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Guinevere (1999)

Starring: Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea Director: Audrey Wells Rating: R (Restricted) Format: DVD
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart, Gina Gershon, Paul Dooley
  • Directors: Audrey Wells
  • Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Miramax
  • DVD Release Date: March 14, 2000
  • Run Time: 105 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 630574453X
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,055 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Sarah Polley has built a reputation on her eerie calm--most of her performances seem dominated by an icy, implacable stare. That's why her performance in Guinevere is such a revelation. Polley plays Harper, a young woman from a wealthy but troubled family who's on the verge of a nervous breakdown. At her older sister's wedding, she meets Connie (Stephen Rea), a photographer as old as her parents, with whom she begins an affair. Their relationship--partly an education in the arts, partly an escape from the repression of her family--takes a variety of twists and turns, none of them predictable, all of them questionable, all of them genuine. The movie is clear-eyed about the situation: Connie isn't idealized, and is in many ways a creepy older man, neurotic and self-aggrandizing, but he also offers a kind of emotional support that Harper has never had. Whenever the movie seems to be turning into some bohemian fantasy, something happens that returns it to earth, sometimes with an uncomfortable jolt. It's unsettling, insightful, charming, scary, absurd, and all too real. All the performances are excellent--Jean Smart, as Harper's mother, is smart and cuttingly bitter; Rea is by turns sweet and manipulative, honest and self-deluded. But above all, Polley displays a combination of vulnerability and steely determination that makes Guinevere utterly compelling. The ending is curious--I still haven't made up my mind about it. But for a movie as committed to the contradictions of human relationships as this one, there's nothing wrong with that. --Bret Fetzer


Product Description

Screen favorite Stephen Rea (MICHAEL COLLINS, THE CRYING GAME) stars in this sexy, humorous story about a young woman's discovery of life and love in the arms of an older man! Born into an affluent family of overachievers, awkward young Harper Sloane (Sarah Polley -- eXistenZ, Go!) was always the odd one out ... until a brilliant photographer, Connie Fitzpatrick (Rea), focuses his attention on her! Now he's about to show her a world of possibilities she'd never imagined! But even as Connie begins to guide Harper out of her shell, it's ultimately up to Harper alone to show her disapproving mother ... and the whole world ... her true potential! Also featuring Gina Gershon (THE INSIDER, FACE/OFF) -- you'll be charmed by the acclaimed performances in this warm, award-winning motion picture!

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3.6 out of 5 stars (27 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Oscar overlooked this one, March 20, 2000
I cant believe how incredibly good and convincing sarah polley was in this.After seeing GO! I thought she couldnt act,boy was I wrong.her performance was A list as was the rest of the cast The story and look was realistic.What can you say other than DYNOMITE!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars No secrets here., January 9, 2002
By Girl Friday APL (In the heart of the USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guinevere (1999) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I haven't seen Rea since his role in "don't reveal the secret!" _Crying Game_, although I've heard that he did well in _Still Crazy_. _Guenevere_, though, explores an odd mentor-lover relationship between starving artist Rea and blue-blood, WASPy Polley. The age difference here wasn't the only issue, oddly enough--rather it was the strange turns that inevitably develop between people who knowingly enter a relationship where tutoring is an intended part of the romance. Rea's artist has a long history of shacking up with young women and turning them into "true" artists, be they painters, sculptors, dancers, or in Polley's case, photographers. And although I normally would balk at the willingness with which these women handed themselves over to Rea's well-worn lines and drunken philosophies, _Guenevere_ managed to avoid the squeamishness that I feel, for example, whenever I see Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones together. Be sure to pay attention to Jean Smart's dead-on analysis of daughter Polley and Rea's relationship; it's eloquent and brutal.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This movie rocks, April 27, 2000
Lots of compellinh performances especiallt the goddess Sarah Polley who will be a Superstar one day.This movie proves why indie movies rock
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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth watching
I had the unbelievable good fortune to stumble upon Guinevere, starring Sarah Polley and Stephen Rea, this week. I really enjoyed this movie. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Nicole Bradshaw

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must See If Crushing On Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley fans, especially ones going all the way back to "Ramona", are generally big-time "Guinevere" (1999) fans simply because it is the film in which she peaked physically... Read more
Published on August 29, 2007 by Only-A-Child

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart-breakingly Real
I'd highly recommend this film to anyone, but especially to any
female artist, musician, actor who has come of age. Read more
Published on July 12, 2005 by Middle Child

4.0 out of 5 stars A film for the artists
At first glance this film seems like a bad American TV movie, it is certainly shot like one. However 10 mins in you start to realise that this film has a little bit more going for... Read more
Published on July 12, 2005 by Da Gore

3.0 out of 5 stars Given the cast I am shocked there is no awe in this one
The best scene in "Guinevere" belongs to Jean Smart and it is also the scene that exposes the fatal flaw in this 1999 drama from writer-director Audrey Wells ("Under the Tuscan... Read more
Published on May 5, 2005 by Lawrance M. Bernabo

2.0 out of 5 stars Like Harper's mother, Mrs Sloane, I too, am without awe.
This movie is the male-fantasy of every photographer who has ever picked up a camera in hopes of bedding a bevy of pretty girls.
Published on June 9, 2004 by F. Ng

5.0 out of 5 stars a real treasure
Many have either misunderstood or overlooked this gem. If only Hollywood had the brains and/or balls to put out such gems. Read more
Published on February 22, 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars i like sarah polley
i watched this movie because i am a huge fan of sarah polley's. and once agian i wasn't dissapointed by her acting. Read more
Published on September 5, 2001 by tony w.

1.0 out of 5 stars Pure male fantasy, certainly not real at all
I felt as though some writer in Hollywood was desperately trying to convince me the lifestyle of this sleezebag was desirable and could even be realistic. Read more
Published on July 23, 2001 by Mitzi Minkler

3.0 out of 5 stars Memorable Performance by Jean Smart
A young woman living in San Francisco, who has just been accepted to Harvard, decides upon another path after meeting and falling under the influence of an older man, an artist,... Read more
Published on May 7, 2001 by Reviewer

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