DotTheEyes
Movie Fan
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Love and regret, of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant variety, is the main dish in Evening, Hungarian director Lajos Koltai's prestigious adaptation of a celebrated novel by Susan Minot.
The film involves a dying mother and her drug-induced romantic memories, which play out against contemporary friction among her grown daughters. A roster of A-list actresses, including Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, and Glenn Close, appear in roles of varying size.
The plot unfolding in the past is the more compelling of the pair. Not only does it feature stunning, post card-perfect imagery of an expansive summer mansion on a waterside estate in Newport, RI, but also a stellar performance by Claire Danes as a woman struggling to find herself as she supports and comforts those around her.
The other plot, set in the late '90s, also has fine acting (especially by Meryl Streep in a heart-wrenching extended cameo), but the situation is more static (an elderly lady passing away in her elegant bedroom is hardly very cinematic) and the emotional impact less powerful.
All in all, Evening may disappoint its studio. Despite the pedigree, its punch isn't strong enough to be a serious award season contender. However, it's a suitable and satisfying slice-of-life and should appeal to moviegoers in search of a reprieve from the gunfire and explosion-jammed cinematic summer norm.
Love and regret, of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant variety, is the main dish in Evening, Hungarian director Lajos Koltai's prestigious adaptation of a celebrated novel by Susan Minot.
The film involves a dying mother and her drug-induced romantic memories, which play out against contemporary friction among her grown daughters. A roster of A-list actresses, including Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, and Glenn Close, appear in roles of varying size.
The plot unfolding in the past is the more compelling of the pair. Not only does it feature stunning, post card-perfect imagery of an expansive summer mansion on a waterside estate in Newport, RI, but also a stellar performance by Claire Danes as a woman struggling to find herself as she supports and comforts those around her.
The other plot, set in the late '90s, also has fine acting (especially by Meryl Streep in a heart-wrenching extended cameo), but the situation is more static (an elderly lady passing away in her elegant bedroom is hardly very cinematic) and the emotional impact less powerful.
All in all, Evening may disappoint its studio. Despite the pedigree, its punch isn't strong enough to be a serious award season contender. However, it's a suitable and satisfying slice-of-life and should appeal to moviegoers in search of a reprieve from the gunfire and explosion-jammed cinematic summer norm.
a good one ? 
Once I miss too much, I lose interest. And I like every detail, usually.