Three sisters return to their family home after their mother passes away. In the days ... more
leading up to the funeral the sisters struggle to come to terms with their conflicting childhood memories and the trials and disappointments of their adult lives.
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The funny, heart-warming and moving new film from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet ... more
Heaney's three daughter's return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive clean...
Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: brilliant performance, clever and engaging story Disadvantages: none
After watching Before Sunrise I was hesitating whether to watch Before Sunset that day or wait not to ruin the experience. Usually the sequences are worse and spoil even the original movie. If you haven?t seen Before Sunset yet I tell you in advance that it won?t spoil the original film. Before Sunset catches up the story nine years after Befor Sunset ends. The film was released in 2004 so exactly nine years later. This film a drama as well. The director and the producer was Richard Linklater. The screenplay writers Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan involved the two main characters of the film in writing the sequel?s screenplay.
Before Sunset takes place in Paris and it is very similar to the first part: the main characters are the same and they walk a lot and talk. The film is quite short, only 80 minutes. The classification of this ...
Advantages: Performances, writing, direction Disadvantages: None
note: also appears on my film review website, ShaunMunro.co.uk, and Dooyoo!
Sidney Lumet returns to top form in Before the Devil Knows You?re Dead - a devilishly tense (pun intended), sprawling, melodramatic puzzle of a film. The film?s title comes from a famous Irish blessing, which declares, ?And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead?, verbiage very much apt for protagonist brothers Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke).
In short, Andy and Hank, both short of money for various reasons, are looking to rob a ?mom and pop? jewellery store, yet the sting in the tail lies in the fact that this store is owned by their parents. The focal point of the film is this robbery?s result, which leaves various individuals dead or near death, and Andy and Hank must attempt a clean getaway as their ...
Advantages: great performance, touching story Disadvantages: none
Before Sunrise is a drama made in 1995. It was directed by Richard Linklater. This film has a second part which was made in 2001 and its title is Before Sunset.
Richard Linklater is an American film director, producer, screenplay writer and also actor. He directed for example the Fast Food Nation.
Before Sunset stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. The running time of the film is 105 minutes. It was released in January 1995. The screenplay was written by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan. The classification of this film is 15 years and over.
Main cast
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Julie Delpy ? Céline
Ethan Hawke ? Jesse
Plot
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Jesse and Céline travel on the same train from Budapest to Paris. Jesse observes Céline and founds a reason how to talk to her. Jesse is an American young man who goes to Vienna from where his flight goes back to ...
Three sisters reveal the way their lives have progressed at the funeral of the mother they didn't love.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
28/04/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
EDV 9180
Barcode
5017239191800
Composer
Debbie Wiseman
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English
Professional reviews
Review
"...Acute, funny and rather touching..." (Mail on Sunday, )
"...A dead cert for laughs..." (Sunday Mirror, )
"...Funny and poignant..." (Sunday Telegraph, )
"...The director of EDUCATING RITA and SHIRLEY VALENTINE performs much the same magic..." (The Times, )
DVD Description
Julie Walters, Joanne Whalley and Victoria Hamilton play three sisters who are reunited for the funeral of their mother. Predictably this reunion sees their lifelong problems, grudges and secrets come to the fore in amongst the grief before the inevitable forgiveness.
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