Rotten
The film disintegrates into an indulgent succession of intense, fawning exchanges that overwhelm Minot's thin and monotonous tale.
Amy Simmons, Time Out
Evening
Her greatest secret was her greatest gift.
2007 · 1h 57m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Lajos Koltai
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Evening
Overview
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
Director and cast
- Lajos Koltai Director
- Claire Danes as Ann Grant
- Toni Collette as Nina Mars
- Vanessa Redgrave as Ann Lord
- Patrick Wilson as Harris Arden
- Hugh Dancy as Buddy Wittenborn
- Natasha Richardson as Constance Haverford
- Mamie Gummer as Lila Wittenborn
- Eileen Atkins as Nachtschwester
- Meryl Streep as Lila Ross
- Glenn Close as Mrs. Wittenborn
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
28%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even as I admired most of the performances -- and I do stress most of them -- I found myself searching in vain for one character to care about.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
If nothing else, Evening proves that there are such things as mistakes, by featuring two hours of bad choices and half-executed ideas.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Fresh
Evening's visual period splendour, its vivid characterizations and their comfortably cliched relationships somehow draw us in and make us care.
Rob Salem, Toronto Star
Fresh
Though the filmmaking is uneven, Evening redeems itself in its marvelous cast, which echoes the movies' themes by showcasing two real-life mother-daughter acting duos.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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