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The Cider House Rules
A story about how far we must travel to find the place where we belong.
A story about how far we must travel to find the place where we belong.
Drama - 1999
7.4
71%
75
Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
126 min
Release date:
17 Dec 1999
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$24,000,000
Revenue:
$88,545,092
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. 8 wins & 30 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
As paternalistic, puffed-up, and dull as a congressional debate about abortion rights.
– Amy Taubin,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Deliciously satisfying.
– Glenn Lovell,
San Jose Mercury News,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
[It] is a fable that turns into a 1940s New England variation on Charles Dickens. It is also one dickens of an American movie.
– Bob Graham,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
Mr. Irving remains a disturbingly facile spinner of yarns in which the most sordid facts of life are glossed over into comfortably didactic homilies about the innate goodness of people. Yet, I was somehow moved...
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
27 Apr 2007
fresh:
Hallstrom's film could have used more dramatic muscle but is nonetheless a touching, old-fashioned charmer that ultimately satisfies.
– David Rooney,
Variety,
30 May 2008
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