The Stone Angel

The Stone Angel

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The Stone Angel

Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, Kevin Zegers, Ellen Page

Hagar Shipley escapes from home when her son Marvin and daughter in law Doris tell her she must move into nursing care. She sets out on a preposterous journey in search of a way to reconcile herself t...( read more  read more... )o her tumultuous past. Vulnerable to an aging brain, it becomes hard for Hagar to differentiate past from present and we come to know her as the passionate and rebellious bride in a remote prairie town whose proud father disowns her when she marries the "wrong sort". Struggling to get to the safe haven of an abandoned house she remembers near the ocean, Hagar can't stop from reflecting on how her sprawling life was full of twists and joys denied.

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  • October 3, 2008
    *yawn*
  • March 13, 2009
    Started off kind of slow, but kept getting better and better. This movie makes you want to hold on to your memories.
  • July 13, 2009
    REALLY good acting and decent script. I lasted until the end out of curiousity but the story was kind of thrown together and I didn't really understand the purpose. WARNING SPOILER: I guess the message was that despite her troubled past and everyone in her life that died, Hagar f...( read more)ound peace with God on her death bed. I wish it explained more WHY she found peace...
  • March 29, 2009
    want to see at some stage
  • March 9, 2009
    Esse filme é tristinho.
  • February 23, 2009
    It seems to be normal for "older folks" to spend some time recalling the past, particularly their past. If it's done with honesty and compassion, it can be a very good exercize. Ellen Burstyn is great in this movie. It is a bit tricky identifying the two Ellens, two husbands, two...( read more) sons (five actors), but it's an unusally fine movie.
  • February 5, 2009
    i watched this just for ellen page and she was only in it for about 20 minutes
  • January 10, 2009
    sad truth of life and a wonderful story , acted wonderfully by canadian actors in the canadian home :)
  • December 28, 2008
    cinematography is amazing
  • November 10, 2008
    Ellen Burstyn rocks, but nothing could save this snooze fest...

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