Evening

Name: Evening
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: June 29, 2007
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave

2007

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Focus Features | Release Date: June 29, 2007 | PG-13

Starring: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave

Summary: Evening is a deeply emotional film that illuminates the timeless love which binds mother and daughter - seen through the prism of one mother’s life as it crests with optimism, navigates a turning point, and ebbs to its close. (Focus Features)

Director: Lajos Koltai

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 117 min

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James Berardinelli

The strength of the screenplay and acting provide a satisfying, although not overwhelming, two hours of romance, drama, and tragedy. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

It's like a Harlequin romance trying to pass itself off as something deeper and more profound. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Rather than concentrate on Ann's disappointed infatuation and providing a satisfactory reason for its failure, Minot and, one suspects, Cunningham in particular, chose to flesh out the character of Buddy. Read full review

Premiere Karl Rozemeyer

A mistake was made: Evening is a book that would have been best left on the page. Read full review

Ella Taylor

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. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Evening is a case study in how a subtly evocative book can elude the most well-intentioned filmmakers and some of our finest actors. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Redgrave still manages to inspire awe, yet a poetically prosaic moment like the one in which she goes chasing after a butterfly is enough to throw a net over the whole thing. Read full review

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DanH.

Jul 4, 2008

Great Movie, Tense exciting and romantic

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GABRIELPOERSCH

Aug 14, 2011

the wonderful performances and spectacular work of Elend Kaczmarek on the soundtrack should make people rethink the idea that 100% of films should be full of action, with no time allowed for reflection or absorption

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TonyB.

Dec 17, 2007

This is a multi-textured, multi-layered film that deserves much more than it got from American audiences and critcs. Its non-linear script, superb acting and effective production design make it a winner.

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MarcK.

Jun 27, 2007

Overly pretentious, overwrought, and over-rated. Depending on what you think about Claire Danes, she is either horribly miscast, or deserves the Razzie for worst performance of the year. She is that bad, and the movie is that bad.

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FranceL.

Apr 30, 2008

Wrapping a film in luscious sets, peopling a film with gifted actors, decorating a film with lovely music, does not a good movie make if, at its core, it consists of poorly written dialogue, lacks any uniting tension to justify the viewer's interest, and contains too many disjointed Wrapping a film in luscious sets, peopling a film with gifted actors, decorating a film with lovely music, does not a good movie make if, at its core, it consists of poorly written dialogue, lacks any uniting tension to justify the viewer's interest, and contains too many disjointed scenes in dire need of editing.… Expand

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Jennifer

Jul 21, 2007

With a great song from Dido on the trailer and a cast full or great actresses how could you go wrong. That is what I thought going into the film. I took my mom and grandmother and my grandmother was the only one who enjoyed it. My mother and I felt like it was two hours of our lives we With a great song from Dido on the trailer and a cast full or great actresses how could you go wrong. That is what I thought going into the film. I took my mom and grandmother and my grandmother was the only one who enjoyed it. My mother and I felt like it was two hours of our lives we would never get back. The film kept the same pace the entire time. A very dull place. Meryl Streep was only in the movie for all of 10 minutes if that. As soon as she made her exit it was back to dull again. I can't speak on the movie in detail because there is absolutely nothing to say. I left that movie figuring out how to salvage the rest of my day.… Expand

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JF.

Jul 28, 2007

Halfway through the film, I had to escape, so I got up, went into the lobby and talked to the lone ticket taker about the history of the theater and life in general. Since my aged Aunt was inside

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