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Plot: A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
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MCT:August 4, 2008
i thought that this was going to be different but it was fine. in the end it is sweet how he decides he wants to go back to the orphange to be with the kids.
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MCT:May 31, 2008The best thing is that the story remains peaceful throughout though there are surprises and sadness. The music score is fine enough. The ending is quite touching either. Michael Caine's portrayal is very good!
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MCT:May 23, 2008I love Lasse Hallstöms's movies. He i so true to his characters, and he always tells a story that draws me in and makes me feel good about the wolrd. Beacuse even though there is tragedy in this movie it is filled with hope and heartwarming moments and I just feel good. It's a thinking persons feel-good movie. I love it.
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MCT:May 13, 2008
not even close to as good as the novel that it is based on. On its own it is a ok movie with numerous flaws
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MCT:April 23, 2008
Wonderful movie. Sometimes the right thing is the wrong thing and the wrong thing is the right thing-at least that is the message that this story conveys. I read the book also. Michael Cane played a great Dr. Larch.
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MCT:April 11, 2008
Not bad or anything, I just ended up not really caring about anyone in the movie. It's nice looking though.
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MCT:April 3, 2008I have never seen this movie, but I am tired of it popping up in my rate list, so I am going to put not interested just so it will go away
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MCT:April 1, 2008Polemical and preachy, in a very ham-handed and secular way. There's nothing subtle about the rose-colored portrayal of the orphan's corruption - it's right there and in your face. Vaguely OK cinematics, but there are far more movies out there better than this one to waste time with this.
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MCT:February 23, 2008
Similiar to Legends of Fall in many aspects, especially the story, although different kind of characters and setting. Very touching. p.s Paul Rudd is tooo hot. And Kieran Culkin, being a lil boy did a great job too.
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MCT:January 19, 2008
great movie tobey was great charlize was amazing great movie, A movie that has everything. a must see.
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MCT:January 8, 2008
A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
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MCT:January 1, 2008
A truly mesmerising period story with shining casting and a emotional story which deserves to be rewatched and watched by all. A successful hash of the novel which could have been disaster.
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MCT:January 1, 2008
Beautiful--I just finished the book and saw this, and this is one of those rare occasions where I'll recommend the flick first. Tobey Maguire flawlessly carries the role of Homer Wells, orphan who never got adopted.
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MCT:December 30, 2007
'The Cider House Rules' is a great heart-warming kind of picture that was one of the best films of 1999. Tobey Maguire stars as Homer, a young man who grew up his whole life in an orphanage under the care of Dr. Wilbur Larch (the fabulous Michael Caine). When a WWII veteran (Paul Rudd) and his beautiful wife (Charlize Theron) come into the orphanage to get an abortion performed by Larch and Homer, Homer decides to leave the orphanage for the first time to go out and see the world. Homer leaves with Theron and Rudd where he works on Rudd's parent's farm picking apples under the supervision of Mr. Rose (Delroy Lindo) and his team of apple pickers including his bright and interesting daughter Rose (Erekah Badu). The film shows how Homer learns what the world and people are like outside the orphanage and how he deals with it. Tobey Maguire gives a wonderful performance as the lead role, while Charlize Theron is solid in her role (before her turn in Patty Jenkin's 'Monster', when we all discovered what a truly magnificent actress she really was). Delroy Lindo gets a chance to exercise his dramatic abilities as Mr. Rose, and he does a fantastic job with it. Michael Caine is only in the film for perhaps a combination of 25 minutes, but in those minutes he steals the film from every other actor on screen with his breathtaking and beautifully-crafted performance that won him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that very year. Lasse Hallstrom does a nice job directing and the film is smoothly adapted onto the screen from it's original theatrical play format. The movie also stars Kathy Baker and Jane Alexander as nurses working under Caine's Dr. Wilbur Larch. If you haven't already and don't mind a semi-sappy but very good film, consider renting 'Cider House Rules' sometime at the videostore. Grade: B
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MCT:December 27, 2007
The Swedish director Lasse Hallström is grate!
The film is good, it's a beautiful landscape.
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MCT:December 13, 2007
Adapted by a novel by John Irving, this is a story about breaking rules and finding your own way.
Set in an orphanage in Maine in the early 1940's, it is a surprisingly humane place, where the good doctor who runs it, Michael Caine, really loves the children. One of the two dozen orphans, Homer, played by Tobey Maguire, has grown to young manhood in the orphanage and assists the doctor as he delivers babies and also performs abortions. The doctor wants Homer to stay and carry on in his footsteps, but Homer leaves the protectiveness of the orphanage and goes to work in an apple orchard, picking apples with a group of African American apple pickers.
The acting is superb and the story is deep on many levels, dealing the some tough questions of right and wrong. If anything, the characters are just a little too sweet, too loving, too good to be true. And this is the first movie I ever saw about an orphanage where the children were not mistreated. Frankly though, I found all of this refreshing and a new and interesting reality.
The Cider House Rules is one of the few films that can mix all genres together at the same time. You'll be crying with joy, and laughing with pain. The film is absolutely brilliant, in all areas, including a unique screenplay, great acting, perfect cast, beautiful cinematography, lots of good decoration and superb direction from acclaimed director Lasse Hallstrom.
Some might find this movie too moody and sentimental. I didn't.
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MCT:December 1, 2007
Wow, that movie was very emotional. I cried a lot. =D It was great. I love Tobey Maguire and I love Paul Rudd. So it was all good.
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MCT:November 29, 2007
i liked thi film very much its heartwarming and interesting to see live in that way
micheal caine is a doctor who does abortions for people and looks after orphans and re adopts them
hoer is a boy who i also an orphane but is against abortion but he works with michael caines character he really wants to see the world and be in the raf but he cant coz he has a heart murmor
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MCT:November 27, 2007
There is so much good to say about 'The Cider House Rules' I was shocked at the level of - well confusion rather than criticism when it was first released. In his review Roger Ebert writes: "I left the theater wondering what the movie thought it was about and was unable to say. It's almost deliberately unfocused". In my opinion it's all there in the title, staring you in the face, and there is no need to look for anything deeper because the theme is too layered with deep meaning. Rules. They are part of life, and that is what the film deals with, from those relating to tidiness and manners right through to abortion, rape and adultery. The film isn't focused on one of these because neither is life, and it weaves together a man's story and how he approaches several of these issues; raising the question of how we would deal with them. Tobey Maguire is perhaps too young and simple for the role, but the compelling nature through all emotions is what keeps you watching. Michael Caine in particular is extremely impressive - he keeps his performance level even in the most insignificant of scenes. Everything is connected in a subtle and discreet way, even to ourselves, which leaves us still thinking hours once the final credits have lifted. Thought provoking, moving and a genuinely brilliant piece of cinema.
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MCT:November 24, 2007
Decent story with a decent cast, but it likes to occassionally steal pages out of bad romance novels.
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MCT:November 8, 2007i know everyone loves this movie...but it is one of the biggest pieces of shit on film i've ever seen.
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