Evening

2007 "Her greatest secret was her greatest gift."
6.4| 1h57m| PG-13| en
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As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.

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CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
david_hokey_16 Evening tells a story worth hearing but unfortunately it gets lost along the way. There's too much focus on the present - not just Vanessa Redgrave's performance as the older Ann but mostly the subplot regarding her children. It's necessary to come to the present at times so that we can see how what has happened in the past has affected her and how she chooses to remember but the rest of it just weighs the film down without complementing it as it was meant to. The performances in the present scenes also lack the same elegance as those that take place in the past. Collette is a great actress but she and her boyfriend's actor both give average performances that just get in the way. The story that takes place in the past dealing with love, identity, and choice all within a few days time is where the film truly shines. Danes, of course, gives a great performance but Dancy is the one who steals the spotlight with what I feel should've garnered him a nomination for supporting actor at the Academy awards. The story is eloquent, melancholy, and can be felt as well as understood from deeper thought. If it weren't so muddled by what takes place in the present then it could've been a great film but as it stands with the way it is I can only call it good but not great. Another point of interest is the film's score which is just absolutely beautiful. So if you want to see a good movie then Evening is for you - just don't expect every piece to be wondrous as the wonder occurs in the past and is watered down by the present. That's just how I felt about it.
viggyjiggy its very beautiful love story ever made.the first time we ever fall in love is so amazing and beautiful but why it doesn't work out every one. for 10 percent out of 100. in this movie you can feel the beauty of love. in the middle of the movie its quite dragging but the starting and the ending the wonderfully pictured and put in the awesome love the you feel.. u have to see this movie.. its amazing...the story is about the beautiful girl cal Ann who comes for her best friend's wedding. she falls in love the man called Harris. Harris did like Ann but Ann best friend Lila's brother buddy had loved Ann from the college time. and then the story turns the twists. the day Lila gets married buddy dies in a car accident. all the love story comes and goes way in Ann's dream where she is in her last moments. and the story also adds up the little of Ann's daughters story. totally the movie is amazing.. must see.. for the people who believe in love and lost it.. and even when you are going to die you think of your first love... its beautiful...
nobraine Who was Bobby? I saw the movie twice and don't remember a Bobby. There was an extra named Bob once I saw the credits here on IMDb. What happened to Bobby.I wonder if this person means Buddy played by Hugh Dancy. But if they watched the movie how could they get the name wrong? What does this now bring up. A person gets a major character's name wrong and passes it off as a fake character? I don't get it. I don't think they saw it. It's very sad when comment on movies or anything that they haven't watched and try to pass that along and then vote for it. Maybe Bob, an extra, died at some point, but I didn't see it in the movie.
Tiggeritian I really wanted to like this, but it never really took off. There wasn't enough substance to explain why the two characters had this strong-I'll-never-forget-you connection. They just met and then were immediately in love (yes, I've heard of love at first sight, but they seemed to be saying it was more than that but never really explained it). Then the end of the movie just fizzled and didn't explain what happened between them.This movie did have moments. The scenes with the older woman and her daughters were nice, but this movie never lived up to what it felt like it could be.