Evening (2007)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Lajos Koltai

Writers (WGA):

Susan Minot (screenplay) and
Michael Cunningham (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Her greatest secret was her greatest gift.

Plot:

A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the 1950s and never forgets.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | 1950s | Nurse | Deathbed | Gay Kiss

Cast

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
David Furr	...	Ralph Haverford
Sarah Viccellio	...	Lizzie Tull
Cheryl Lynn Bowers	...	Peach Howze

Also Known As:

Spuren eines Lebens (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements, sexual material, a brief accident scene and language.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:6 | Ireland:12A | Hong Kong:IIA | Germany:6 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

85th St. and West End Avenue, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Hart-Sharp Entertainment

Trivia:

Keira Knightley was considered for the role of young Ann Grant Lord, but she was filming her last scenes of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and finishing the shooting of Atonement (2007).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Ann and Buddy dance around the house, the recording playing is sung by Michael Bublé, who would not have been born, much less been recorded at that time.

Quotes:

Young Ann: Aren't you starting a little bit early?
Buddy Wittenborn: It's Newport. We start at noon.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#26.31)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Perdido

Oh So Genuine

I love this film and it is such a wonderful example of a family jeopardy, a romantic love story, and a very sad story plot. Everything was just so perfect and excellent about this film. It was such a great mixture of actors and actresses and with some laughs and a lot of cries this film deserves to get plenty of awards. With the mention of beautiful scenario, and although I would relate this film to The Notebook and The Family Stone, it was sort of much more cunning, sad, and brilliant than those films. The Evening tells of a love story between an old woman dreaming back to her younger years, and her two daughters stay by her side while she is not well. The story dating back is so strongly told and wonderful I was sitting on the edge of my seat. You really get to know all the characters and by the end, I was wanting to watch it all over again. This is a amazingly sad and vividly acted and plotted movie that is really one of a kind and should be seen by all for how wonderful it really is. All the performances are astonishing and the film captures your attention from the very beginning and never lets go. I loved it, and am so glad that I watched it for it was truly an astonishing film...