Starting Out in the Evening

Name: Starting Out in the Evening
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: November 23, 2007
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 78

2007

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Roadside Attractions | Release Date: November 23, 2007 | PG-13

Summary: All that remains for Leonard Schiller is his work. His one enduring goal in life is to finish the novel whose completion has eluded him for ten years. With his earlier books out of print, he has learned to starve himself of the desire for the success he was once so close to, though beneath this practice lies a pull for his work to beAll that remains for Leonard Schiller is his work. His one enduring goal in life is to finish the novel whose completion has eluded him for ten years. With his earlier books out of print, he has learned to starve himself of the desire for the success he was once so close to, though beneath this practice lies a pull for his work to be rediscovered. Schiller’s main contact to the world is through his daughter, Ariel, with whom he has settled into an amiable relationship, though he must hide his disappointment that at 39 she remains befuddled by life, still looking for love and a father for a longed-for child. Schiller’s world is shaken when Heather Wolfe, a smart, ambitious graduate student, convinces him that she can use her thesis on his work to bring him back into the literary world spotlight. (Roadside Attractions)… Expand

Director: Andrew Wagner

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 111 min

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Roger Ebert

The movie is carefully modulated to draw us deeper and deeper into the situation, and uses no contrived plot devices to superimpose plot jolts on what is, after all, a story involving four civilized people who are only trying, each in a different way, to find happiness. Read full review

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James Greenberg

Succeeds so beautifully because of a compelling story, great acting, intelligent writing and sensitive direction. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Whether this reserved, hypercautious widower can deal with the arousal she creates in him - let alone be physically able to act on it - is one of the many layers of tension that drive this unusual and absolutely riveting dance. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Taylor also makes an impressive comeback as the conflicted daughter who instinctively distrusts Heather, but Starting Out in the Evening is first and foremost a triumph by Frank Langella. Read full review

Jessica Reaves

Because the characters are richly realized and their dialogue rings true, we stick around, rooting for something like a happy ending. Read full review

Liam Lacey

This is a human-sized drama about people with contradictory motives, trying to help or use each other. Read full review

Noel Murray

Wagner and company fail to follow Langella's primary rule of storytelling: "Follow the characters around until they do something interesting." Read full review

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HarryL.

Dec 23, 2007

Jane S., I've been waiting years to say this but "Jane, you ignorant slut" you have no idea what the difference is between romance, sex and attraction. This was a marvelous work where, by the way, English and English majors, are treated with dignity, integrity and respect.