| Claire Danes | Ann Grant |
| Toni Collette | Nina Mars |
| Vanessa Redgrave | Ann Lord |
| Patrick Wilson | Harris Arden |
| Hugh Dancy | Buddy Wittenborn |
| Natasha Richardson | Constance Haverford |
| Mamie Gummer | Lila Wittenborn |
| Eileen Atkins | The Night Nurse |
| Meryl Streep | Lila Ross |
| Glenn Close | Mrs. Wittenborn |
| Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Luc |
| Barry Bostwick | Mr. Wittenborn |
| Lajos Koltai | Director |
| Kerry Barden | Casting |
| Luke Parker Bowles | Co-producer |
| Linda Cohen | Musical Direction/Supervision |
| Suzanne Crowley | Casting |
| Michael Cunningham | Executive Producer, Screenwriter |
| Jill Footlick | Executive Producer |
| Caroline Hanania | Production Designer |
| Michael Hogan | Executive Producer |
| Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Jordan Jacobs | Art Director |
| Allyson C. Johnson | Editor |
| Jan A.P. Kaczmarek | Score Composer |
| Robert Kessel | Executive Producer |
| Michelle Matland | Costumes/Costume Designer |
| Susan Minot | Executive Producer, Screenwriter |
| Gyula Pados | Cinematographer |
| Chris Michael Peterson | Choreography |
| Tom Reilly | Asst. Director |
| Thomas A. Reilly | Associate Producer, Asst. Director |
| Michael Hogan Robert | Executive Producer |
| Ann Roth | Costumes/Costume Designer |
| Jeff Sharp | Producer |
| Claire Taylor | Co-producer |
| Bill Trautvetter | Camera Operator |
| Tom Williams | Sound/Sound Designer |
| Nina Wolarsky | Co-producer |
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
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
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Posted October 1, 2010
I found this movie depressing and did not enjoy it. The acting was good, just not my kind of movie.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I found myself watching this in the quite of an early morning and was amazed at the spectacular performances of the actors. The story revolves around Vanessa Redgrave's character as she is on her deathbed remembering about the one summer in which she found the man that she whispers about and the man that she lost.
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