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Evening (2007)

Claire Danes , Toni Collette , Lajos Koltai  |  PG-13 |  DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (112 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close
  • Directors: Lajos Koltai
  • Writers: Michael Cunningham, Susan Minot
  • Producers: Jeffrey Sharp, Michael Cunningham
  • Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007
  • Run Time: 117 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (112 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000V6LSOA
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,335 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Evening" on IMDb

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A star-studded cast brings richness and texture to Evening, a lyrical tale of regret, unrequited love, and hope, written by novelists Susan Minot (Rapture) and Michael Cunningham (The Hours), based on Minot's book. Ann (Vanessa Redgrave) lies ill, deliriously remembering when she came to the summer home of her best friend Lila to be Lila's maid of honor (her younger self is played by Claire Danes). But the young Ann is soon caught between the hungry need of Lila's brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy) and the magnetic outsider Harris (Patrick Wilson). Meanwhile, the elderly Ann is watched by her two daughters, Nina (Toni Collette) and Constance (Natasha Richardson), who wrestle with unresolved feelings towards their mother, their choices in life, and each other. Evening starts off feeling a bit stiff and literary, but gradually finds its rhythm. While the emotional peaks and precious images feel inflated and hollow, the little ephemeral moments--the heartbreaks, yearnings, disappointments, and comforts, the flash of a smile or the widening of an eye--glimmer with warmth and honesty. It's rare that such restraint can be so compelling and so rewarding; Evening is well worth watching for the accumulating emotional power of these small moments. Also featuring Glenn Close and Meryl Streep. --Bret Fetzer

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An all-star cast of the greatest actresses of our time - including Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Natasha Richardson and Glenn Close - come together in this passionate and heartwarming story. As Ann (Redgrave) reflects on one beautiful and life-changing weekend with the one true love of her life, her daughters (Collette and Richardson) come to their own understanding about the power of the past and the unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters, family, and the loves of their lives.

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This movie will make you think about the relationship you have with your loved ones. Robin E. Minarich  |  26 reviewers made a similar statement
Redgrave, Collette, Streep, Close and Danes give fantastic performances. :::DIGITAL BABE:::  |  11 reviewers made a similar statement
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80 of 82 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia and Reverie - A Cinematic Mood Piece September 26, 2007
Format:DVD
Criticism of the film EVENING, based on the novel by Susan Minot and adapted for the screen by Minot and Michael Cunningham, has been harsh, so harsh that it may have discouraged many viewers from giving the film a try. The primary criticism has centered on the fact that very little happens in this film about a dying woman's fretting over a mistake she made one summer in her youth, that famous actors were given very minor roles, that the entire production was over-hyped, etc. For this viewer, seeing the film on a DVD in the quiet of the home, a very different reaction occurred.

Ann Grant Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) is dying in her home by the ocean and her medication and memories allow her to share a man's name - 'Harris' - with her two grown daughters Nina (Toni Colette) and Constance (Natasha Richardson). As her daughters sit at her bedside Ann relives a particular summer when she was a bridesmaid for her best friend Lila (Mamie Gummer) - a marriage both Ann (Claire Danes as the youthful Ann) and Lila's alcoholic brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy) objected to, feeling that Lila was simply marrying a man of her class instead of the boy she had loved - Harris Arden (Patrick Wilson), her housekeeper's son who had become a physician. Harris, Buddy, Lila, and Ann are woven together in a series of infatuations and romances that have been kept secret until now, 50 years later, as Ann is dying. The older Lila (Meryl Streep) visits Ann at the end and the secrets are revealed: 'there are no such things as mistakes - life just goes on.'

