette, WilsonBrand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
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: Atmospheric, wonderful film, ensemble cast
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the bad reviews, but I own this HD DVD, because I love the actresses in it. Once I watched it, I knew it would be a "rewatch". I am a fan of "Oscar" films, and love to sink my teeth into a good story. While this one does not qualify as an award winner, the generational storyline, music and solid storyline compliment the exceptional cast, without a doubt. I love the music and flashbacks. It feels like the Hours, Fried Green Tomatoes etc, although not quite as good. Redgrave, Collette, Streep, Close and Danes give fantastic performances. Even if the story lacks in parts, their performances are worth a look, if you're a fan of this genre.DVD Review: well Meryl Streep was wonderful as always but
Summary: 3 Stars
can one spell ponderous?
So many of the themes felt so dated, but perhaps that was the intention of the writers.
DVD Review: Thought Provoking
Summary: 5 Stars
I have just finished watching Evening and felt I must see what others thought about it. I have not been moved by a film in a very long time - Evening did it for me. I was in awe of Vanessa Redgrave's performance, from her death bed. She is such an amazing actress. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. Evening made me long for my best girlfriend/maid of honor, who has passed away; it made me long for my first/long lost love; and, it made me long for my mother, who has also passed away. I enjoyed watching the young Anne (Claire Danes) and then back to the older Anne (Vanessa Redgrave). I found it fascinating thinking about how as young people we live our lives as it comes to us, not knowing what the future holds. This film was heartbreaking, but not to be missed. DVD Review: Sentimental, but in a good way
Summary: 4 Stars
I had the chance last night to catch Evening, an ensemble piece starring some of the most heavy-hitting female actresses working today. I thought it was wonderfully sentimental, and I enjoyed watching it.
Ann (Vanessa Redgrave/Claire Danes) is on her deathbed, reflecting on some of the defining moments of her life. Her two daughters, Connie (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette), grapple with the complications of their own lives and the idea of their mother's passing.
In her waning moments, Ann primarily dwells on a single weekend in her life, when she serves as the maid of honor at her friend Lila's (Mamie Gummer/Meryl Streep) wedding. During the weekend, Ann meets Harris (Patrick Wilson), whom she falls in love with and never truly forgets. However, due to a tragic accident during the wedding weekend (and relationships they share with others), Ann and Harris do not end up together. They both marry, have children, and lead separate lives. And as she is preparing to leave this world, Ann wonders if not being with Harris (and not pursuing her dream of becoming a professional singer more devotedly) is the biggest mistake of her life.
As the story continues, the viewer begins to see that maybe there ARE no mistakes in life. Only choices, the choices that make us who we are and shape our experience. (This reminded me much of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. If you go around trying to change what you've done or erase what you think you shouldn't have done, you are not going to be the same person. You won't know the same things, feel the same things, learn the same things.) Maybe the only thing we can do, upon reflecting, is be as satisfied as we can be that we are the sum of the choices we've made.
At any rate, the film is beautifully written, gloriously performed, and lovely to look at. It will make you think a bit, too. And with a cast of Claire Danes, Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette, Meryl Streep, Natasha Richardson, and a small role by Glenn Close, you can't go wrong.
DVD Review: Morning, Noon and...
Summary: 2 Stars
Don't be fooled by the stellar cast: "Evening" is an endless B-movie bore from start to finish. There's enough plot for three films -- and with so many false endings you may feel as if you've been watching for that long -- but none of it means anything. The pace is glacial, the script trite, the characters whiny. And it's all presented as an extremely "important" exploration of love, loss and the human condition. Hogwash. This is an "Art" film that's so self-consciously "artsy" I wanted to run screaming from the theater. (And I LIKE art films.) Two stars for the costumes, art direction and the ever-reliable pro performances of Eileen Atkins, Meryl Streep and Toni Collette; none of which is enough to justify this stultifying waste of film.
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.System Requirements:Running Time: 117 Mins. Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?025193344625A 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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