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Under Heaven (In a Private Garden) (In the Shadows)

Under Heaven (In a Private Garden) (In the Shadows) (1998)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (135 ratings)

Cynthia and Buck are a young couple with little but love. Soon Cynthia drops the cough syrup and beer drinking Buck: her dreams of being a princess did not involve an unemployed boyfriend who steals steaks and fruit-pies under his shirt. Setting out on her own, a devastated Buck left behind, Cynthia… More

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Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jul 17, 1998 Wide
On DVD
May 18, 1999

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    One of the worst films at Sundance, Richman's update of Henry James' novel Wings of the Dove, is marred by obvious text, shallow motivations, and pat ending; beware the romantic meller is aka Under Heaven (where it should have stayed).

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    I found it uninspiring. I couldn't get a handle on Young's character, who at times seems to be a dumb slab of meat, and at other times is reciting poetry.

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  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]"In the Shadows" begins with Cynthia(Molly Parker) finally having had it with her boyfriend Buck's(Aden Young) drinking and drug use and walks out on him. After losing her waitressing job, Cynthia goes to work as an aide for Eleanor(Joely… More

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