The film is a delicate mood piece and the script by Minot and Cunningham is rich in atmosphere and subtle life lessons. Yes, there are gaps in the story that could have used more explanation, but in order to maintain the aura of nostalgia of a dying lady's words, such 'holes' are understandable. The film is graced by the presence of not only Redgrave, Richardson (Redgrave's true daughter), Collette, Gummer (Streep's true daughter), Meryl Streep, Claire Danes, Eileen Atkins, Glenn Close, Hugh Dancy and Patrick Wilson, but also with an ensemble cast of brief but very solid performances. The setting is gorgeous (cinematography by Gyula Pados) and the musical score is by the inimitable Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. Lajos Koltai ("Being Julia') directs. Judge this film on your own.... Grady Harp, September 07
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60 of 69 people found the following review helpful
This will undoubtedly be the toughest review that I have ever written. I went into this film with the highest of expectations. I was not disappointed with any of the acting as it is uniformly superb (surprisingly most from Hugh Dancy in a "Greek Chorus" commentary performance that I found truly touching!).Oscar nods for acting would not surprise me in the least for a number of these fine professionals! I was charmed and lulled with Jan A.P. Kaczmerak's hauntingly poignant original soundtrack. The camera shots are beautiful. The set design and costumes are appropriately period.I will probably remember much of what I saw and mull it over in the coming years.I truly wanted to be bowled over by this film, but I left the theatre feeling flat, confused and unfulfilled. The shifting back and forth between the time frames was not at all a problem (I was already comfortable with THE HOURS and THE NOTEBOOK and YA-YA) so that wasn't it.

My conclusion was that the screenplay just simply didn't come together in a way that made me feel or identify with the characters. I felt that the entire film left loose ends dangling and that each character was not developed enough for me to feel as though I knew and understood their longings, fears, motivations and angst.There are so many unanswered questions in this screenplay that seemed to never have any explanation or resolution. (There is one glaring continuity error concerning Buddy and Anne's College days that those of us who saw it questioned how the script supervisor could have missed it!) The movie seemed to try to be deeper than it really was, and that much ado was made about nothing. If this film is about life's regrets and missed chances, mother-daughter relationships, women's limited choices in the 1950's and the folly and "caste" system of the New England wealthy then I have definitely seen all of that done better and far more effectively elsewhere.

My closing remark is WHY WOULD ANYONE HAVE OBSESSED OVER HARRIS ARDEN???? The character was so underdeveloped that apart from being a good looking Patrick Wilson, WHAT WAS THIS CHARACTER'S ALLURE?

I really feel bad that 3 1/2 stars is the best I can do for EVENING. This movie, adapted from Susan Minot's novel,seems to me one of the film industry's best missed chances that perhaps they will regret as a mistake.
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41 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An Evening of Magnetic Movie... September 28, 2007
Format:DVD
Evening: A star-studded film from the director Lajos Koltai; a poetic master piece with Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close and Meryl Streep in towering roles. It tells the story of friendships, doomed relationships and secret loves that end with broken hearts. The story is being told like a water color painting set in 1950s upper class East Coast America.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Reflective
I'm more about content than acting. This was more than just a love story, but more about interactions with those significant people in our lives. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Sue Henderson
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay Movie
Delivered as promised and reasonably priced. Dvd works perfect. Movie is a nice romance. It wasnt the greatest but I could sit through it.
Published 27 days ago by Sandra F. Montalvo
2.0 out of 5 stars What a waste!
I kept watching this movie, thinking it had to be good with so much acting talent. But neither the actors nor the photography could overcome the flawed, gutless script. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tere Nolin
5.0 out of 5 stars Patrick wilson fan.
Another great Patrick Wilson movie! There are a lot of stars in this movie. The story line was excellent. Great Movie.
Published 1 month ago by cheryl hanzel
4.0 out of 5 stars I liked it. It's very much real.
It's sad, but like real life. I would recommend this to anyone that likes the Lifetime sort of movies. And the acting was good.
Published 1 month ago by Nancy
5.0 out of 5 stars I missed this
I missed this movie and recently saw it. It is a wonderful movie, story and has been added to my collection of great movies,
Published 1 month ago by JRP
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed Ending
I enjoyed it right up until the end. The end was so blunt and disappointing I don't recommend this as it is too long a movie to have an ending like it did.
Published 2 months ago by PENNLU
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all time favorite movies.
I totally do not understand people giving this movie anything but 5 stars. I was so moved by this movie the first time I saw it, and watch this movie at least 5 or 6 times a year. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Judy A. Cantwell
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie!
We all truly enjoyed this movie! The picture quality was beautiful and I know I will watch it again! Awesome!
Published 4 months ago by Steven P Helminiak
1.0 out of 5 stars Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD issue
This two sided disc promises a HD and Standard DVD. When trying to play the HD side the disc could not load, I was able to load and play the standard side and loved the story. Read more
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