Claire Danes, Eileen Atkins, Glenn Close
Evening unites a stellar cast, and is based on the beloved novel by Susan Minot and adapted for the screen by Ms. Minot and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham (The Hours), under the dire...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007
Stats: 5,753 reviews
What an absolutely beautiful story! A mother on her death bed retracking her life - a life that neither of her grown up daughters have ever known about.
Didn't grab me, emotionally, like "The Notebook", but it is still worth seeing for the believable characters and fine performances.
Thought I'd love this but no, it was slow and borin and I realised that Claire Danes gets paid the most money in the world for rollin her eyes in every movie and callin it actin. Inconsequential, self-indulgent and badly scored.
I've always loved films of discovery. In this movie, two daughters discover who their mom loved as a young woman - and develop a feeling for how significant that relationship was and still is for their mom.
This movie is frustrating however in that we watch through over two hou...( read more)
you'd think with the cast it would be a lot better, but no matter how much money and hours you put into a film you can never beat a bad script
Such a stellar cast wasted in a tedious, boring film that is incapable of being remotely interesting or gipping.
Un buen reparto y algunos buenos momentos pero no mas que eso. Por momentos muy lenta. Lo mejor Danes y Dancy.
Not see Evening? It's like having to say no to a Jane Austen adaptation. full review
Evening achieves a kind of wisdom, though it's a strange and bitter wisdom. The film arrives at a pessimistic and almost nihilistic view of life as something not very important -- and then invites us ... full review
This weeping ladydrama -- this cinematic doily, this chintz wing chair from a P-town antique boutique -- takes us to the oxymoronic world of WASP emotion. full review
Everything about Evening seems engineered to liquefy moviegoers, specifically middle-age female moviegoers who miss their mothers. This would include me: I was a sloppy mess by the end. full review
There are few things more depressing than a weeper that doesn't make you weep. Evening creeps through its dolorous paces as prudently as an undertaker. full review
Designers will drool, but the problem is that Evening should have more going for it than Architectural Digest allure. full review
It works on paper, but [author Susan] Minot, who shares credit for the adaptation with fellow novelist Michael Cunningham, doesn't understand that screenwriting is the art of taking away. full review
Susan Minot's resplendent novel of a dying woman remembering her defining romance with the man who got away stumbles on its way to the screen. Hungarian director Lajos Koltai pushes emotions that need... full review
I thought this was a good movie; a tear-jerker. It definitely had a great cast.
Take care all,
William
Zzzzzzoooooommmmm!
"It is easy to be brave, from a distance." -American Indian Proverb-
A Heart-Felt film that made you think about memories past. How can you not like this film with such a A-List of stars. I really thought that a lot was going on in this film. It wasn't at all confusing but you really needed to watch it the whole time. The cast of characters in this film all told a story. I love Ellen Atkins and I agree that Vanessa Redgrave was above all most amazing and wonderful. But the girl that stood out for me was the look-alike Mamie Gumer for Meryl Streep whom did a great job and hope to see acting in other films. This film did not have the greatest ending but everything else was charming and a must see for the year. 4stars
With Such A Great Cast I Was Expecting So Much More,
Not Sure How They Managed To Go Wrong Really Had The Potential To Be A Great Movie.
But It Just Didnt Get There.
I Was Bored & By The Time It Got Anywhere It Was Over Not To Mention The Ending Turned Out To Be Very Dull.
By the way, Evening was not hard to follow at all. If you pay attention, listen to every word and remember what happened last, it's quite simple to understand. Absolutely brilliant in every way.
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