Why is Evening, a literary drama brimming with Oscar-bait actresses — including Claire Danes (pictured, left, with Mamie Gummer), Vanessa Redgrave, and Meryl Streep — Read the full post.
Jun 29
2007
11:29 PM ET
Reviewing the Reviews: 'Evening'
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All of you seem to forget that this movie was not meant to be the picture of the century. It was a meant to be a story visually spoken by very brilliant story tellers. At times it did seem that the movie was jumbled together but the performances were brilliant all the women were notably excellent, and Hugh Dancy was heartbreaking! Vanessa Redgrave had me believing she really was dying, and Claire Danes once again proves she deserves more accollades than what she has gotten in the past. Natasha Richardson and Toni Collete were extraordinary, Eileen Atkins was beautiful, Mamie Gummer was just precious and Glen Close was hysterical. And of course in the few minutes she was up there on the screen Meryl Streep proved once again why she is the best american actress of all time, but that’s just my opinion.
I was really rolling my eyes at this moving until the last twenty minutes when Meryl shows up. She and Vanessa share a breathtakingly beautiful scene, and somehow everything after it became uncommonly affecting. Those eyes that were rolling were now blubbering like a baby. I do hate when I am so affected by something I know isn’t good, but I feel a little less bad because Mery was SO good.
Meryl is brilliant. She was the only reason I didn’t walk out on The Devil Wears Prada. (Nominated for golden globe Best Musical or Comedy. Really?)
Ugh. Mamie Gummer (horrible, horrible name)–double “Ugh.” Too bad she stole the role from millions of other talented actresses who don’t have Meryl Streep for a mother (but then again, who’d want to be in this tripe)?
This movie must really be bad because despite still needing daily nursing care and thus limiting his energy to reviewing movies that were particularlly absorbing, Roger Ebert took the time to write a quite scathing, and understatedly amusing, review of this movie. I love the way Ebert can pick apart a lousy movie like this one and keep one from wasting 10 bucks on drivel. GET (even more) WELL SOON, Roger!
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