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Evening [DVD] [2007]
enlarge	Director: Lajos Koltai Actors: Natasha Richardson, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson Studio: Icon Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£5.99~~ Buy New: £2.50 as of 22/11/2009 21:52 GMT details You Save: £3.49 (58%) New (15) Used (11) from £2.50 Seller: dvddirect2006 Rating: 9 reviews Sales Rank: 14169 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 113 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6 EAN: 5051429101286 ASIN: B000ZK9SR6 Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: February 18, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 9 1 2 Next » 5 stars plus April 11, 2008 J. J. High 1 out of 1 found this review helpful 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 no-one tries to out act or dominate the others. My only negative is that although Clare Danes is excellent she does not look or sound like a young Vanessa Redgrave. Perhaps one of the younger Redgrave family should have been offerred this role. A really moving piece, fantastic acting. August 31, 2009 Ms. A. Kennedy (Ireland) Have watched many films in the past 2 months as I have broken my leg and ankle and there is nothing else to do! This is the only one I wanted to write a review about. I found this film so simple in its delivery but so powerful in its message. This film felt familiar to me, I hadn't seen it before but I felt like I was in the room with the characters. Vanessa Redgrave was amazing as usual and her late daughter, Natasha was superb. So very sad to watch the dialogue between them with all that happened. This is not a big weepy, more of an emotional journey. The quality of the acting is superb. Haven't read the book but I took it for what it was, a really good film. Had my attention the whole time. I would recommend this to anyone. The Hours comes to the sea shore February 21, 2008 The Film Gem Digger (London, England) 5 out of 6 found this review helpful As a huge fan of The Hours and its incredible cast, I was pretty certain I would enjoy Evening. This is a beautiful character-led piece, starring some incredible actresses: from Clare Danes, Toni Colette and Vanessa Redgrave. Evening is heart-warming, moving and the perfect recipe for a good night in! A Crucial Memory That Will Orgnaize The Fragments Of A Life May 12, 2008 prisrob (New EnglandUSA) 5 out of 8 found this review helpful br /'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 least likely siblings, Natasha Richardson and Toni Collette." Ella Taylor br / br /Something is missing from this film. We are left searching for a memory that will organize the fragments of Ann Lord's life. Vanessa Redgrave plays a woman dying. Her two daughters, Natasha Redgrave and Toni Collete have come to spend their time with her. Ann keeps mentioning 'Harris' and neither woman has any idea who this is. Memories flit in and out. Claire Danes plays the younger Ann, and she seems to be good to be true-at once a good friend to the only two characters who makes any sense at all, Lila the bride and friend of Ann's played by Mamie Gummer and, Buddy, the brother played by Hugh Dancy. One of the few redeeming qualities of this film is that Hugh Dancy is brilliant as the young man, an alcoholic who seems to see through souls. The scenes between the old young life and the new old life are trite and have no ties that bind. What is it in this life that we missed? What is the message that was meant to be? Meryl Streep plays Lila as the older woman, and she makes a striking resemblance to the young Lila. Mamie Gummer is Streep's daughter and has the same glow from within. Dame Eileen Atkins plays the night nurse and is brilliant. br / br /The soundtrack from 'Evening' is glorious and the other redeeming quality of the film. Jan A.P. Kaczmarek is responsible for the movie score and as his Polish ancestry directs the Polish Radio Orchestra in several ephemeral songs throughout. He brings Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Buble, Peggy Lee and Anita O'Day as well. This is as lovely a score as you could want and is remarkable on its own. br / br /"But "Evening" is not about sickness and dreadful death. It's about how some words that pass muster on the page can sound terribly precious coming out of a real person's mouth. It's also about how modest projects like this depend on name actors to get made." Manohla Dargis br / br /This film did not connect for me. The crucial event, the crucial memory did not appear. There was nothing to tie the scenes together. A collection of brilliant stars but no real story. br / br /Recommended for the movie score and the acting. prisrob 05-10-08 br / br /Anne of the Thousand Days / Mary, Queen of Scots br / br /The French Lieutenant's Woman A good weepy March 1, 2008 G. Blackett (Scotland) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful I thoroughly enjoyed this film, great acting from Vanessa Redgrave as always. I hope my death is as dignified... Showing reviews 1-5 of 9 1 2 Next »

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