Her greatest secret was her greatest gift.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Mamie Gummer, Eileen Atkins, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close |
| Director |
Lajos Koltai |
| Screenplay | Susan Minot, Michael Cunningham, from the novel by Susan Minot |
| Music | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
| Cinematography | Gyula Pados |
| Editing | Allyson C. Johnson |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Hart-Sharp Entertainment, MBF Eerste Filmproduktiongesellschaft |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Very infrequently strong |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Mature themes, alcohol abuse |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry  A boring narrative. | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Mariana Malan Gryp kyker nooit werklik aan nie. | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Carina Chocano Pop psych just plods along. | 5 | |
| The Citizen Annette Bayne Although Evening is beautifully filmed, the emotional impact is limited and too often there is dangerous slip-sliding into mawkish sentimentality. | 10 | |
| BBC Laura Bushell A raft of award-winners head up the cast and crew of Evening, but this slick-loooking melodrama heaves under the weight of all those gongs. | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert There are few things more depressing than a weeper that doesn't make you weep | 8 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli The strength of the screenplay and acting provide a satisfying, although not overwhelming, two hours of romance, drama, and tragedy. | 15 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Susan Minot’s resplendent novel stumbles on its way to the screen. | 13 |  |
| ScreenItWhile not awful, Evening is slow and boring enough that it might just have viewers contemplating their own regrets, including spending the time and/or money to sit down in front of this. | 8 | |
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 116 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Beautifully filmed, but decidedly dull. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 2978 Netizens Gorgeous movie. | 13 | |
Average .. 45% | 9 | |